Spain

Agapito Iglesias, the owner of Real Zaragoza, has announced he has put the struggling Spanish Liga club up for sale.

ThaiBev has brought together bitter rivals FC Barcelona and Real Madrid in a three-year marketing deal worth a reported US$16.5 million.

Two-time National Football League (NFL) Super Bowl winner Justin Tuck has been confirmed as the latest speaker at this year’s edition of Global Sports Forum Barcelona.

Cycling’s Vuelta a Espana will continue to receive substantial free-to-air television coverage after Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO) and Unipublic agreed a four-year extension to their contract with the European Broadcasting Union (EBU).

Global Sports Forum Barcelona (GSFB) has announced that two of the most influential figures in youth football, David Sheepshanks and Carles Folguera, have been added to the speaker line-up for next month’s event.

Organisers of Global Sports Forum Barcelona have announced that this year’s event will include a focus on the subject of gambling in sport.

The prospect of further strike action in La Liga has emerged after the Spanish Football League (LFP) announced that it had terminated talks with the players’ union (AFE) on a wide-ranging agreement concerning wages and working conditions.

Formula One Management (FOM) has agreed new broadcast deals in two of the sport’s key European markets through agreements with Antena 3 and Sky Deutschland.

Leaders in Sport organisers have announced that the exclusive meeting at the La Manga resort has already reached maximum capacity with 100 CEOs and director-level delegates confirmed seven weeks before the 2012 gathering takes place in March.

Global Sports Forum Barcelona has announced that legendary surfer Laird Hamilton will take part in March’s fourth edition of the Forum.

La Liga club Valencia has ended its search for a new shirt sponsor by agreeing a multi-faceted deal with Chinese company JinkoSolar.

Madrid 2020 bid leaders insisted that Spain’s financial crisis would not hinder the city’s third consecutive tilt at the Olympic Games as its controversial bid logo was unveiled on Monday.

Global Sports Forum Barcelona (GSFB) has announced the addition of Amy Lupo, senior director of marketing and content for ESPN and X-Games, as a speaker for the fourth edition of the event.

Global Sports Forum Barcelona (GSFB) has announced that London 2012 Paralympic and Olympic Games hopeful, Oscar Pistorius, will take part in the fourth edition of the event from March 7-9.

Global Sports Forum Barcelona has announced that Manchester United legend Eric Cantona will take part in in the fourth edition of the event in March.

Top Spanish football club Sevilla has been rocked by the news that its president Jose Maria del Nido, who earlier this year attempted to shake up the broadcast rights revenue split in La Liga, has been sentenced to seven-and-a-half years in prison.