Spain top Uruguay to confirm favouritism

Spain are tipped as favourites to win the under-21 European Championships again this summer having picked up the title in 2011 with Juan Mata voted the Player of the Tournament. Other former winners of that award include Andrea Pirlo, Luis Figo and ...

Manchester United are favourites to sign Barcelona midfielder Thiago Alcantara, United are believed to have been tracking Alcantara for several seasons now. It is believed they may have finally made their move, by offering to trigger the player's ...

NICE, France Spain's two-time Tour de France champion Alberto Contador has been nominated by race favourite Chris Froome as his biggest threat for this year's edition, which gets underway on June 29 in Corsica. Froome, Kenyan-born but brought up ...

Spain coach Vicente del Bosque has denied that he is selecting veteran goalkeeper Iker Casillas due tofavouritism.The Real Madrid skipper spent the second half of the 2012-13 season on the sidelines and subsequently onthe bench, which coincided with the ...

CAIRO - The FIFA Confederations Cup, which kicked off in Brazil on Saturday, is offering a big preparation opportunity for the participating teams ahead of the 2014 World Cup, according to Egyptian

The best two teams in the clash in Jerusalem's Teddy's Stadium for the grand Final on Tuesday evening. Defending champions Spain have won all four of their matches in Israel and will now be looking to make it five out of five in order to retain ...

Gerard Pique has insisted Spain's status as Confederations Cup favourites will not distract them as they complete their preparations for the competition. The reigning world and European champions will launch their campaign against Uruguay in ...

Nadal faces Wawrinka in Madrid Open final news.taaza.com: (28 Days ago) Madrid, May 12 (IANS) Spain's Rafael Nadal will face Swiss Stanislaus Wawrinka in the final of the men's competition of the Mutua Madrid Open tennis late Sunday after both ...

Featuring perhaps three of this month's Under-21-European Championships favourites, Group B undeniably has the most tantalising contests of the group stages on offer. The same three nations happen to be three of the four semi-finalists from the ...