The Spanish Football League is facing a race against time to stop a strike called by the national football federation to suspend all domestic competitions starting on Saturday.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s comments after Paris St Germain’s defeat to Bordeaux will be investigated by the French football league (LFP).

In a week that sees Barcelona in Manchester, Juventus taking on Dortmund and Liverpool’s return to Istanbul, tomorrow night’s match between Monaco and Arsenal might seem like a sideshow, writes David Shonfield.

Spanish football is proposing a stadium ban on all radical supporter groups, known as ultras, after violent clashes on Sunday led to the death of a Deportivo La Coruna fan.

Villarreal have been fined but have escaped a stadium ban as punishment for the banana-throwing incident involving Dani Alves.

In this world nothing can be said to be certain except death and taxes, wrote Benjamin Franklin in 1789 but evidently he had not envisaged the ingenuity of French football.

France’s Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) has banned fans of Ligue 1 club St-Etienne from travelling to away games until the end of December following an afternoon of violent clashes in Nice.

The Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) has banned fans of Ligue 1 club St Etienne from travelling to away games until the end of the year following an afternoon of violent clashes in Nice.

Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) president Frederic Thiriez has threatened to impose “systematic bans” on supporters after violence marred Sunday’s Ligue 1 clash between Nice and St Etienne at the Allianz Riviera stadium.

The president of the Spanish Football League (LFP) dismissed suggestions that Real Madrid’s pursuit of Gareth Bale — which could break the world record transfer fee — is immoral.

The president of the Spanish Football League (LFP) has dismissed suggestions that Real Madrid’s pursuit of Gareth Bale – which could break the world record transfer fee – is immoral.

Heartstrings were pulled all over Canada last week when the story of a blind boy who had mislaid his beloved stuffed toy went viral.

La Liga’s winter transfer window shut more with a whimper than a bang last Thursday.

The Primera Division season will finally get under way on Saturday after a second weekend of strike action was averted today.

The Spanish Professional Footballers’ Union (AFE) and Liga de Futbol Profesional (LFP) have begun their latest meeting in a bid to find a solution to avert strike action for the opening two rounds of the new Spanish season.

The start of the Spanish season looks set to be delayed after talks to avert strike action for this weekend’s opening fixtures today failed to produce an agreement.

THE French Football Federation plan to elect a replacement on an interim basis for departing president Jean-Pierre Escalettes on July 23.

Paris St Germain’s Ligue 1 game at Marseille, scheduled for this evening, has been postponed due to an outbreak of swine flu at the capital club.

THE football world is in mourning following the death of Sevilla wing-back Antonio Puerta.

Spain is in mourning following the death of Sevilla wing-back Antonio Puerta.

MARSEILLE president Christophe Bouchet has thanked the French football federation (FFF) for refusing to deliver a letter of release for Arsenal midfielder Mathieu Flamini.

Marseille president Christophe Bouchet has thanked the French football federation (FFF) for refusing to deliver a letter of release for Arsenal midfielder Mathieu Flamini.