Luis de la Fuente (footballer, born 1961)

The world champions moved three points clear of England at the top of Group A3 after Thomas Tuchel’s side demolished Croatia 7-0 earlier in Rijeka on Saturday

La Roja maintained their perfect start to UEFA Nations League Group A3 with a 4-1 home win over Croatia on Tuesday, while England overcame 10-man Czech Republic 2-0 in Prague to leapfrog Slaven Bilic’s side into second

World champions Spain came from behind to beat England 3-2 in an entertaining Nations League encounter at Wembley on Saturday, denying the hosts a cathartic win after their painful World Cup exit

Tuchel: 'No sense to torture ourselves over World Cup exit'

Police in Ceuta used batons and fired shots into the air as they began moving migrants from beaches to a new camp

FIFA asked one of its disciplinary prosecutors on Monday to report back on testy on-field confrontations after Spain’s 1-0 win in extra time on Sunday to dethrone the defending champion

A defining moment of that campaign came on Oct 25, 2017, when Spain faced Mali in the semi-final at DY Patil Stadium

Spain lift World Cup 2026 trophy after defeating Argentina

Anurag Kashyap explores why consistency, not crisis management, builds lasting trust

Spain defeat defending champions Argentina 1-0 after extra time

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Nervous excitement and rowdy cheers turned into anguished groans, nail-biting tension and tears, as Argentines' hope of yet another epic comeback led by Lionel Messi in the World Cup fizzled out against Spain

Argentina was forced to play all of extra time with only 10 men following Enzo Fernandez's dismissal for an ugly challenge on Pau Cubarsi

Spain ended a 16-year wait to reclaim football's biggest prize, defeating defending champions Argentina 1-0 after extra time in a gripping FIFA World Cup 2026 final at MetLife Stadium in New York on Sunday

Rodri completed 93.2% of his passes at the tournament, with his 95.3% success rate against Argentina his highest from any of the eight matches

Spain have kept six clean sheets in seven matches as they prepare to face Argentina

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He spoke of the first pair of trainers his father bought him and of how his mother kept making his bed when he moved to a club pension house in another city as a teenager

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While Latin Americans have traditionally rallied behind football teams from the region who advance deep into the FIFA World Cup, a flood of memes, jokes and criticism has made it clear there is one exception: Argentina

Spanish idealism triumphed over French individual brilliance in the semi-final

There was Novak Djokovic, the winner of more men's Grand Slam tennis tournaments than anyone else

Viral Messi bathing baby Yamal image traced to 2006 UNICEF fundraising shoot

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Enzo Fernandez #24 of Argentina celebrates scoring his team's first goal during the FIFA World Cup 2026 Semi Final match between England and Argentina at Atlanta Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia

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The fixture will also mark Lionel Messi's first competitive appearance against England in international football

Spain are reaching for a second World Cup title on Sunday against Argentina, 16 years after their first, and are doing so in a way that hardly fits the dominance of the superstars at this tournament

Prediction king Shawk nails Argentina’s comeback win over England

Spain outplayed France throughout Tuesday's battle between two of the best international football teams

Lamine Yamal is only 19, but the question of whether the Spanish teenager could one day surpass Kylian Mbappé and Lionel Messi as the sport's defining generational talent has already become one of soccer's most debated storylines, gaining new urgency as the World Cup semifinal stage brings all three players into direct comparison

Lionel Messi has received just three red cards in his illustrious 21-year professional career — but one of them meant he missed out on an international appearance against England

Both sides made it through tough quarter-final contests after extra-time, and now they're set to battle it out at the Atlanta Stadium

For Kylian Mbappé it will be another four-year wait to reconquer the globe; he was an isolated figure, snuffed out by opponents who completely dictated after going ahead

It’ll be 40 years since the Hand of God and, somehow, the first meeting between the two teams since an incredibly rare event: a memorable friendly, with Michael Owen’s late headers setting up a 3-2 victory in Geneva 21 years ago

At his current rate, he will have made about 700 appearances by then and there are no guarantees a body of work defined by explosive power can hold up into his fourth decade

Spain trained in the Cotton Bowl, the famous gridiron venue in downtown Dallas that has hosted many prodigious talents over the past 90 years

Mbappe and Yamal have faced each other several times in La Liga’s El Clasico, the famous derby between rival clubs Real Madrid and Barcelona

Mbappe and Yamal have faced each other several times in La Liga’s El Clasico, the famous derby between rival clubs Real Madrid and Barcelona

La Roja will lock horns with Belgium at Los Angeles Stadium on Friday afternoon at 3pm ET

Spain star Lamine Yamal put France on notice during an interview with with Juanma Castaño for El Partidazo de Cope on June 30

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Spain's streak began with a 0-0 draw in the round of 16 in 2022, when Morocco advanced after a penalty shootout

Balogun, named in US coach Mauricio Pochettino’s starting line-up after FIFA suspended a one-game ban following lobbying by US President Donald Trump, was largely anonymous throughout Monday’s knockout tie at Seattle’s Lumen Field

Ronaldo hints at retirement: ‘Will leave with a clear conscience’

Mounting criticism of FIFA president Gianni Infantino has been led by Jürgen Klopp after world football's governing body overturned Folarin Balogun's World Cup suspension following intervention from US President Donald Trump

Gavi defended Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo

The Portuguese superstar has a poor record against his World Cup round of 16 opponents

The result at Los Angeles Stadium set up a meeting with either Portugal or Croatia in the next round

De la Fuente's endorsement came after Yamal set tongues wagging with comments made in a radio interview earlier this week, in which the 17-year-old Barcelona winger suggested Spain had yet to show their true colors and predicted a dominant run once the team clicked

Uruguay bowed out of the World Cup as goalkeeper Fernando Muslera's howler gifted Spain a 1-0 win in Guadalajara to secure top spot in Group H

Spain reach the last 32 as injuries leave De la Fuente short of attacking options

The final round of Group H at the FIFA World Cup 2026 serves up one of the most eagerly anticipated fixtures of the tournament as Spain and Uruguay lock horns in a high-stakes clash

La Albiceleste secured a 2-0 victory over Austria and now sit comfortably atop Group J. Their talismanic captain produced a fabulous brace and became the highest goalscorer in World Cup history with 18 goals