Spanish civil guards

West Ham United: Spain will play Colombia in West Ham United's London Stadium on Friday in the first of two prestigious friendly games ahead of the UEFA Euro 2024.

Friday's match and the game against Brazil in the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium on Monday are the only two chances that Spain coach Luis de la Fuente will have to look at new players before naming his squad for Euro 2024 at the end of the season. The game will be played in a difficult atmosphere after the police raid on the headquarters of the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) on Wednesday, reports Xinhua.

Spanish Civil Guards made seven arrests as part of a corruption investigation into the contracts signed when Jose Luis Rubiales was RFEF president between 2019 and 2023. Rubiales was forced to resign after kissing Jenni Hermoso in the celebrations following Spain's triumph in the Women's World Cup final in 2023.