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#INSERT type:video subtype:lead END# Thiago Alcantara inspired Spain Under-21s to European Championship glory, with the reported Manchester United target hitting a hat-trick as Italy were defeated in Jerusalem. Brewin: Spain's reign is in gifted h...

#INSERT type:image caption: Spain went ahead through a fortunate deflection END# Spain opened their Confederations Cup campaign with a narrow 2-1 win over Uruguay which the world and European champions dominated for long periods in Recife.Pedro's de...

#INSERT type:image caption: Alvaro Morata scores from the goal line END# Defending champions Spain are through to the final of the European Under-21 Championship after comfortably beating Norway. The Spaniards came into the semi-final as a heavy fa...

Italy will face Spain in the final of the European Under-21 Championship after Fabio Borini's goal secured a 1-0 win over Netherlands. The Liverpool striker's cool 79th-minute finish settled a tense affair which had looked destined for extra-time be...

#INSERT type:image caption: Roberto Soldado will want to keep his place on the Spain team for the game against Tahiti. END# The Maracana will stage its second World Cup final on July 13, 2014, to become only the second stadium, after Mexico City's A...

#INSERT type:image caption: All eyes will be on Luis Suarez on and off the pitch END# The Atlantic port city of Recife makes its bow as a host city, for a clash between two teams full of familiar names at the Arena Pernambuco. The champions of Euro...

Cazorla, Fabregas give Spain friendly win over Haiti

#INSERT type:video subtype:lead END# A Kasper Hamalainen goal separated Finland and Belarus as the home side edged a battle of the Group I also-rans in Helsinki.With Spain and France running away with the five-team World Cup qualifying group, Fin...

It may seem an epic mis-match on paper but Spain midfielder David Silva is not viewing their friendly with Haiti as a meaningless exercise.Reigning world and European champions Spain begin their preparations for this summer's Confederations Cup with ...

Real Mallorca finished on a winning note but it was not enough to prevent them from being relegated to the Segunda Division on a tense final day in Spain as they beat Valladolid 4-2..The Balearic Island outfit came into the last round of fixtures bot...

Getafe's faint hopes of European football melted away as they finished with a 2-0 defeat away to Granada and saw other results go against them regardless.Victory for Getafe coupled with a defeat for Sevilla would have seen them snatch ninth place and...

#INSERT type:image caption:Alvaro Negredo's four-goal haul buried Valencia's Champions League hopes END# Alvaro Negredo scored all four Sevilla goals in a seven-goal thriller which saw Valencia finish just outside the Champions League places after ...

Real Zaragoza's four-year stay in the Primera Division ended as they slipped to a 3-1 defeat at the hands of Atletico Madrid in a game where all the scoring came in the final six minutes.Celta Vigo's defeat of Espanyol rendered the result of this con...

Natxo Insa scored the only goal as Celta Vigo survived relegation from the Primera Division with a close win over Espanyol.The midfielder struck after 15 minutes as the home side avoided the drop to the delight of a packed Balaidos as overjoyed fans ...

Rayo Vallecano were forced to settle for an eighth-placed finish in the Primera Division after being held 2-2 at home by an Athletic Bilbao side who played almost the entire match with a man less.Athletic lost striker Aritz Aduriz to a red card after...

#INSERT type:image caption: Antoine Griezmann's goal sent Real Sociedad into the Champions League and relegated Deportivo END# Real Sociedad edged a tight game at Deportivo La Coruna to secure their place in the Champions League and send their oppon...