https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Vicente del Bosque said on Thursday that he has resigned as coach of Spain, just days after the reigning champions crashed out of Euro 2016. https://www.thelocal.es/20160701/del-bosque-quits-as-spain-coach-after-poor-euro-2016 Fri, 01 Jul 2016 10:47:50 +0200 del-bosque-quits-as-spain-coach-after-poor-euro-2016 Giorgio Chiellini and Graziano Pelle scored as Italy exacted revenge for their Euro 2012 final hammering by dumping Spain out of Euro 2016 with a deserved 2-0 last 16 win on Monday. https://www.thelocal.es/20160628/spain-crash-out-of-euro-2016-after-italy-defeat Tue, 28 Jun 2016 10:26:43 +0200 spain-crash-out-of-euro-2016-after-italy-defeat Two-time defending champions Spain meet Italy in a heavyweight last 16 clash at Euro 2016 on Monday, while Wayne Rooney's England take on outsiders Iceland for a place in the quarter-finals. https://www.thelocal.es/20160627/spain-to-go-head-to-head-with-italy-for-quarter-final-place Mon, 27 Jun 2016 16:59:30 +0200 spain-to-go-head-to-head-with-italy-for-quarter-final-place The public prosecutor in Nice ruled that 11 Spanish fans should be expelled from France for troublemaking. https://www.thelocal.es/20160621/spanish-far-right-fans-to-be-kicked-out-of-france-euro-2016 Tue, 21 Jun 2016 10:26:19 +0200 spanish-far-right-fans-to-be-kicked-out-of-france-euro-2016 Hardcore supporters of Croatian club Hajduk Split, suspected of throwing flares during the Euro 2016 match against the Czech Republic, have threatened on Facebook to also disrupt the next game against Spain. https://www.thelocal.es/20160620/croatian-hooligans-threaten Mon, 20 Jun 2016 16:39:54 +0200 croatian-hooligans-threaten The knockout stages of Euro 2016 beckons for defending champions Spain and 2012 finalists Italy if they can back up their opening wins with more success against Turkey and Sweden on Friday. https://www.thelocal.es/20160617/spain-eye-knockout-stages-in-euro-2016 Fri, 17 Jun 2016 10:33:50 +0200 spain-eye-knockout-stages-in-euro-2016 The girlfriend of Spain goalkeeper David De Gea has broken the silence maintained since sex abuse allegations emerged on Friday and shown she is supporting her man. https://www.thelocal.es/20160613/edurne-stands-by-her-man-david-de-gea Mon, 13 Jun 2016 18:32:48 +0200 edurne-stands-by-her-man-david-de-gea Defending champions Spain kick-off their Euro 2016 against the Czech Republic on Monday, bidding for a third straight European crown, under a sex scandal cloud. https://www.thelocal.es/20160613/spain-start-treble-bid-under-sex-scandal-cloud Mon, 13 Jun 2016 10:28:17 +0200 spain-start-treble-bid-under-sex-scandal-cloud European champions Spain suffered a shock first defeat since March 2015 losing 1-0 at home to Georgia in their final warm-up friendly before Euro 2016 in Madrid on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20160608/ouch-spain-suffers-shock-defeat-to-137th-ranked-georgia Wed, 08 Jun 2016 14:00:09 +0200 ouch-spain-suffers-shock-defeat-to-137th-ranked-georgia A cache of 1,200 fake Spanish Euro 2016 jerseys and shorts were seized by French customs officials in Dunkirk on Monday. https://www.thelocal.es/20160607/fake-spanish-shirts-and-shorts-seized-in-france Tue, 07 Jun 2016 10:13:26 +0200 fake-spanish-shirts-and-shorts-seized-in-france Spain ended Ukraine's hopes of automatic qualification for Euro 2016 as Mario Gaspar's solitary goal on his international debut handed the European Champions a 1-0 win in Kiev on Monday. https://www.thelocal.es/20151013/spain-send-ukraine-to-euro-16-play-offs-despite-cesc-fbregas-missing-penalty Tue, 13 Oct 2015 10:39:40 +0200 spain-send-ukraine-to-euro-16-play-offs-despite-cesc-fbregas-missing-penalty Little known Scotsman David Wilson will lead Gibraltar out as their interim head coach at Hampden Park in their Euro 2016 qualifier against Scotland later this month. https://www.thelocal.es/20150309/scot-to-lead-gibraltar-into-euro-clash-with-scotland Mon, 09 Mar 2015 10:03:40 +0100 scot-to-lead-gibraltar-into-euro-clash-with-scotland Former Chelsea midfielder Miroslav Stoch struck three minutes from time as Slovakia stunned defending champions Spain 2-1 in a Euro 2016 qualifier in Zilina on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.es/20141009/slovakia-stun-spain-2-1-in-euro-qualifier Fri, 10 Oct 2014 01:06:00 +0200 slovakia-stun-spain-2-1-in-euro-qualifier Spain's bid to put right a disastrous defence of the World Cup gets underway in the modest surrounds of Levante's 26,000 capacity stadium against equally modest opponents Macedonia on Monday. https://www.thelocal.es/20140907/spain-aim-to-put-world-cup-nightmare-behind-them Sun, 07 Sep 2014 14:01:00 +0200 spain-aim-to-put-world-cup-nightmare-behind-them International football newcomer Gibraltar was briefly selected in the same group as Spain on Sunday during the blind draw for the EURO 2016 tournament qualifiers, but was immediately switched to avoid political tensions. https://www.thelocal.es/20140224/uefa-switch-gibraltar-to-avoid-spain-showdown Mon, 24 Feb 2014 11:54:00 +0100 uefa-switch-gibraltar-to-avoid-spain-showdown