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TV football pirates hit by police raids to stop illegal screenings of La Liga matches in Spain
THE Policia Nacional have arrested 166 people in a big push against illegal football match screenings in hospitality establishments across Spain.
Those detained were business...
Rangers’ dream dashed in Spain’s Sevilla after losing Europa League Final on penalties
OVER 100,000 Rangers fans descended on Sevilla for the Europa League Final on Wednesday only to be agonisingly beaten on penalties by Eintracht Frankfurt.
The...
Prices soar as Spain’s Sevilla prepares for Scots invasion ahead of Rangers match
SEVILLA is bracing itself for an invasion of Scottish football fans ahead of Wednesday when Glasgow Rangers take on Eintracht Frankfurt in the Europa...
Football woes: Sunderland fan flies via Menorca to watch Wembley match as cheaper than train
A SUNDERLAND football fan has decided to fly to London via Menorca as it's cheaper than a rail ticket to reach Wembley.
James Jelly, 33,...
Thousands of Rangers fans to descend on Spain’s Sevilla for Europa League Final
THE Europa League final kicks off on Wednesday May 18 at 9pm as Frankfurt take on Rangers at the Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan Stadium in Sevilla.
Rangers...
La Liga player Santi Mina gets four-year prison term for raping woman inside camper van in Spain’s Almeria
LA LIGA footballer Santi Mina has been given four years in prison after raping a woman in 2017.
The Celta Vigo player, 26, has also...
Football star Steven McManaman says adios to Spain’s Mallorca for good
FORMER England star Steven McManaman and his wife Victoria Edwards have moved out of their Mallorca home after 22 years on the island.
The former...
Judge in Spain says Real Madrid and Barcelona can be punished for trying to set up aborted European Super...
A Madrid judge has lifted restrictions that stopped footballing bodies UEFA and FIFA penalising clubs who signed up to the rebel European Super League.
Sofia...
Spanish FA say cyber hackers stole private conversations to pass onto media outlets
SPAIN'S football governing body says cyber hackers stole private conversations and emails to pass onto media outlets.
The Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) has reported...
Six football hooligans arrested after violent altercations at Spain’s Malaga airport
SIX football ultras, aged between 18 and 43 and belonging to a radical group of supporters of the main football club in Malaga, have...
BACK OF THE NET!: El Classico Champions League semifinal between Barcelona and Real Madrid breaks attendance record for women’s...
BARCELONA’S Camp Nou stadium was packed out as a world record 91,553 fans watched the home team beat Real Madrid 5-2 in a Women’s...
Cybercriminals in Spain’s Barcelona steal €1.6 million of broadcasting cash from Italian football club Florentina
THE Policia Nacional have arrested 11 people in the Barcelona area over a €1.6 million fraud against Italian Serie A football club, Florentina.
They sent...
West Ham and Frankfurt fans face-off in Spain’s Sevilla
WEST Ham fans were involved in clashes with Eintracht Frankfurt supporters on Wednesday night ahead of their Europa League game against Sevilla.
Frankfurt fans were...
Wales and Liverpool football legend and former Real Madrid manager John Toshack ‘seriously ill’ in Spain’s Barcelona
WELSH playing legend and former manager Real Madrid John Toshack is in intensive care at a Barcelona hospital.
He is being treated for pneumonia that...
Kicking things off! The surprising story of how one Brit brought football to Spain
TODAY Spaniards and Scots may appear to be operating in different footballing spheres.
But did you know that a Scotsman was also the one...
Serial sex offender who posed as teenager to groom kids on social media faces ‘1,000 year jail sentence’
A FOOTBALL coach labelled as one of the most prolific sexual predators in Spain is facing a ‘thousand years’ prison sentence over the abuse...
Death of legendary footballer, Paco Gento of Real Madrid and Spain, at 88
REAL Madrid and Spanish footballing great, Paco Gento, has died aged 88.
The winger was part of the record-breaking Madrid side of the mid-fifties that...
Ten very good reasons to be happy you live in Spain
JANUARY 17, 2022 has been identified as the most depressing day of the year, aptly named Blue Monday. But rather than focus on what...
Back of the net! Spain tops the tables with the best football managers in the world
SPAIN produces the most successful football managers in the world, a new study has revealed.
Results have been analysed from the top ten club leagues...
Eva Carneiro, the Chelsea medic who fell out with Mourinho in a very public spat, to share her story...
GIBRALTAR'S Eva Carneiro quit her dream job as medic to the Chelsea team after a very public bust-up with then-manager Jose Mourinho.
The ‘Special One’...
Barcelona’s Gerard Pique gets big tax break from Spain’s Supreme Court
BARCELONA footballer Gerard Pique has landed a €2.1 million pre-Christmas windfall courtesy of Spain's Supreme Court.
Pique, 34, has been given a refund of a...
Manchester United and Leeds star Lee Sharpe launches sports bar on Spain’s Costa Blanca
HE’S traveled the world as a professional footballer winning European trophies and Premier League titles.
Now Manchester United and Leeds legend Lee Sharpe is to...
Football war in Spain as Barcelona and Real Madrid go to court over La Liga’s €2 billion investment deal
BARCELONA and Real Madrid have been joined by Athletic Bilbao in launching a legal fight against La Liga's recently approved deal with a private...
Alexia Putellas makes history as first Spanish Ballon d’Or winner since 1960
BARCELONA captain Alexia Putellas has become the first Spain international to win the Ballon d'Or since 1960 .
She was crowned the best female footballer...
Guardia Civil make surprise visits to ten football clubs in fraud probe across Spain
GUARDIA Civil officers and Social Security inspectors interviewed players at ten Spanish football clubs this Wednesday as part of a nationwide fraud probe.
Training sessions...
Barcelona legend Xavi is returning as coach to his former club in Spain
FORMER Barcelona star Xavi Hernandez will be the La Liga club's new coach.
Xavi,41, has been in charge of Qatari club Al Sadd since 2019...
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