Jude Bellingham was controversially sent off during Real Madrid's 1-1 draw with Osasuna on Saturday and referee Jose Luis Munuera Montero has spoken out about the incident

Ante Budimir’s career has taken him on a long and winding road. But now he is in the record books at Osasuna Mari Carmen was 78 and late. It was a January morning in Pamplona, cold and wet, and the taxi that was supposed to take her to hospital hadn’t turned up. Standing in the street watching time and traffic pass but no cabs, she was getting a bit worried when she saw a young man she thought she recognised. She, after all, is an Osasuna supporter and he is their striker. Although, like her, he wasn’t having the best of times back then; he was halfway through the season, well into the winter, and had scored just once, when she approached. “Excuse me,” Mari Carmen said. “Are you Ante Budimir? Could you do me a favour? Could you take me to the hospital?” So he did, and there was the selfie to prove it. Mari Carmen knew her family would never believe her but, originally from tiny Carcastillo 50 miles south, recently widowed and having moved to the capital for health reasons, a tumour returning, that was definitely her in the front seat and that was definitely him alongside her. The picture eventually appeared weeks later when her daughter Myriam posted a cartoon strip to thank the many people who had helped her mum over a couple of difficult, lonely months, in which it felt like everything was going wrong at once. “Good on Osasuna for signing people before stars,” she wrote. Continue reading...

Jude Bellingham was shown a straight red card as Real Madrid drew 1-1 with Osasuna and the England international could be hit with a 12-match ban by the Spanish FA

Jude Bellingham was shown a red card for dissent as Real Madrid drew 1-1 with Osasuna on Saturday and Barcelona manager Hansi Flick has weighed in on the situation

Real Madrid player sent off for dissent against OsasunaFlick: ‘I don’t like the behaviour I saw yesterday’ The Barcelona manager, Hansi Flick, has said Jude Bellingham was “disrespectful” to the referee after the England midfielder was sent off for Real Madrid. Bellingham received the second red card of his Madrid career during the team’s La Liga game at Osasuna, which ended in a 1-1 draw. The referee, José Luis Munuera Montero, dismissed Bellingham in the 39th minute for dissent, but the 21-year-old insisted after the game that he was wrongly sent off. Continue reading...

Jude Bellingham was given a red card during Real Madrid’s draw with Osasuna on Saturday and the England midfielder and boss Carlo Ancelotti have given their verdicts

England star Jude Bellingham was sent off for Real Madrid during Saturday afternoon’s draw with Osasuna and he certainly appeared to be baffled at his dismissal, as was Carlo Ancelotti

Dortmund slump again in defeat to struggling BochumAtalanta held at home by Cagliari in dull Serie A draw Real Madrid squandered the chance to cement their lead at the top of La Liga when they were held to a 1-1 draw at Osasuna on Saturday after playing most of the game with 10 men. Kylian Mbappé put Madrid ahead in the 50th minute, finishing from close range following a counter attack by Federico Valverde, before Jude Bellingham was handed his marching orders following an argument with the referee in the 39th minute. Continue reading...