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LaLiga: Barcelona midfielder Frenkie de Jong set to miss Athletic Bilbao clash after injuring calf muscle

Barcelona midfielder Frenkie de Jong is set to miss the team’s next match against Athletic Bilbao after the club said in a statement on Sunday he had injured the calf muscle in his right leg.

LaLiga: Defender Gerard Pique pessimistic about Barcelona title hopes after Sevilla draw

Real Madrid trail Barcelona by three points and if they beat Real Sociedad on Sunday they will overtake the Catalans at the top of the standings due to their superior head-to-head record.

LaLiga: Ansu Fati, Lionel Messi's goals seal victory for Barcelona over relegation-threatened Leganes on return to Camp Nou

In its first match without fans at the 99,000-capacity Camp Nou Stadium since the Spanish league was suspended because of the coronavirus, Barcelona defeated Leganés 2-0 Tuesday with a goal by Lionel Messi.

LaLiga: Fan invades pitch at Real Mallorca's home match against Barcelona without spectators

At a Spanish league match in which spectators were banned, a man ran on to the pitch and briefly delayed Mallorca vs. Barcelona on Saturday.

LaLiga: Eden Hazard, Marco Asensio back for Real Madrid return against Eibar, says manager Zinedine Zidane

Real Madrid’s joint-record signing Eden Hazard and Spain international Marco Asensio are both fit for the team’s first LaLiga match in over three months against visitors Eibar on Sunday, coach Zinedine Zidane has said.

LaLiga: League president Javier Tebas expects more player swaps instead of big payments in transfer window

Tebas said he did not expect the Spanish league's transfer market to move more than 800 million euros ($908 million), compared to 3 billion euros ($3.4 billion) last summer.

LaLiga: Lack of fans is going to be compensated by desire of returning to field, says former Sevilla striker Frederic Kanoute

Former Sevilla striker Frederic Kanoute discusses racism in football as LaLiga resumes after a three-month long break forced by COVID-19 with the Seville derby in an empty stadium.

LaLiga: Espanyol the biggest name at stake in crowded relegation battle as Spanish league resumes this week

Espanyol were bottom of the standings on 20 points, six short of the safety zone, when the season was halted in March with 11 matches remaining.

LaLiga: After three month pause due to coronavirus outbreak, Spanish league to resume next week with all to play for

Barcelona led the LaLiga table by two points over Real when the season was paused in March and the two rivals are braced for one of the tightest title races in recent memory.

Atletico Madrid's Marcos Llorente spent lockdown watching repeats of Anfield Champions League win

Llorente scored for Atletico in the first half of extra time in the last-16 second leg in Merseyside on 11 March and then struck again before Alvaro Morata rounded off a 3-2 win for the visitors to secure a 4-2 aggregate victory.