Lamine Yamal has won the battle of Ballon d’Or contenders by scoring twice as Spain eclipsed France 5-4 in their Nations League semifinal.

Israel says it signed defense contracts worth nearly $15 billion last year, surpassing its all-time record.

U.S. Amateur champion Jose Luis Ballester has joined LIV Golf and will make his professional debut this week at the Saudi-funded league’s Virginia event.

Scientists say 4 billion people, about half the world’s population, experienced at least one extra month of extreme heat because of human-caused climate change from May 2024 to May 2025.

Carlos Alcaraz has been wearing nasal strips in some matches since last season.

Four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka has lost in the French Open’s first round to 10th-seeded Paula Badosa 6-7 (1), 6-1, 6-4.

Alex Palou has become the first driver from Spain to win the Indianapolis 500 by holding off former Chip Ganassi Racing teammate Marcus Ericsson over the closing laps at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Strauss' “Blue Danube” waltz is heading into space this month to mark the 200th anniversary of the composer's birth.

The financial consequences of Manchester United losing in the Europa League final should be painful and affect the club for years.

Spanish authorities say an adviser to former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych was killed outside the American School of Madrid.

Tottenham beat Manchester United 1-0 to win the Europa League final and lift its first European trophy in more than four decades.

Spain’s government says it has ordered Airbnb to block more than 65,000 holiday listings on its platform for having violated rules.

Sergio Garcia has appeared in 10 Ryder Cups and amassed more points than any other European player.

Jon Rahm is back in contention at a major championship.

It was three familiar faces at the top of the Indianapolis 500 qualifying board after the first round of time trials.

German news agency dpa has reported that a Lufthansa flight to Spain last year went without a pilot for 10 minutes after the co-pilot fainted while he was alone in the cockpit.

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte says the organization’s procurement agency is cooperating with police investigating corruption and fraud allegations involving the purchase of military equipment.

Spain’s airport authority will begin limiting access to Madrid’s airport during some parts of the day as a preventive measure to stop more homeless people from sleeping in terminals.

The Miami Dolphins’ 2025-26 regular season schedule was leaked on Wednesday, with five prime time games and an international matchup in Spain highlighting the slate.

The Miami Dolphins will host the Washington Commanders in unfamiliar territory this season, marking the first time an NFL regular-season game will be played in Spain.

DeVonta Smith enjoyed his first international game experience last September when the Philadelphia Eagles opened what became a Super Bowl championship season by beating the Green Bay Packers in Brazil in the NFL’s first game in South America.

England will send a record six teams into the Champions League next season.

Workers in Spain may soon have 2.5 more hours of weekly rest after the government approved a bill that would reduce the workweek from 40 hours to 37.5 hours.

Scoring three away goals should make Inter Milan feel confident heading into the return leg of its Champions League semifinal against Barcelona.

Spanish authorities say that thousands of rail passengers in Spain have been hit with delays after copper cables used in the signaling system of a high-speed line traveling south from Madrid to Seville were stolen at five locations.

Casper Ruud has become the first Norwegian to win a Masters 1000 title after beating Jack Draper 7-5, 3-6, 6-4 in the Madrid Open final.

Four-time Grand Slam winner Naomi Osaka has claimed her first WTA title since triumphing at the 2021 Australian Open and on her seemingly worst surface.

Aryna Sabalenka has beaten Coco Gauff in straight sets to win her record-tying third Madrid Open.

The rescue act is on for Manchester United and Tottenham.

Iga Swiatek has recovered from losing the first six games of the match to defeat Madison Keys 0-6, 6-3, 6-2 and stay on track to defend her title at the Madrid Open.

The sweeping power outage that hit Spain and Portugal this week has raised questions about the electricity grid in a region not normally known for blackouts.

A widespread blackout across Spain and Portugal upended the lives of millions of people across the Iberian Peninsula.

Electricity has returned to Spain and Portugal, but the cause of Monday's widespread blackout remains a mystery.

Play at the Madrid Open has been suspended Monday due to a major power outage reported in Spain and Portugal.

A blackout has brought much of Spain and Portugal to a standstill, affecting millions of people.

Simone Biles is unsure whether she will compete at the Los Angeles Olympics in 2028.

The World Health Organization's member countries have agreed on a draft pandemic treaty that sets guidelines for how the international community might face the next global health crisis.

Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is visiting China, the top target of U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs.

U.S. Amateur champion Jose Luis Ballester took a different kind of relief at the Masters.

