Real president Perez calls club elections

MADRID: Real Madrid president Florentino Perez on Tuesday called club elections and announced that he would stand again.

“I am not going to resign,” the 79-year-old Perez told a press conference towards the end of a season which Real Madrid will finish trophyless.

Barcelona defeated Real Madrid 2-0 at Camp Nou to claim back-to-back La Liga titles.

Real bowed out of the Champions League with a quarter-final exit against Bayern Munich.

Current Real coach Alvaro Arbeloa, who replaced Xabi Alonso in January, is unlikely to remain at the helm next season and former Real manager Jose Mourinho has been linked with a potential return.

This season has seen Real finish without a major trophy for a second year running.

Published in Dawn, May 13th, 2026

Our readers are at the heart of everything we do.
Do you have a thought to share or a way we can improve? We’d love to hear it. Reach out to us at feedback@dawn.com.

Newspaper

World Boxing lifts restrictions on Belarus but not Russia

No joy for Kulusevski as Potter announces Sweden’s team for FIFA World Cup

Tottenham relegation fears remain after draw with Leeds

Comments

Pakistan’s first premium plug-in hybrid E-SUV officially hits the roads as Chery Master begins Tiggo 9 PHEV deliveries

This accelerated rollout is backed by the manufacturing strength, operational capability and over 60 years of industrial and automotive legacy of Master Group.

'Where Silence Falls and Survival Speaks': The last guardian of Gabral Valley

In the remote Hindu Kush, Gabral Valley empties each year as winter approaches, leaving behind only one man who stays to guard its frozen silence.

Master Group of Industries: Driving Pakistan's future through carbon negative innovation

By embracing clean energy solutions, the group continues to contribute toward lowering dependence on conventional energy sources and encouraging a more sustainable industrial ecosystem.

US widens drive to revoke citizenship of foreign-born Americans

Trump rejects ‘unacceptable’ Iranian terms for ending war

Shepherd sacrifices life, averting suicide attack in Attock

Budget may include income tax relief amid salary, pension freeze

3-month-long summer vacation announced for Punjab schools

Modi urges Indians to reduce petrol, diesel consumption amid Middle East war disruption

Iran says made 'legitimate' demands in peace proposal rejected by Trump as 'totally unacceptable'

CM Maryam nominates man who averted suicide attack in Attock for ‘highest civil award’

Adiala jail official submits report to IHC on Imran, Bushra meetings

Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal warns unchecked population growth can become ‘social bomb’

Textile sector eyes $5bn boost

Oil prices rise as hopes of peace dwindle

Auto sales double on cheap financing

Geopolitical shift in ME

Zahid Hussain

A prolonged conflict will have far-reaching implications for regional geopolitics, sharpening the divisions among Gulf countries that are directly affected by the tensions.

Updated 13 May, 2026

Every day that passes without clarity on how and when the war will end introduces fresh intensity to the uncertainty roiling global markets and adds to the economic turmoil the world must bear because of it.

13 May, 2026