MADRID: Atletico Madrid’s Slovenia goalkeeper Jan Oblak has signed a four-year contract extension to keep him in the Spanish capital until June 2023, the La Liga club announced on Wednesday. The 26-year-old Oblak, who arrived from Benfica in 2014, has made 203 appearances in all competitions for Atletico, keeping an impressive 115 clean sheets. “I’m […]
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Zidane expects Madrid to suffer against PSG
PARIS: Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane has on Tuesday said that the he expects the club to ‘suffer’ against Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) in the return leg of Champions league round of 16 fixture. Madrid overpowered PSG 3 goals to 1 at Santiago Bernabeu during the first leg of the tie. Madrid frontman Cristiano Ronaldo scored […]
Real Madrid beaten in Girona as Catalan crisis continues
Goals from Cristhian Stuani and Portu in four second-half minutes cancelled out Isco’s opener for Madrid as Real fell eight points behind La Liga leaders Barcelona after just 10 games. Madrid were making their first appearance in the deeply divided region since a violence marred October 1 referendum plunged Spain into political crisis. As a […]
Senior separatists held as Madrid piles pressure on Catalonia
A Spanish court has ordered two powerful Catalan separatists to be detained, threatening a further escalation of the political crisis Tuesday as both sides refuse to budge in their high-stakes standoff over the region’s independence bid. Protests broke out in Catalonia’s capital Barcelona on Monday as news spread that Jordi Cuixart and Jordi Sanchez were […]