Carla Bernat Escuder has won the Augusta National Women's Amateur by coming from two shots behind with a 68 at the home of the Masters.

Cyprus says it will make money available to subsidize construction of private desalination plants at hotels on the tourism-reliant island nation as dwindling fresh water reserves in 108 dams are reaching alarmingly low levels.

The winner of FIFA’s first 32-team Club World Cup in the United States could earn $125 million as details of a $1 billion prize money fund were finally published.

Four-time Grand Slam champion Carlos Alcaraz says he was unaware there would be a class-action lawsuit filed in U.S. federal court against some of the groups that run tennis and made clear that he does not back the effort by the players’ association co-founded by Novak Djokovic.

Emergency services in southern Spain are searching for a married couple after flash floods swept away their vehicle as rising waters prompted the evacuation of hundreds of homes.

Scientists report that a fossil of a partial face from a early human ancestor in Spain is between 1.1 and 1.4 million years old.

Real Madrid beat Atletico Madrid in a Champions League penalty shootout — again — to keep its title defense alive Wednesday and advance to the quarterfinals.

European Union leaders on Friday downplayed skepticism from U.S. President Donald Trump about solidarity among NATO members.

Manchester United settled for a 1-1 draw with Real Sociedad in the first leg of the Europa League round of 16.

A referee says Real Sociedad fans chanted “Die” at Real Madrid defender Raúl Asencio during the first leg of the Copa del Rey semifinals.

The European Union is getting good at adapting to unprecedented circumstances.

A Madrid derby.

Former Spanish soccer boss Luis Rubiales has been found guilty of sexually assaulting player Jenni Hermoso for kissing her after the 2023 Women’s World Cup final.

Jorge Vilda, the former coach of Spain women’s soccer team, has told a judge that ex-soccer federation president Luis Rubiales did not ask him to put pressure on Jenni Hermoso following the outcry that erupted after Rubiales kissed the player.

Former Spanish soccer federation president Luis Rubiales has reiterated before a judge that forward Jenni Hermoso gave him consent for a kiss at the 2023 Women’s World Cup final presentation ceremony.

Spain women’s coach Montse Tomé has told a judge she was not trying to punish Jenni Hermoso by omitting her from the national team in the fallout of the kiss by former soccer federation president Luis Rubiales.

The legal team for the family of Ana Maria Henao filed new legal documents with incriminating details.

The brother of Jenni Hermoso and one of her teammates have told a judge there were attempts to pressure the player into downplaying the unsolicited kiss by former Spanish federation president Luis Rubiales in the awards presentation ceremony following the 2023 Women’s World Cup.

Spain men’s coach Luis de la Fuente has told a judge in the Luis Rubiales trial in Madrid that he did not get involved in discussions related to Jenni Hermoso following her World Cup kiss from the former Spanish soccer boss.

Spain forward Jenni Hermoso has testified at Luis Rubiales’ trial in Madrid that she did not consent to being kissed by the country’s former top soccer official after winning the 2023 Women’s World Cup.

The former president of the Spanish soccer federation goes on trial Monday for an unsolicited kiss of forward Jenni Hermoso after Spain’s victory at the Women’s World Cup final in 2023.

It’s a question Roger Goodell gets when he’s in London: Would the NFL stage a Super Bowl internationally.

A new study finds that extreme temperatures — mostly heat — are projected to kill as many as 2.3 million people in Europe by the end of the century unless countries get better at reducing carbon pollution and adapting to hotter conditions.

United States defender Naomi Girma has become women’s soccer’s first million-dollar player.

Federal prosecutors won’t seek the death penalty for a Fort Lauderdale businessman accused of killing his wife in Spain, according to court documents.

Federal prosecutors won’t seek the death penalty for a Fort Lauderdale businessman accused of killing his wife in Spain, according to court documents.

Pope Francis has taken the remarkable step of dissolving a Peruvian-based Catholic movement, the Sodalitium Christianae Vitae.

The Miami Dolphins will play in the NFL’s first-ever regular-season game in Spain when Madrid hosts a matchup next season at iconic Bernabéu Stadium.

A woman in South Florida received a personalized letter from a bank in Spain claiming she had received an inheritance from a late relative.

Barcelona's subway system is using regenerative braking to help power both its convoys but also recharge electric cars at street level.

Rafael Nadal says in an essay posted online that he thought about taking a mental health break from tennis a few years ago.

