France recorded its hottest day ever as an early heat wave gripped Europe.

Cape Verde’s magical start to its first World Cup isn’t over.

Egypt is on the brink of history in the World Cup, heavily favored against New Zealand on Sunday.

Welcome to the World Cup, Lamine Yamal.

France is in the grips of a severe heat wave, leading to canceled trains, concerts and sports events.

The mother of Cape Verde star goalkeeper Vozinha has been granted a visa to enter the United States in time for her 40-year-old son’s next World Cup match.

Vozinha gasped and laughed in shock when shown the number of new Instagram followers he had gained after helping tiny Cape Verde hold off powerhouse Spain in his team’s World Cup debut.

The teams that are ranked 61st, 67th and 85th in FIFA’s world rankings all were heavy underdogs in their first matches at the World Cup.

Tiny Cape Verde pulled off a stunning result in its World Cup debut by shutting out heavily favored Spain.

Economic data has shown Argentina’s inflation slowing for the second straight month in May.

Pope Leo XIV is presiding over a youth rally in Barcelona.

Pope Leo XIV has been caught in two of Spain's major culture debates during his visit to Barcelona.

Pope Leo XIV will bridge 1,000 years of church history Wednesday when he visits a medieval monastery on a mountaintop that local Catholics consider sacred and then celebrates Mass at Barcelona’s famous Sagrada Familia Basilica.

The Vatican says that Pope Leo XIV has met with six survivors of clergy sexual abuse in Madrid and vowed to consider their suggestions for how the Catholic Church can improve its response to the crisis.

Pope Leo XIV has challenged Europe to acknowledge Christianity’s contributions to its cultural identity.

Pope Leo XIV acknowledges that he's competing with another VIP in Madrid this weekend.

Pope Leo XIV’s weeklong visit to Spain will bring him to a once-staunchly Catholic country that has long been in the throes of waning religious practice.

Pope Leo XIV is urging Spaniards to stop “fanning the flames of polarization” as he arrived in Spain.

Traveling to Spain in June and France in September, Pope Leo XIV will find traditionally Catholic but now staunchly secular countries with an abundance of historic churches but few people in the pews.

Aryna Sabalenka’s diamonds sparkled in the sunshine when she won her first-round match at the heat-soaked French Open.

A spring heat wave is scorching parts of Western Europe, breaking temperature records and triggering government warnings.

Marta Kostyuk’s first-round win at the French Open becomes one of her toughest matches after she finds out beforehand that a missile almost hit her parents’ home in Ukraine.

Two-time Wimbledon champion Carlos Alcaraz has pulled out of the grass-court Grand Slam event next month because of his lingering wrist injury.

A Spanish court has acquitted pop star Shakira in a tax fraud case and ordered the government to return over 55 million euros in wrongly imposed fines.

Sevilla has avoided relegation despite a 1-0 loss to Real Madrid at home in the Spanish league.

Spain is boycotting this year’s edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, after repeatedly expressing disapproval over Israel’s participation.

Oceanwide Expeditions says it expects to know by the end of the week if the MV Hondius cruise ship will keep to its schedule after a hantavirus outbreak.

Barcelona star Lamine Yamal waved a Palestinian flag during an open top bus parade as the team celebrated winning the Spanish title.

The head of the World Health Organization is seeking to reassure residents of the Spanish island of Tenerife worried about the anticipated arrival there of a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship.

Real Madrid has fined Federico Valverde and Aurélien Tchouaméni $588,000 each for their altercation during practice.

Luka Doncic says he was given platelet-rich plasma injections in Spain in an effort to speed up his eight-week timeline for return from the hamstring injury that has had him sidelined since April 2.

Kylian Mbappé insists he remains fully committed to his recovery from a left hamstring injury.

Activists attempting to break Israel’s maritime blockade of Gaza say Israeli forces have intercepted their flotilla near the southern Greek island of Crete.

Real Madrid says star forward Kylian Mbappé has injured his left hamstring, putting in doubt his participation in the Spanish league clasico in two weeks.

