•Spain’s midfielder Mikel Merino (R) and forward, Lamine Yamal celebrate goal against Croatia, yesterday Mikel Merino hit a brace to help World Cup winners Spain seal qualification to the Nations League quarter-finals with a 2-1 win against Croatia yesterday. Ivan Perisic put hosts Croatia ahead but substitute Merino equalised for Spain early...
•Spain’s midfielder #15 Alex Baena (R) scores the team’s second goal against England, yesterday World champions Spain came from behind to beat England 3-2 in an entertaining Nations League encounter at Wembley yesterday, denying the hosts a cathartic win after their painful World Cup exit. Victory for Luis de la Fuente’s men extends Spain’s a...
•A migrant tries to board a smuggler’s inflatable dinghy in an attempt to cross the English Channel off the beach of Gravelines, northern France Five African migrants died on the perilous Atlantic route to the Canary Islands, Spanish rescuers said today, but an NGO warned dozens more may have perished. Spain’s maritime rescue service Salvamen...
•Spanish-French border Spain has said that it will introduce temporary border checks on travellers from Italy as a response to Italy imposing similar measures after a mass migrant rush into Ceuta. The checks, which came on yesterday “amid the persistent irregular migration pressure” facing Italy, will start at midnight today and last until Sep...
Thousands of migrants streamed into the tiny Spanish territory of Ceuta from Morocco today, prompting local officials to call on Spain to declare a national emergency and send the army to restore the frontier. Spain’s interior ministry said it would guarantee the safety of citizens and the integrity of the nation’s border, but that the [&helli...
France and Spain evacuated more than 160,000 people as unprecedented forest fires ravaged areas on Saturday near Madrid and Bordeaux, a French city flanked by tourist havens and world-renowned vineyards. French President Emmanuel Macron asked the army yesterday to mobilise to help contain the worst wildfire the country has ever seen after seek...
•Spain’s players celebrate on a stage at Cibeles Square in Madrid, yesterday New World Cup champions Spain enjoyed a vibrant celebration parade on an open-top bus through the streets of Madrid yesterday evening, with a jubilant crowd of an estimated two million people out to celebrate, according to local authorities. The players, some shirtle...
•Spain’s forward #19 Lamine Yamal celebrates victory over Argentina with teammates, last night Spain fans flooded Madrid’s streets, waving flags, cheering and honking car horns yesterday after their side beat Argentina 1-0 to win the World Cup for a second time. Hordes of supporters decked out in the national team’s trademark red jerseys stre...
European Champions Spain have beaten Argentina in the final of the 2026 World Cup. Spain got the second ever World Cup after an extra time goal in a hard fought game against the 2022 World Champions. The first half ended 0-0 and was tight with Spain having the majority of the possession and shots. The […]
•Spain’s forward Lamine Yamal and Argentina’s forward Lionel Messi Lionel Messi’s battle-hardened Argentina take on silky Spain in the World Cup final today as the first 48-team tournament in history reaches a climax in New Jersey. The South Americans are striving to become the first team since Brazil in 1962 to win back-to-back World Cups, [...

