•Argentina’s forward Luciano Gondou celebrates goal with teammates Argentina bounced back from the chaos of their opening game in the Olympic men’s football tournament to beat Iraq 3-1 on Saturday, while Spain are the first team through to the quarter-finals. Two-time gold medallists Argentina began their campaign at the Paris Games with a 2-1...
•Spain’s forward Salma Paralluelo vies for the ball against Japan’s defender Saki Kumagai Reigning Ballon d’Or winner Aitana Bonmati scored one goal and helped create another as World Cup holders Spain came from behind to beat Japan 2-1 in their first game of the women’s Olympic football tournament today. Spain are making their Olympic women’s...
•Argentina’s defender Marco Di Cesare and Morocco’s forward Abde Ezzalzouli go for a header Cristian Medina scored the equaliser in the 16th added minute as Argentina came from two down to draw 2-2 with Morocco on the opening day of men’s Olympic football action on Wednesday, while Spain edged Uzbekistan 2-1. Argentina are looking [&hel...
•Spain’s forward Alvaro Morata (C) rises the trophy as Spain’s players celebrate victory last night Substitute Mikel Oyarzabal scored a dramatic late winner as Spain triumphed in last night’s Euro 2024 final, beating England 2-1 to confirm their re-emergence as a force on the international stage and end their opponents’ dreams of winning a fir...
•Spain players celebrate goal Lamine Yamal, 16, became the tournament’s youngest-ever goalscorer as Spain came back to beat France 2-1 in Munich on Tuesday and reach the Euro 2024 final. Trailing after Randal Kolo Muani headed in a Kylian Mbappe cross in the ninth minute, Spain turned the match around in four minutes, scoring twice […]...
•Andersen and Javier Soriano With five Euros titles between them, Spain and France face off in Tuesday’s semi-finals in Munich hoping to extend their respective bids for another triumph. Spain could win a record-breaking fourth Euros crown while France would join the Spanish and Germany on three titles should they go all the way, reports...
•Spain’s midfielder Mikel Merino (2nd R) celebrates scoring his team’s second goal with teammates yesterday A Mikel Merino goal in the final minute of extra time took Spain to a 2-1 win over Germany and into the Euro 2024 semis. After a fiery yet goalless first half, Spain’s Dani Olmo latched onto an inch-perfect pass […]
•Spain’s head coach Luis de la Fuente (L) celebrates with Spain’s midfielder Fabian Ruiz (R) after the match Spain qualified for the last 16 of Euro 2024 with a match to spare on Thursday after beating Italy 1-0 in a dominant display which ensured that La Roja would go through as Group B winners. Riccardo […]
•Spanish flag Spanish police yesterday said they had busted the owners of a funeral parlour in Valencia for allegedly selling dead bodies to university research departments for 1,200 euros per corpse. The four suspects, two owners and two employees, also helped the universities dispose of the bodies after they had been studied by incinerating ...
Spain’s World Cup-winning star Aitana Bonmati won the Women’s Ballon d’Or at a ceremony in Paris yesterday. Bonmati succeeds her international teammate Alexia Putellas as a winner of the prize after inspiring Spain to glory at the Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand earlier this year, reports AFP. The 25-year-old midfielder was name...

