Barcelona secured a narrow 1-0 win over Athletic Bilbao on Sunday evening as 17-year-old Marc Guiu was the hero for the reigning La Liga Champions. A lively encounter saw both sides have chances early on. Marc-Andre ter Stegen first denied Inaki Williams’ effort in the fifth minute before Joao Felix was unlucky to hit the […]

Brighton has apparently joined fellow Premier League sides Liverpool and Man Utd in a race to sign Nico Williams. The 21-year-old Athletic Bilbao attacker is widely regarded as one of the top young talents currently in LaLiga. Williams only made his senior debut for the club in 2021, but has already made a name for […]

Jude Bellingham made his La Liga debut for Real Madrid on Saturday night and immediately impressed. At San Mames, Rodrygo and the Englishman scored for Real Madrid in a 2-0 victory over Athletic Club to kick off the season with a bang. The early going was unusually subdued, with both teams having trouble breaking out […]

This Athletic Bilbao TV schedule will have you all set to watch the top Basque club in Spain. A founding member of La Liga, Athletic have never been relegated below the top tier of Spanish football. Athletic Bilbao TV Schedule Athletic Bilbao on TV and streaming: U.S. only: Founded: 1898Stadium: San MamésManager: Ernesto ValverdeSpanish top-flight […]

This Athletic Bilbao TV schedule will have you all set to watch the top Basque club in Spain. A founding member of La Liga, Athletic have never been relegated below the top tier of Spanish football. Athletic Bilbao TV Schedule Athletic Bilbao on TV and streaming: U.S. only: Founded: 1898Stadium: San MamésManager: Ernesto ValverdeSpanish top-flight […]

ABC and ESPN+ will have live coverage of one of the highlight fixtures of the opening weekend of the 2023/24 LaLiga campaign as Real Madrid travels to Athletic Club. Last season's runner-up in league play is again one of the favorites. Now, Americans that have access to OTA channel ABC can watch Los Blancos face […]

Barcelona have reportedly verbally agreed a deal for Athletic Club defender Iñigo Martínez. The center back is in the final months of his current contract with the Spanish club. He will apparently leave Bilbao as a free agent in June. ESPN is claiming that Martinez and Barca have already agreed to a deal to be […]

Barcelona stretched their lead to nine points at the summit of the LaLiga standings as they edged out Athletic Bilbao 1-0 at the San Mames on Sunday evening. Raphinha scored the winner in first half stoppage time as the Catalans grabbed three crucial points in their quest for a first LaLiga title since the 2018-19 […]

Athletic Club and Basque nationalism are intertwined. As in the case with other groups in Spain, independence and nationalism take root in people's lives. Take, for example, Catalonia. The northeast portion of Spain is an autonomous government. This means that, more or less, they own relative independence from Spain. Granted, the area is still inside the […]

Madrid (AFP) – Athletic Bilbao held out with nine men to secure a first win over Barcelona in four years and carry a 2-1 lead into the second leg of their Copa del Rey last 16 tie on January 11. Two goals in three first-half minutes from Aritz Aduriz and Inaki Williams put the hosts […]

Madrid (AFP) – Spanish international Aritz Aduriz, still a prolific scorer this year for Athletic Bilbao at the age of 35, has signed a contract extension that will keep him at the La Liga club until he is 37. Bilbao said the new deal meant Aduriz could only leave if another club offers 40 million […]

Bilbao (Spain) (AFP) – Veteran striker Aritz Aduriz made history as he scored all five goals for Athletic Bilbao in the Spanish club's 5-3 Europa League win against Genk on Thursday. The 35-year-old had a hat-trick by half-time at San Mames, got his fourth goal in the 74th minute and completed a rare nap-hand by […]

Madrid (AFP) – Villarreal spurned the chance to move up to third in La Liga as Eibar struck twice in the final 10 minutes to inflict their first league defeat of the season 2-1 on Sunday. Celta Vigo blew a three-goal lead in a pulsating 3-3 draw at Las Palmas, whilst Athletic Bilbao remain seventh […]

Madrid (AFP) – Athletic Bilbao moved to within three points of La Liga leaders Atletico Madrid with a 3-2 win over local rivals Real Sociedad in a pulsating Basque derby on Sunday. Sociedad took the lead against the run of play when David Zurutuza volleyed home Xabi Prieto's corner on 17 minutes. Athletic laid siege […]

Madrid (AFP) – Ivan Rakitic's first-half header maintained Barcelona's 100 percent start to the La Liga season as the champions withstood a wave of late pressure to win 1-0 at Athletic Bilbao on Sunday. Rakitic finished off an excellent team move after 20 minutes, but with Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez uncharacteristically wayward in front […]