Dermot Corrigan

Spain’s superior sports court (TAD) has called for RFEF (Spanish FA) president Pedro Rocha to be banned for six years, as the legacy of his now disgraced predecessor Luis Rubiales continues to haunt the federation. The TAD judgement can be appealed during a period of 10 days, after which a formal vote will take place which could remove Rocha from his position, in the week when Spain are playing a last-16 game at the European Championship. Rubiales handpicked Rocha as his successor shortly before being banned from all football activities for FIFA last August, due to Rubiales’ behaviour...

Jacob Whitehead, Dermot Corrigan and Nick Miller analyse the main talking points from Ukraine's 2-1 win over Slovakia at Euro 2024

Meetings between Spain and Italy rarely disappoint — and this one was no exception. Here's our analysis of the big match in Group B

La Roja's impressive run of possession-dominance ended on Saturday. Is that a good or a bad thing?

Welcome to our weekly guide to everything that is happening in the summer transfer window

Inter Miami has named Raul Sanllehi as president of football operations, the club announced Monday. Sanllehi was most recently CEO of Real Zaragoza, but is best known for his time at Arsenal as head of football and Barcelona as director of football. Inter Miami managing owner Jorge Mas also owns Zaragoza. As part of a restructuring, Inter Miami announced Sanllehi as co-president along with Xavi Asensi, who was named president of business operations. “I would say, why not?” Sanllehi told The Athletic when asked why MLS now? “I don’t see a reason not to take this amazing project. I...

From impressive Spain to Albania's fast start - here's everything to know about day two at Euro 2024

Luis de la Fuente has played down concerns over Rodri and Alvaro Morata’s fitness after both players sparked injury fears in Spain’s opening game of Euro 2024. The pair were withdrawn in the second-half of the 3-0 win over Croatia at the Olympiastadion in Berlin with what at first appeared to be possible injury issues. Morata is the side’s captain and scored the opening goal while Manchester City midfielder Rodri is an integral part of how De la Fuente sets the team up to play. Asked afterwards about both players’ fitness, De la Fuente said: “Nothing important.

Spain got their Euro 2024 campaign off to an impressive start with victory over Croatia

Spain midfielder Pedri says the unity of the team rather than any individual quality will be his country’s greatest strength at this summer’s European Championship in Germany. The current Spain squad does not have the star quality of previous generations, with the 26 representatives drawn from a wide range of clubs. The biggest representation comes from Real Sociedad with five players, with four from Barcelona and three from Athletic Bilbao and Champions League winners Real Madrid. The situation differs from past eras when the team boasted huge stars with big personalities — whether...

Spain soundly beat Northern Ireland in their final friendly before Euro 2024 - here are the talking points

Barcelona's salary limit issues are yet again a problem going into the upcoming summer window

The Frenchman signing for Madrid could widen the competitive divide in Spain's top flight

The Frenchman will take his place among a squad already rich in attacking talents. What will have to give?

Mbappe's move is one of the most significant in football history - and Madrid have been planning it for years