Saudi Arabia scored a major win in its campaign to attract major sports events to the kingdom when it was formally appointed as the 2034 World Cup host on Wednesday.

Kylian Mbappé says he reacted with disbelief when he saw media reports from Sweden two months ago that he was the subject of a rape investigation.

Tens of thousands of Spaniards have marched in the streets of Valencia a month after devastating floods to demand the resignation of the regional officials who bungled the emergency response.

Jannik Sinner clinched Italy's second consecutive Davis Cup title and capped his breakthrough season at the top of tennis by beating Tallon Griekspoor 7-6 (2), 6-2 for a 2-0 win over the Netherlands in the final of the team competition in Malaga, Spain.

Rafael Nadal’s relatively low-key retirement ceremony at the Davis Cup has been defended by the head of the International Tennis Federation as being dictated by the 22-time Grand Slam champion’s wishes.

Top-ranked Jannik Sinner and Matteo Berrettini won their singles matches to lift defending champion Italy past Australia 2-0 and back into the Davis Cup final.

Rafael Nadal wanted to play his last match before retiring at home in Spain and as part of Spain's Davis Cup team.

It was an emotional farewell from tennis for Nadal this week after Spain was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the Davis Cup in Malaga.

Spain will grant residency and work permits to about 300,000 migrants in the country illegally each year for the next three years.

Rafael Nadal has lost 6-4, 6-4 to Botic van de Zandschulp in the Davis Cup in what may have been the last match of his career.

The Associated Press had rare access to a night patrol by Senegal's navy as it scanned the sea for a growing number of vulnerable boats making the risky journey towards Europe.

Neither Rafael Nadal nor Spanish captain David Ferrer is ready to say whether the 22-time Grand Slam champion will play singles or doubles at the Davis Cup Final 8.

A passenger who unboarded the Explorer of the Seas, a voyager-class Royal Caribbean cruise ship with a capacity for nearly 4,300 people, Sunday at PortMiami said Céline Dion’s theme song for The Titanic, “My Heart Will Go On,” was playing when suddenly everything started tilting, so he thought there were special effects.

Rafael Nadal's impending retirement will loom over the Davis Cup Final 8 when play begins Tuesday in Malaga, Spain.

Iga Swiatek has beaten Paula Badosa in three sets and Poland leads host Spain by an insurmountable 2-0 in the opening round of the Billie Jean King Cup Finals in Malaga.

Rafael Nadal is getting set to retire from professional tennis after one last event.

David Knezevich is now facing charges in connection with the death of his estranged wife, Ana Maria Knezevich, after previously being federally charged with kidnapping after she disappeared in Spain in early February.

New storms in Spain have caused school closures and train cancellations two weeks after flash floods in Valencia and other areas killed more than 220 people and destroyed thousands of homes.

Latin music has taken the world by storm.

Tens of thousands of Spaniards have marched in the eastern city of Valencia to demand the resignation of the regional president in charge of the emergency response to last week’s catastrophic floods.

An “unexpected wind gust” caused trouble on a transatlantic cruise bound for Miami. One passenger was injured.

A Spanish research vessel that investigates marine ecosystems has been abruptly diverted from its usual task to help in the increasingly desperate search for the missing from Spain’s floods.

Jorge Tarazona is mourning the loss of his 3-month-old niece and sister-in-law in last week's catastrophic flooding in eastern Spain.

With the finals of the Billie Jean King Cup and Davis Cup set to be played in Malaga, Spain, this month, the International Tennis Federation is making a donation to the Spanish Red Cross to support relief and recovery efforts for the recent catastrophic flooding in the country.

Spanish authorities say that 89 people are confirmed to be missing one week after the catastrophic floods in the eastern Valencia region.

Spain’s royals, prime minister and other politicians were greeted by crowds hurling mud and debris on Sunday when they tried to visit Paiporta, where over 60 people perished.

Four days have passed since tsunami-like floods swept through the southern outskirts of Valencia city, covering many communities with sticky, thick mud.

Human-caused climate change made Spain’s rainfall about 12% heavier and doubled the likelihood of a storm as intense as this week’s deluge of Valencia, according to a rapid but partial analysis Thursday by World Weather Attribution, a group of international scientists who study global warming’s role in extreme weather.

Moments after rushing waters burst through the door to her home, Mari Carmen Pérez received a text message alert from regional Spanish authorities warning her of the possibility of flash floods.

In a matter of minutes, flash floods caused by heavy downpours in eastern Spain swept away everything in their path.