Spain’s World Cup stars – led by teenage phenom Lamine Yamal – are coming to town, and for one city in Tennessee, life is about to change very dramatically indeed.

Pope Leo XIV’s trip to Spain will bring the American pontiff to a traditional center of European Christianity, where the Catholic Church has a complex legacy and the Socialist-led government is in a political crisis.

At just 18, Lamine Yamal is the lead contender to break Thomas Müller's 16-year Golden Boot record at the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

Alexia Putellas scored a brace as world champions Spain leapfrogged European champions England in Women's World Cup qualifying with a 4-0 thrashing in Mallorca on Friday. Patri Guijarro opened the scoring for the world champions on 19 minutes and Putellas notched her first eight minutes before half-time.

England just needed to avoid defeat against Spain - instead they suffered their heaviest loss in 17 years, but it is not time to panic yet.

Lamine Yamal led Spain to the European championship at 16. Now, 18, can the Barcelona superstar take the throne at the World Cup?

Spain is addressing sexual abuse within the Catholic Church with a new reparations program. Victims like Paula Alonso-Pimentel, who was abused by a priest over 50 years ago, can now seek compensation.

The European Commission has called on Spain to move away from using gas-fired power plants to stabilize its electricity system after last year’s blackout, saying better grids, interconnections and more storage should replace the emergency measures.

The 2026 World Cup begins on June 11 with the tightest field at the top in recent memory. Three independent sources —the betting markets, artificial intelligence and FIFA's official ladder— paint, for the first time in years,