Liga de Fútbol Profesional (LFP)

Bob Williams speaks to Carlos Pérez, head of LaLiga's US office, about how the Spanish football league uses it to meet its global ambitions

The LaLiga Global Network will build on a productive first year by continuing to explore fruitful partnerships around the world, according to Oscar Mayo, LaLiga’s director of international development.

LaLiga’s Global Network is taking Spanish football’s top property – and its teams – to a wider audience than ever before.

LaLiga, the organising body of the top two divisions of Spanish football, has today (Friday) confirmed plans to introduce the video assistant referees (VAR) system into its top division, with the sport’s rule-making body expected to formally ratify the technology at its meeting on Saturday.

Public relations and integrated communications agency Hill+Knowlton Strategies (H+K) has been hired by LaLiga, the organising body of the top two divisions of Spanish football, to broaden its reach across Africa.

LaLiga has opened a new base in Brussels, a move described as a key part of its growth strategy as president Javier Tebas outlined plans to stage games outside Spain within two years.

LaLiga president Javier Tebas has confirmed that the top division of Spanish football will become the latest league to introduce video assistant referees (VAR).

LaLiga and Liga Portugal have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) designed to further drive the development of Spanish and Portuguese club football, with a particular focus on commercial activity and financial control.

Javier Tebas, the president of LaLiga, which operates the top football division in Spain, has confirmed that the organisation is considering pursuing a plan to stage regular-season matches abroad.

LaLiga president Javier Tebas has said the organising body of the top two divisions of Spanish football is prepared to file a legal complaint to Uefa, the European Union and the Swiss courts with Barcelona forward Neymar seemingly set for a record-shattering move to French Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain.

LaLiga, which operates the top two divisions of Spanish football, will step up its leading role in the fight against illegal betting and match-fixing by launching in-house software designed to monitor suspicious activities ahead of the start of the new season.

The ‘Ndrangheta – the Calabrian mafia – has successfully infiltrated football in Italy. As Frank Dunne explains, some fear that its influence may now be spreading to Spain and beyond.

Dermot Ledwith looks at El Clásico in Spain and asks is it the biggest sporting fixture in the world today.

LaLiga, the organising body for the top two divisions of Spanish football, has reported significant rises in revenue and profit, with the switch to a collective broadcast rights model having played a part in the organisation’s improved financial outlook.

LaLiga, the organising body for the top two divisions of Spanish football, has opened a new office in Singapore.

The 2016-17 season has been a watershed for the broadcast product of Spanish football’s top-tier – not only in how the rights are sold and revenues distributed, but how it is presented on TV across the world. Broadcasters and fans at home – and on the move – are benefitting from LaLiga’s innovative and ambitious new broadcast presentation.