The draw for the knockout phase and play-offs in the 2024-25 UEFA Nations League provided enticing match-ups as some of Europe’s heavyweights will lock horns, Afrosport reports. The quarter-finals draw will see a tough test for Nations League holders and Euro 2024 champions Spain, as La Roja has been pitted against the Netherlands in a battle between two of last year’s semifinalists. The other games in...
Spain and FC Porto starlet Samu Aghehowa has appreciated the role his Nigerian mother played in his development as a professional footballer, Afrosport reports. Edith Aghehowa left Nigeria for Spain in search of a better life and gave birth to Samu in the city of Melilla just off the coastal border with Morocco. The 20-year-old's football career began in Andalusia with Sevilla, Nervion and Granada at...
Spain national team head coach Luiz de la Fuente has called up Pau Cubarsi to replace Aston Villa's Pau Torres ahead of the UEFA Nation League matches against Denmark and Switzerland, Afrosport reports. Torres arrived at Spain's Las Rosaz training ground with what seemed to be a "muscular discomfort" according to the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) Cubarsi is already a prominent figure for La Liga leaders...
Spain head coach Luis de la Fuente has called up Porto striker Samuel Omorodion to La Roja's 26-man squad ahead of their UEFA Nations League matches against Denmark and Switzerland, Afrosport reports. The 20-year-old Omorodion, who was born in Spain to Nigerian parents, was part of the Spanish team that won gold at the Paris Olympic Games. After a move to Premier League club Chelsea broke...
Davis Cup director and former tennis player Feliciano Lopez has stated that the tournament will provide a special farewell to retiring tennis legend Rafael Nadal at the November final eight, Afrosport reports. Nadal, a 22-time Grand Slam winner, is part of the Spain squad for the Finals in Malaga which begins on November 19th. He could be paired with French Open and Wimbledon champion Carlos Alcaraz,...
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