During Franco's dictatorship, between 1939 and 1975, soccer was a pastime that was actively encouraged by the state—that is, as long as it was not exploited by the enemy. And the enemy ranged from ...

Spain defeated Italy 4-0 in the final of Euro 2012 on Sunday. Until 2010, Spain was one of the best soccer playing countries to have never won a World Cup. But a lot happened between the 2010 World ...

MADRID (AP) — Spaniards erupted in joy after La Roja won the Women’s World Cup on Sunday, with some following coach Jorge Vilda's call to take to the streets and celebrate Spain's first major soccer ...

Prior to the start of Spain’s World Cup title defense last week, I said that this tournament would be La Roja’s last hurrah. Odds were that they would fail to repeat their World Cup crown and claim ...

The Chilean National Team is preparing for the double FIFA date of Conmebol Qualifiers, in the first days of June. La Roja, led by Ricardo Gareca, currently at the bottom of the table after 14 rounds ...

With soccer’s European Championship now under way, many fans and punters have their sights trained on one team and one team only: Spain. Since winning the last iteration of the tournament in 2008, the ...

This is going to be a hard one for a lot of sports fans in the U.S. to swallow, but if La Roja, the Spanish national soccer team, manages to win a second consecutive European championship, it's going ...

La Roja has secured a well-deserved win at Euro 2024. After a month of functioning on three to five hours of sleep a night, head coach Luis de la Fuente can finally get some rest. I myself have done ...

EA Sports has released the first EVO of the Road to the Knockouts Week 2 event, with the EA FC 25 La Roja Evolution allowing gamers to upgrade Spanish players in Ultimate Team. This is yet another ...