By Philip O'Connor ZURICH (Reuters) -Spain playmaker Aitana Bonmati is back to full fitness following a meningitis scare and aiming to continue writing history when Spain take on Switzerland in their Women's Euro quarter-final in Bern on Friday.

Players tried out for a chance to travel to Spain and train with Real Madrid. Soccer players ages 18 and 19 gathered at Lake View High School, 4015 N. Ashland Ave., to try out for the Abbott Dream Team. The team is being put together by Chicago-based health care company Abbott.

New reports from Spain are claiming that La Liga giants Real Madrid would be willing to spend a nine-figure sum in order to sign Manchester City’s Rodri this summer.The City midfielder has become

Switzerland coach Pia Sundhage says facing world champions Spain in Friday's European Championship quarterfinal in Bern is the biggest challenge of her managerial career to date.

There is a stylistic synergy between club and the national team. Both sides emphasise possession-based football, positional play, and quick passing — hallmarks of the famed “tiki-taka” approach that Barcelona helped define over the past two decades.

The soccer superstar is facing a government investigation after hiring entertainers with dwarfism to perform at his 18th birthday party.

For much of Mariona Caldentey's career she operated in the shadows, but the decision to swap Barcelona for Arsenal has thrust her into the spotlight.

The Spanish are favourites to win this tournament but it is 28 years since they made its semis, and even that came in an eight-team finals