Lionel Messi scored his 100th European goal tonight.

All week the build-up to Barcelona’s visit to Atletico Madrid on Saturday night had centred on the difficult political situation in Spain, with a push towards independence in Catalonia, and the central authorities in the capital pushing back.

Atletico Madrid 1 Chelsea 2: Alvaro Morata and Michy Batshuayi proved there is life after Diego Costa as Chelsea fought back to win 2-1 at Atletico Madrid last night.

In a tale of two Las Vegas super fights, Jason Quigley admits the September middleweight showdown between Gennady Golovkin and Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez is the quality match-up. But, understandably, he cannot get away from the hype that surrounds the battle of you-know-who next weekend.

Tommy Barker is taken by the many charms of Carewswood House, which has links to White House

Atletico Madrid midfielder Saul scored a hat-trick to earn Spain Under-21s a 3-1 win over 10-man Italy and put them into the final of Euro 2017 against Germany.

Atletico Madrid 2 Real Madrid 1 (Real Madrid win 4-2 on agg): Karim Benzema’s brilliance booked Real Madrid a place back in the Uefa Champions League final as the holders lost 2-1 to city rivals Atletico 2-1 at the Vicente Calderon, but comfortably progressed on aggregate.

Real Madrid 3 - Atletico Madrid 0: Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hat-trick as Real Madrid swept aside city rivals Atletico 3-0 at the Bernabeu in the first leg of their Champions League semi-final last night.

Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hat-trick as Real Madrid swept aside city rivals Atletico 3-0 at the Bernabeu in the first leg of their Champions League semi-final.

Tonight’s Champions League semi-final first leg at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu sees Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid facing off for a fourth consecutive year in the competition — with Real aiming to confirm their dominance in the capital and Atletico looking to finally get over the final barrier of Diego Simeone’s time in charge.

Antoine Griezmann’s controversial first-half penalty handed Atletico Madrid a tight 1-0 win over gutsy Leicester in their Champions League quarter-final first leg.

Bayern Munich 2 Atletico Madrid 1

László Nemes tells Helen Barlow how his Oscar-winning Auschwitz drama, Son of Saul, is still relevant for today’s world

Atletico Madrid 2 Barcelona 0, Atletico win 3-2 on aggregate: Holders Barcelona are out of the Champions League after Antoine Griezmann’s brace sent Atletico Madrid through to semi-finals with a 2-0 quarter-final second-leg victory.

Barcelona 2 Atletico Madrid 1: Luis Suarez scored twice as Barcelona came from behind to beat Atletico Madrid 2-1 in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final at the Nou Camp, where Fernando Torres was sent off having given the visitors the lead.

The whole first season of the show is summarised in double quick fashion by its star - Bob Odenkirk. He's Saul you know

Atletico Madrid may have been the more impressive team for long spells of Saturday afternoon’s top of the La Liga table clash at the Camp Nou, but Barcelona’s 2-1 win means the Catalan side have now taken control of the Spanish title race.

Gary Neville earned his first point as Valencia manager and Atletico Madrid drew level with Barcelona atop La Ligas and Real Madrid slumped again.

By the time Saul Williams got to poetry, he already had a solid grounding in hip-hop culture, writes Richard Fitzpatrick.

After a CSI-style investigation and restoration spanning eight years, the Mauritshuis museum in The Hague has declared that one of its star paintings really is by Dutch master Rembrandt van Rijn.

REAL MADRID 1 ATLETICO MADRID 0: Holders Real Madrid reached for the Champions League last four by beating neighbours Atletico Madrid 1-0 in last night’s super tense quarter-final second leg at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu.

Atletico Madrid’s players firmly believe they will hit back from a first-leg deficit and beat Bayer Leverkusen to stay alive in the Champions League tonight.

Atletico Madrid have a mountain to climb if they are to qualify for the Champions League quarter-finals after they endured a night to forget at Bayer Leverkusen.

After decades of bit-parts finally led to Breaking Bad, the man we love as Saul is still amazed at the popularity of his new show, writes Ed Power

La Liga: One story dominated Spain’s sports papers on Sunday morning. The front cover of AS screamed: ‘Atletico party, Madrid shipwrecked’.

Atletico Madrid were in dreamland as they destroyed rivals Real Madrid with a thumping 4-0 win which blew the Primera Division title race wide open.

Netflix have finally let us know when the Breaking Bad spin-off Better Call Saul will be hitting our screens - and it's due in February next year.

Your spoiler free guide to tonight's telly.

Homeland may have lost its sleeper terrorist anti-hero Nicholas Brody to an Iranian gallows, but the hit US television show will continue to thrill, its creator says.

More episodes of the 'Breaking Bad' prequel spinoff show are being made, before the first series has been broadcast.

SOLICITOR Gerald Kean was at some high profile dinner engagement, at a table with several other people, most of them new to him.

It was foggy last Sunday lunchtime in suburban Madrid, but reporters at Getafe v Rayo Vallecano could still make out the well wrapped-up figure of Phil Neville sitting in the plusher seats directly in front of the press box.

Because we need to obsess over it a little more while we can.

At last, they've confirmed the Breaking Bad spin-off for Saul.

Welcome back Carrie and Brody, we missed you. And Saul. We missed you too, Saul.

The Irish Medical Organisation has reaffirmed its opposition to Croke Park II, but said industrial action as an option would be a last resort.

Health problems affecting many adults here may be due to how they were fed as babies, it has emerged.

A doctor with the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) has said that health problems that affect many adults in Ireland may be down to how they were fed as babies.

Ann Romney, the wife of Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, is safely on the ground in Colorado after her plane made an emergency landing.