La Liga

MADRID: LaLiga announced Thursday that it has extended its strategic principal sponsorship agreement with Santander Bank to include the 2020-2021 season, which will mark the fifth year of the deal.

The project incorporates LaLiga, LaLiga 1|2|3, LaLiga Genuine Santander, LaLiga Promises Santander and LaLiga ProPlayer, an initiative recently unveiled alongside Santander Bank that that sees young Spanish footballers receive scholarships to study and play football at US universities.

Feb 27, 2019 13:02
BARCELONA: La Liga champions FC Barcelona will be working alongside its official telecom partners, Telefonica and the Spanish government backed technology park, Mobile World Capital to make Camp Nou the first-ever sports stadium in Europe powered with the 5G network.
Feb 15, 2019 14:02
ZURICH: FIFA, football’s global governing body, has released the latest edition of its winter ‘Big 5 Transfer Window Analysis’. The data published in this report has been extracted from the International Transfer Matching System (ITMS) used by all 211 FIFA member associations and over 7,500 professional football clubs around the globe for the international transfer of professional football players.
Feb 13, 2019 14:02
BARCELONA: La Liga champions FC Barcelona have taken an unusual route for European football clubs when it comes to gaining income by securing loans from two of USA’s top venture capital firms, Spanish news agency El Pais reports.
Jan 24, 2019 13:01
BARCELONA: La Liga champions FC Barcelona will implement a new intelligent ticket sales model, based on the predictive calculation of Seient Lliure system, for the last six games of the ongoing season, starting with the game against Rayo Vallecano (9-10 March).
Jan 16, 2019 15:01
MUMBAI: La Liga heavyweights FC Barcelona continue to smash all records not just on the football ground but off it as well in the business side of sport. A recent study by financial consultancy firm KMPG titled ‘The European Champions Report 2019’ revealed that the Spanish club has spent 562 million euros ($640 million) solely in player salaries and other staff costs.
Dec 17, 2018 13:12
NEW DELHI: FC Barcelona Asia Pacific (APAC) director general Jordi Camps expressed optimism that India will be part of the Catalan club's pre-season plans before its talisman Lionel Messi brings the curtains down on his glorious career, Press Trust of India reports.
Dec 15, 2018 11:12
MADRID: La Liga, Spain’s top-flight football competition, has appointed IMG, a global leader in sports, events, media and fashion, as its exclusive commercial agency for global sponsorship agreements.
Nov 28, 2018 14:11
NEW DELHI: LaLiga successfully held the first international immersion conference in India this week attended by presidents, general managers and marketing directors from 18 of the 20 teams currently competing in the tournament. The event, which was held in the city, focused on providing those involved with a better understanding of the Indian market as well as exploring growth opportunities in the country.
Nov 27, 2018 14:11
BARCELONA: FC Barcelona CEO Oscar Grau believes that the club’s pre-season tours to Asia in 2019 and 2020 will eventually lead the club to play a regular La Liga season game in China, South China Morning Post reports.
Nov 22, 2018 15:11
NEW DELHI: Tata Trusts on Wednesday joined hands with La Liga giants Atletico Madrid (ATM) to enhance and strengthen the Spanish club’s existing program for promoting Indian football, Press Trust of India reports. As part of the deal, the Tata Football Academy (TFA) in Jamshedpur is all set to be renamed as ‘Tata Atletico Football Academia’.