First came the racist abuse against Vinícius Júnior.

Barcelona says forward Lamine Yamal will miss the rest of the club season but should be healed from a leg injury in time to play for Spain at the World Cup.

A new international group representing soccer players has launched as a rival to long established global union FIFPRO.

Defending two-time champion Carlos Alcaraz has put his participation at the French Open in doubt because of a right wrist injury.

Venezuela's exiled opposition leader María Corina Machado has drawn several thousand supporters to a rally in Madrid.

The Madrid Open is losing some star power with Carlos Alcaraz joining Novak Djokovic in pulling out of the upcoming clay-court tournament.

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has started a two-day visit to Spain on Friday when he and his Spanish counterpart Pedro Sánchez met a day before they will gather with other leaders who are concerned with the fate of the democratic order and the rise of the populist far right.

Freiburg has advanced to the Europa League semifinals by beating Celta Vigo 3-1.

Dozens of boats carrying activists and aid for Palestinians in Gaza have set sail from the northeastern Spanish city of Barcelona.

Sergio Garcia has apologized for his tantrum during the final round of the Masters.

Spain's government has finalized a migrant amnesty measure that paves the way for potentially hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants to apply for legal status in the country.

Harry Kane delivered for Bayern Munich on his return from injury, scoring a goal and helping set up another in the team’s 2-1 win over Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in the first leg of the Champions League quarterfinals.

Real Madrid forward Vinícius Júnior has praised Barcelona star Lamine Yamal for publicly condemning anti-Muslim chants in a recent match.

Finance ministers from five European Union member states are urging the bloc to introduce a windfall tax on energy companies as surging oil and gas prices raise inflation fears.

Barcelona has routed Real Madrid 6-0 to reach its eighth straight semifinal in the Women’s Champions League.

Spain has closed its airspace to U.S. planes involved in the Iran war after earlier saying the U.S. couldn't use jointly operated military bases there for operations related to the conflict.

Actor Antonio Banderas has joined the crowds in dozens of Palm Sunday processions, marking the official start of Holy Week in Spain.

Florian Wirtz scored two and made two as Germany twice came from behind to beat Switzerland 4-3 in a thrilling friendly.

Novak Djokovic has pulled out of the Monte Carlo Masters after having skipped the Miami Open with a right shoulder injury.

A young Spanish woman died in Barcelona after winning a long court fight for her euthanasia right.

Carlos Alcaraz has been eliminated in the third round of the Miami Open, losing to Sebastian Korda in three sets.

Novak Djokovic has pulled out of the Miami Open with a right shoulder injury, tournament officials have announced.

UEFA said Sunday that the game between Argentina and Spain known as Finalissima that was supposed to be held in Qatar has been canceled after the widening Middle East war.

Daniil Medvedev handed top-seeded Carlos Alcaraz his first loss of the year and advanced to the final at Indian Wells with a 6-3, 7-6 (3) victory.

Defending champion Jack Draper rallied from a set down and beat five-time champ Novak Djokovic 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (5) Wednesday night in the fourth round of the BNP Paribas Open.

Real Madrid was too strong for Manchester City in the latest Champions League clash of these titans.

UEFA says it still plans for Qatar to stage the Argentina vs.

Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia church has reached its maximum height with the placement of a cross on its central Tower of Jesus Christ.

Officials in northeastern Spain say a fire that broke out in a top-floor storage room at an apartment building in northeastern Spain has killed five children who were trapped inside the room.

Spanish figure skater Tomas-Llorenc Guarino Sabate has brought the Minions to the ice in Milan.

Spanish skater Tomas-Llorenc Guarino Sabate says he has received approval for most of the music needed for his Minions-themed Olympic program.

Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez says Spain's government plans to ban social media access for children under 16.

Carlos Alcaraz completed a career Grand Slam of singles victories with his Australian Open title, but there was some solace for the man he defeated, 24-time Grand Slam singles champion Novak Djokovic.

