Christian Polanco and Alexis Guerreros deliver a comprehensive live reaction to Spain's tense 2-1 quarterfinal win over Belgium, highlighting Charles De Ketelaere's breakthrough header, Thibaut ...

Match report as Mikel Merino arrived from the bench to score another late winner and send Spain through to play France in the ...

Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Spain’s Mikel Merino (6) celebrates scoring ...

Mikel Merino once again came off the bench to win a game for Spain as the European Champions beat Belgium 2-1 to progress to the semi-finals of the World Cup. La Roja unsurprisingly dominated ...

Spain manager Luis de la Fuente’s decisions to leave Pedri out of the starting lineup and insert Mikel Merino as a late substitute might have raised eyebrows at the time, but they turned out to be ...

World Cup 2026: Spain 2-1 Belgium: Mikel Merino scores late winner as La Roja book mouthwatering semi-final with France Match report as Mikel Merino arrived from the bench to score another late winner ...

Spain turned to their super sub Mikel Merino once again as they triumphed over Belgium in the World Cup quarterfinals ...

INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) Mikel Merino is Spain's World Cup hero once again, and even he finds it hard to believe. A mere four days after Merino scored a clutch goal as a substitute in injury time to ...

INGLEWOOD — Mikel Merino scored in the 88th minute on a rebound yielded by backup Belgium goalkeeper Senne Lammens, and Spain advanced to the World Cup semifinals with a 2-1 victory on Friday. Merino ...