Athletic bilbao

Bilbao took an early lead through Ander Capa at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan and while an own-goal from Unai Nunez brought Sevilla level on the hour, the home side were unable to find a winner. read more

At 38 years and 140 days old, Joaquin hit his first ever hat-trick and surpassed Real Madrid great Alfredo Di Stefano, whose record as the oldest scorer of one in La Liga had stood for 55 years. read more

Barcelona’s coach Ernesto Valverde was not happy with new signing Antoine Griezmann and criticised his performance in the opening game of the La Liga against Athletic Bilbao on Friday. read more

La Liga and the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) are locked in another bitter dispute, with the RFEF trying to ban fixtures taking place on Friday and Monday nights this term. read more

Lionel Messi has already been ruled out of the team’s trip to Florida for a one-off friendly against Napoli in Miami on Wednesday. read more

Gracia played for Athletic Bilbao and Real Sociedad during the time when Guardiola was a player with Barcelona and like the City boss he was a deep lying central midfielder. read more

Sarri -- speaking on the eve of their Premier League clash with third-placed Tottenham Hotspur -- reiterated the board’s ruling that Kepa be fined a week’s wages for the episode. read more

He takes over from Colombian Juan Carlos Osorio, who quit the job last week after only one game in charge -- a 1-1 friendly draw with South Africa. read more

Barcelona captain Lionel Messi, the league’s top scorer with 21 goals, is a serious doubt for Sunday’s testing trip to Athletic Bilbao after missing Friday’s training session read more

Substitute Munir El Haddadi averted a first home defeat for Barca in more than two years by sliding in an equaliser in the 84th minute, meeting a cross by Messi who had been sent on, along with Busquets, in the second half as Barca chased the game. read more

Barcelona’s domestic struggles continued as they dropped points for the third game in a row, drawing 1-1 to Athletic Bilbao after Lionel Messi and Sergio Busquets had begun the match on the substitutes’ bench. read more

Barcelona face Athletic Bilbao on Saturday and then Tottenham at Wembley in the Champions League four days later but one point from two of La Liga’s lesser opponents is a worry. read more

No fee was revealed for the transfer of the Thibaut Courtois, who had just one more year to run on his Chelsea contract, although Spanish media claimed that the deal is worth around 35 million euros. read more

Kepa Arrizabalaga paid his 80 million euro buyout clause on Wednesday, paving the way for the Spain international to join Premier League side Chelsea. read more

Kepa Arrizabalaga, who has been capped once by Spain, would be the most expensive goalkeeper in history and the replacement for Belgian Thibaut Courtois, who is expected to leave Chelsea for Real Madrid. read more