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77 articles tagged with "Spain"

Oct 5, 2026

Croatia lost 7-0 without their fans, and now they face Spain’s 41-game unbeaten run back in front of them in Split

Croatia’s supporters return at the Poljud on Tuesday night after a one-match UEFA ban, three days after the heaviest defeat in the country’s history....

Oct 4, 2026

Yamal scored and was off at half-time, and Spain beat ten-man Czechia 3-1 in Oviedo

Lamine Yamal curled in his fourth goal in three Nations League games, and Spain held off a Czechia fightback to stay perfect in Group A3.

Sep 29, 2026

Spain have gone 39 games unbeaten, and Croatia go to Seville without three players

Slaven Bilic says England showed Spain can be got at. Croatia test that theory at the Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan on Tuesday night, with Luka Modric still p...

Sep 25, 2026

Harry Kane’s 100th Bundesliga goal came too late for the Ballon d’Or, and he should win it anyway

The 2026 vote closed its window on the night of the World Cup final. On what he did before then, Kane’s case is still the strongest.

Aug 17, 2026

Rodri is going to Barcelona for 76.5 million euros, with a year left on his City deal

Manchester City accepted Barcelona’s third bid over the weekend, 60 million up front and 16.5 million in add-ons, for the midfielder who won them the...

Aug 14, 2026

Barcelona are selling the World Cup final’s matchwinner, and the accounting explains why

PSG have agreed around €50 million for Ferran Torres and he has agreed a five-year deal. Barcelona offered him a new contract instead. He asked to go,...

Aug 10, 2026

Barcelona are about to sell the man who won Spain the World Cup, and the maths says they are right

Three weeks after his extra-time goal beat Argentina in the World Cup final, Ferran Torres has agreed personal terms with PSG. Look at Barcelona’s for...

Jul 28, 2026

Real Madrid line up a 60 million euro bid for Rodri as Manchester City hold out for 80

Rodri has 12 months left at the Etihad and has not signed the extension City offered him. Madrid are said to have personal terms agreed, but the clubs...

Jul 20, 2026

Spain look built to last, and that should worry the rest of the world

Spain backed up Euro 2024 with the World Cup, and with Lamine Yamal only nineteen and Rodri collecting the game’s top prize, the dynasty question is a...

Jul 19, 2026

Spain are world champions as Ferran Torres’ extra-time goal downs ten-man Argentina

Ferran Torres’ extra-time strike settled a tense final at MetLife Stadium, denying ten-man Argentina and handing Spain their first World Cup title sin...

Jul 19, 2026

Messi and Yamal: two Barcelona generations meet in the World Cup final

Messi is 39 and probably saying goodbye. Yamal is 19 and just getting started. The World Cup final puts two players from the same club lineage on oppo...

Jul 19, 2026

Spain vs Argentina: what to watch in the World Cup 2026 final

Spain and Argentina meet at MetLife Stadium with the World Cup on the line. Here is how the two unbeaten finalists shape up before the 00:30 IST kicko...

Jul 18, 2026

Whatever happens against Spain, this feels like Messi’s long goodbye

At 39, and openly admitting he is exhausted, Lionel Messi has dragged Argentina to a third World Cup final. Sunday against Spain may well be the last...

Jul 17, 2026

Spain national football team players: the squad after four Nations League wins, and Yamal’s 11 goals

Spain won all four Nations League games in September and October and are already in the quarter-finals. Here are the 30 players de la Fuente called up...

Jul 16, 2026

A World Cup final of opposites: Spain’s control against Messi’s Argentina

Spain reached the World Cup final with the tournament’s meanest defence; Argentina got there on Lionel Messi and a habit of late drama. Sunday’s showp...

Jul 14, 2026

Oyarzabal and Porro fire Spain past France and into the World Cup final

Goals from Mikel Oyarzabal and Pedro Porro saw Spain shut down France in Dallas and reach only their second World Cup final.

Jul 12, 2026

Four teams, two ties, and a France-Spain semi-final that feels like the final

The World Cup is down to four, with France v Spain and England v Argentina to come. Two heavyweight semi-finals, one wide-open trophy race, and a pick...

Jul 11, 2026

Merino strikes late again as Spain edge Belgium to reach the World Cup semi-finals

A late Mikel Merino goal settled a tense quarter-final at SoFi Stadium and booked Spain a last-four meeting with France.

Jul 11, 2026

France and Spain meet early as the World Cup’s top two clash for a final place

The two top-ranked teams left in the tournament meet a round early: unbeaten France take on a battle-hardened Spain in Arlington for a place in the Wo...

Jul 9, 2026

Crystal Palace agree deal to sign free agent Óscar Mingueza

Crystal Palace’s summer business is under way: free agent Óscar Mingueza has agreed to join, giving new boss Pierre Sage his first signing.

Jul 8, 2026

Ronaldo’s World Cup story ends with the one prize he never got

Spain’s late winner in Dallas sent Cristiano Ronaldo out of his sixth and final World Cup, the one prize that eluded him across two decades at the top...

Jul 7, 2026

Belgium beat the USA 4-1 to end the hosts’ World Cup and set up a quarter-final with Spain

The co-hosts are out. A Charles De Ketelaere double, plus goals from Hans Vanaken and Romelu Lukaku, sent Belgium past the United States and into a qu...

Jul 6, 2026

Merino’s stoppage-time strike ends Ronaldo’s World Cup and sends Spain through

Substitute Mikel Merino struck in the first minute of stoppage time as Spain edged Portugal 1-0 in the World Cup last 16, ending Cristiano Ronaldo’s t...

Jul 3, 2026

Portugal and Spain collide in the World Cup last 16 with an old rivalry reignited

The Iberian neighbours meet at AT&T Stadium on Monday, with Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal standing between the European champions and the quarter-final...