Villarreal, June3: The Spanish football team will play the first of two preparatory matches for the forthcoming World Cup as they take on Switzerland at the Estadio de la Ceramica on Sunday night. Spain coach Julen Lopetegui is unlikely to field any of the Real Madrid quintet of Sergio Ramos, Lucas Vazquez, Marco Asensio, Dani Carvajal […]
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Spain’s FIFA World Cup squad trains without Monreal
Madrid, May 31: Spain’s national football team on Wednesday completed their third session in the pre-World Cup training camp without defender Nacho Monreal, absent due to muscle pains. Monreal’s fellow defender Dani Carvajal was also absent from training as he recovers from a muscle injury suffered with Real Madrid during the Champions League final on Saturday, […]
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I earned my place in the national squad: Spain’s forward Aspas
Las Rozas (Spain), May 30: Celta de Vigo striker Iago Aspas on Tuesday said he merited his place in the Spanish national football team’s 23-man squad for the FIFA World Cup in Russia through persistent hard work. Aspas, one of the top goal scorers in La Liga this season, acknowledged that his Galician team may not […]
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Injured Salah travels to Spain for treatment ahead of World Cup
Cairo, May 29: Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah will head to Spain for treatment of a shoulder injury sustained during the UEFA Champions League final against Real Madrid in the Ukrainian capital, according to the Egyptian Football Association. The Egyptian star was injured in the 25th minute of Real Madrid’s 3-1 win at NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium after […]
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Spain training for World Cup with 24 players
Las Rozas (Spain), May 29: The Spanish national soccer team began training for the World Cup in Russia with 24 players, but without Dani Carvajal, who is beginning his recovery from a muscle injury. Coach Julen Lopetegui had 24 players on the pitch on Monday, including the seven called up to finish out the training sessions […]
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Spain’s Carvajal fit for World Cup despite minor hamstring injury
Madrid, May 29: Spain defender Dani Carvajal is likely fit enough to appear in next month’s 2018 FIFA World Cup, despite suffering from a minor right hamstring injury, according to a statement from Spain’s national team on Monday. The Real Madrid defender walked off the field in tears on Saturday during the first half of the […]
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Spain coach Lopetegui’s contract extended till 2020
Madrid, May 23: The Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) on Tuesday announced an extension of contract for Julen Lopetegui, who will manage the Spain national team until the end of the European Championships in 2020. The decision is a huge vote of confidence for Lopetegui as he prepares to lead Spain to the 2018 World Cup finals, […]
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Spain coach Lopetegui keeps preliminary 35-man World Cup list secret
Madrid, May 11: Spain coach Julien Lopetegui will send a preliminary list of 35 players for the World Cup to FIFA on Monday, before reducing that to the definitive list of 23 after the end of the football season. However, Lopetegui told Spanish sports paper Diario AS on Thursday that he would not make his first […]
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FFA chief says Australian clubs might sign Spain’s Iniesta
Sydney, May 10: Several clubs of the Australian football league have shown interest in signing Spanish legend Andres Iniesta, the Football Federation Australia (FFA) said on Thursday. FFA Director David Gallop’s remarks came ahead of a meeting between the CEOs of Sydney FC, Melbourne Victory, Newcastle Jets and Western Sydney Wanderers with A-League chief Greg O’Rourke […]
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US fans grab tickets for Spain-Portugal match at World Cup
Moscow, May 4: Fans from the United States were the largest group of ticket purchasers for the Spain-Portugal match during the group stage of the 2018 World Cup in Russia, the organisers have said. “There are no more tickets for Spain-Portugal,” Oleg Trushkin, director of Fisht stadium in the Black Sea resort city of Sochi, said […]