Alvaro Morata struck twice to secure Atletico Madrid a 3-0 victory at Getafe in their opening game of the La Liga season on Monday.

The pre-season friendly between Spanish side Atletico Madrid and Italian giants Juventus which was scheduled to take place in Israel this weekend has been cancelled because of "security" concerns, the two teams announced on Saturday.

Uruguay great Luis Suarez made his second debut for his boyhood club Nacional on Tuesday but could not prevent them from falling to a 1-0 defeat at home to Atletico Goianiense.

Atletico Madrid have signed versatile Argentina defender Nahuel Molina from Udinese on a five-year contract, the LaLiga club announced on Thursday.

Former Liverpool and Barcelona forward Luis Suarez has re-joined Uruguayan team Nacional on a free transfer, returning to the Montevideo-based club after 16 years in Europe.

Atletico Madrid fans have started a social media campaign, voicing their dissatisfaction over the possibility of the Spanish club’s chances of signing Cristiano Ronaldo this season. 

Veteran Belgian midfielder Axel Witsel has joined Atletico Madrid on a free transfer from Borussia Dortmund, the Spanish La Liga club announced on Wednesday.

Record signing Joao Felix scored two first-half goals for Atletico Madrid as they secured a 2-1 win over Juventus in the International Champions Cup at the Friends Arena on Saturday.

Atletico Madrid took a huge advantage in their heavyweight Champions League last-16 tie with Juventus, earning a 2-0 home win thanks to late goals from Uruguayan defenders Jose Gimenez and Diego Godin in a tense, incident-packed game on Wednesday.

Virgiliu Postolachi's injury-time strike hands Thomas Tuchel his first win as Paris Saint-Germain coach after a pulsating 3-2 victory over Atletico Madrid on Monday.

French striker Antoine Griezmann hits a hat-trick as Atletico Madrid thrash Sevilla 5-2 to cut the gap on La Liga leaders Barcelona back to seven points.

Sergio Escudero's goal after just 24 seconds set Sevilla on their way to a 3-1 win over Atletico Madrid and a place in the Spanish Copa del Rey semi-finals.

Atletico Madrid book their place in the quarter-finals of the Copa del Rey after seeing off third-tier Lleida, while new signing Luciano Vietto's hat-trick fires Valencia past Las Palmas.

Atletico Madrid leapfrog Valencia into second in La Liga thanks to Fernando Torres's first goal at the Wanda Metropolitano to edge out Alaves 1-0.

Real Madrid fail to take advantage of La Liga leaders' Barcelona's 2-2 draw with Celta Vigo as they are held to a goalless draw at Athletic Bilbao, while Atletico Madrid profit by beating Real Sociedad 2-1.

Real Madrid and Atletico each slip 10 points behind La Liga leaders Barcelona after an intense Madrid derby finishes goalless and the Catalans picked up an 11th victory in 12 games by winning 3-0 at Leganes.

Accustomed to unrelenting success in recent seasons, both Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid enter Saturday's first ever Spanish capital derby at Atletico's new Wanda Metropolitano stadium with little room for error.

Diego Simeone defends Atletico Madrid's style as another profligate performance left his side on the brink of an early Champions League exit after being held 1-1 at home by 10-man Qarabag.

Players and coaches of both Atletico Madrid and Barcelona hail the atmosphere at Atletico's Wanda Metropolitano as the thrills of a 1-1 draw drowned out fears the match would be overshadowed by political tension sweeping across Spain.

The biggest game of the La Liga season so far is shrouded in political tension as Barcelona visit Atletico Madrid in their first trip to the Spanish capital since a Catalan independence referendum marred by violence.