The NFL says it will play more regular-season games in Madrid.

Spain will grant legal status to potentially hundreds of thousands of immigrants living and working in the country without authorization.

F1 has started a new era with the public and the media excluded from its private testing session in Barcelona.

After back-to-back fatal train crashes in Spain, Thursday brought the good news that Boro the missing dog was found.

Ana García and her sister were traveling from Malaga in southern Spain to Madrid when their train car derailed and crashed in one of the country’s worst railway tragedies.

A 6-year-old girl has survived Sunday's deadly train crash in southern Spain.

A Barcelona commuter train has crashed after a retaining wall fell onto the tracks, killing one person and injuring 15 others.

Real Madrid and Chelsea resume in the Champions League this week after the winter break with new coaches working in the competition for the first time.

In Spain, hundreds of people watched horses gallop through flames as part of Las Luminarias, a centuries-old tradition.

Spanish police have evicted orders to clear an abandoned school building where around 400 migrants were living in a squat north of Barcelona.

Barcelona needed late goals by Andreas Christensen and Marcus Rashford to defeat third-division club Guadalajara 2-0 in the round of 32 of the Copa del Rey in a game delayed because of problems with the stadium’s temporary grandstand.

China says it will begin imposing anti-dumping duties of up to 19.8% on imports of pork products from the European Union, after a review that could have resulted in tariffs of up to 62.4%.

Spain's government has fined Airbnb 64 million euros or $75 million for advertising unlicensed tourist rentals.

Women’s World Cup champion Spain has widened its points lead atop the FIFA rankings over the second-placed United States.

Barcelona says three-time Ballon d’Or winner Aitana Bonmatí will be out of action for about five months after successfully undergoing surgery on her fractured leg on Tuesday.

An American football league in Europe and the teams that recently broke away from it demanding structural reforms have reached a deal to reunite and play next season.

Italy remains the king of the Davis Cup and didn’t even need Jannik Sinner this time.

European qualifying for the 2026 World Cup has concluded with Spain, Belgium, Switzerland, Scotland and Austria securing the region’s remaining automatic spots.

Carlos Alcaraz has withdrawn from the Davis Cup Finals in Italy because of a right hamstring injury.

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has praised this year’s international series and said the league plans to return to Spain and will continue to study other possible markets.

The scene at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium looks a lot different Sunday, with troves of fans wearing NFL jerseys instead of the white Real Madrid shirts usually seen on a regular soccer gameday.

Luis Rubiales has been pelted by eggs thrown by his own uncle as the former head of Spain's soccer federation presented a memoir relating his downfall after kissing a player at the 2023 Women's World Cup.

Carlos Alcaraz has started his quest for a first ATP Finals crown with a straight-set victory over Alex de Minaur.

Local workers at some American military bases in Europe are feeling the impact of the U.S. government shutdown.

Construction cranes loomed overhead and there were gaping holes in the upper tier but Barcelona’s team and several thousand paying fans were finally back inside Camp Nou on Friday for the first time in over two years.

Jude Bellingham and Phil Foden have been recalled by England coach Thomas Tuchel for the team’s upcoming World Cup qualifiers against Serbia and Albania.

The NFL's first game in Spain will feature a Latin music showcase with Bizarrap and Daddy Yankee performing at halftime.

Spain and England will renew their great rivalry in women’s soccer in a qualifying group for the 2027 World Cup.

Europe’s top teams appear to have finally come to grips with the new-look Champions League.

Slumping Juventus fired coach Igor Tudor on Monday following three straight losses and an eight-match winless run.

The Spanish league says plans for Barcelona to play a regular-season game against Villarreal outside Miami in December have been called off.

England has become the first country from Europe to qualify for the 2026 World Cup but Cristiano Ronaldo and Portugal will have to wait after conceding a stoppage-time equalizer against Hungary.

An expert on anti-fascist groups who teaches at New Jersey’s flagship state university is moving his family overseas.