Athletic Bilbao News

In 2006, Martinez became the third most expensive player in Athletic Bilbao history when the proud Basque outfit shelled out 5.5million to get one of their own from Osasuna.

Francisco "Piti" Medina scored a double Sunday as Rayo Vallecano won 3-2 at Levante to stay in the hunt for a Europa League berth.

IT CAME like a bolt out of the blue. When the Everton manager called some of his senior players together for a brief discussion, there was genuine disbelief at the subsequent revelation.

The ex-Bianconeri official wants the Turin club to sell Mirko Vucinic and has suggested that Alessandro Diamanti would be a great addition to their strikeforce Former Juventus director Luciano Moggi has warned his former club against signing Gonzalo Higuain from Real Madrid and suggested that they consider selling Mirko Vucinic .

The Chilean midfielder believes that the powerful attacker will prove to be a valuable addition for the Serie A champions when he joins in the summer Arturo Vidal believes that Juventus do not need Zlatan Ibrahimovic , with Fernando Llorente set to join the club from Athletic Bilbao at the end of the season.

Atletico Madrid are trying to find a way to bring Wolfsburg's Brazilian playmaker Diego back to the club on loan for next season, president Enrique Cerezo said on Sunday.

Holders Madrid needed a victory at the home of Barca's city rivals to prevent Tito Vilanova's men from taking their title, but they were held to a 1-1 draw.

Athletic Bilbao took a giant step towards sealing their Primera Division status after overcoming nine-man Real Mallorca 2-1 at San Mames.

Mallorca coach Gregorio Manzano has told his team to exploit Athletic Bilbao's expansive playing style when they travel to San Mames on Saturday.

Those are the words of Real Madrid president Florentino Perez addressing his opposite numbers at Juventus , according to the Turin-based sports daily, Tuttosport .

This summer has been a big disappointment for Athletic Bilbao, to say the least.

The former Cagliari forward is determined to prolong his career with the Serie A champions and believes their current crop of attackers deserves more respect Alessandro Matri has stressed that he is keen to stay at Juventus and feels the Serie A champions' current crop of attackers deserves more respect.

It's amazing how one hamstring, on one player, completely changed the narrative of Barcelona's season.

Barcelona coach Tito Vilanova wants to get his hands on the Primera Division title as soon as possible in order to avoid a nail-biting climax to the season.

The Spanish are fond of seeing football through a political prism, with what happens on the field often said to mirror what happens off it.

Celtic manager Neil Lennon has been charged by the Scottish Football Association after allegedly breaching his touchline ban.

Their adventure back in the Champions League was a success to a degree, but it fizzled out against the side that are now red-hot favourites to win the Final at Wembley in a few weeks.

Striker Iago Aspas scored a late equalizer for Celta Vigo to draw 1-1 at home with Athletic Bilbao in the Spanish league on Friday.

Barcelona could ease the pain of their Champions League humiliation at the hands of Bayern Munich this weekend by clinching their 22nd Spanish title.

Barcelona manager Tito Vilanova insisted he was right to play Lionel Messi at the weekend after the Argentine sat out the 3-0 defeat to Bayern Munich.