Real Madrid members approve new €370m loan as stadium costs balloon to over €1bn
November 14 – Real Madrid’s shareholders greenlighted the board to raise a further €370 million loan to complete the renovation of the club’s Bernabéu stadium.
Tag: LaLiga
LaLiga keeps ball rolling on Puma deal beyond 2025
November 7 – Spain’s LaLiga has extended its official ball supplier deal with Puma. The current deal began with the 2019/20 season and was set to expire in summer 2025.
LaLiga and SportsBoost push deeper into AI developer worlds
October 6 – LaLiga partnered with sports startup accelerator SportsBoost, set up by legendary Spanish goalkeeper Iker Casillas, to hold a conference on Tuesday that probesd into the benefits of artificial intelligence through the lens of the sporting world.
LaLiga commits to Vietnamese FA’s development with new MoU
September 11 – LaLiga and the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding in Hanoi that will see the two institutions partner until 2026.
Selling the dream: LaLiga and T3N to invest €300m in overseas residential academies
August 30 – LaLiga is expanding its elite residential academy concept into international markets with the T3N Sport & Investment Group, and a €300 million 5-year spend focused on “strategic markets such as the US, Mexico, Japan, and the Middle East.”
LaLiga Hope Cup returns to China with 12-team U-16 tournament
August 22 – LaLiga has announced the return of the LaLiga Hope Cup to Kunming, China, that will see six LaLiga U-16 sides face six Chinese Super League teams August 25-30.
Visit Saudi becomes global sponsor of LaLiga and its Official Travel Destination
August 18 – LaLiga has signed Visit Saudi as the Spanish leagueps new Official Travel destination and and global sponsor.
LaLiga files EC complaint over ‘market distorting’ effect of PSG’s state funding
August 13 – LaLiga has kept up its crusade against Qatari-owned Paris St Germain with its latest complaint being to the European Commission asserting that subsidies received by the club from Qatar distort the market and contravene new European Union Foreign Subsidies Regulation.
LaLiga and Iraqi FA activate co-operation agreement with series of seminars
August 9 – LaLiga and the Iraq Football Association (IFA) have begun activation of their three-year collaboration project via a series of workshops for IFA executives addressing key aspects in the development of Iraqi football.
LaLiga lands Iberia sponsorship for Latin America
July 8 – Spain’s national airline Iberia, will be an official sponsor of LaLiga from the start of the 2023/24 season in a deal that focusses on Latin America.
LaLiga launches ‘transformative’ EA strategic partnership, starting with renamed leagues
July 7 – LaLiga, having unveiled its rebrand, has now formally launched its strategic partnership with Electronic Arts, a five-season deal that the Spanish league says will be transformational.
LaLiga looks for a little Xtra from new mobile content offer
May 30 – LaLiga has signed with Digital Virgo to deliver an expanded content offer, LaLiga Xtra, to mobile screens, that will be licensed to telecoms companies and mobile content buyers.
Tebas apologises to Vinicius over fast-fingered Twitter post
May 25 – LaLiga President Javier Tebas has issued an apology for his online rant at Vinicius Jr after the Real Madrid star said the Spanish league belonged to racists following the racist insults he suffered at Valencia last Sunday.
LaLiga demands greater powers to punish racism, police make arrests over Vinicius ‘hate crimes’
May 24 – In the aftermath of the Vinicius Jr racism scandal, La Liga will request greater power to punish incidents of racism in Spanish football.
More monkey chants at Vinicius sparks wider racism row over LaLiga’s failure to act
May 23 – Real Madrid star Vinicius Jr has said La Liga is a league of racists, but Javier Tebas has vehemently defended the way the Spanish topflight deals with racism.