Lamine Yamal

Tracing Messi’s path, Yamal claims No.19 shirt

The No. 19 at Barcelona previously belonged to Vitor Roque for a brief period.
17 July 2024, 16:31 PM

Messi-blessed Yamal breaks Pele’s record

Yamal started for Spain in the final a day after celebrating his 17th birthday and became the youngest player ever to play in a major international final, breaking a record Pele had set way back in the 1958 World Cup final.
15 July 2024, 11:00 AM

'This is the best birthday present I could have'

Yamal, 17, and Williams, 22 -- both celebrating birthdays in the days ahead of the final -- have given Spain an exciting cutting edge in attack they have lacked for much of the last decade, pulling the team to a record fourth European Championship triumph.
15 July 2024, 01:58 AM

Can Yamal play beyond full-time in Euro 2024 final?

Even though German law prohibits minors (Under-18s from or outside the country) from working after 8 pm, Spain’s 17-year-old Lamine Yamal should not have any problem playing beyond the full-time in the Euro 2024 final against England in Berlin on Sunday.
14 July 2024, 13:09 PM

Scaloni praises Xavi, de la Fuente over Yamal's emergence

Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni has heaped praise on Barcelona and Spain coaches for taking good care of young talent Lamine Yamal, who is setting the European Championship on fire.
14 July 2024, 07:00 AM

De la Fuente calls on Spain players to make history

Spain coach Luis de la Fuente called on a "brilliant" generation of players to make history for their country in the Euro 2024 final against England on Sunday.
14 July 2024, 05:46 AM

England must win to earn respect of football world: Southgate

Southgate gave his penultimate press conference of the tournament in the bowels of Berlin's Olympiastadion just over 24 hours before his team will run out seeking to finally win another major trophy to go alongside the 1966 World Cup.
14 July 2024, 04:48 AM

England vs Spain: All you need to know

A brilliant Spain team featuring teenage sensation Lamine Yamal stands between England and a first major men's international trophy in almost 60 years in Sunday's Euro 2024 final at the Olympiastadion in Berlin.
14 July 2024, 04:00 AM

Euro, Copa finals promise pure thrills

As the curtains draw on these continental extravaganzas, football fans will reflect on the highs and lows of an exhilarating, action-packed month, leaving them eagerly awaiting the next chapter in this beautiful game.
14 July 2024, 01:15 AM

England face Spain puzzle in trophy homecoming quest

Spain go into Sunday's Euro 2024 final as slight favourites over England after not only being the most attractive team to watch at the tournament but having won every match they have played. 
14 July 2024, 01:00 AM

Birthday boy Yamal stakes claim as player of the Euros

"I've told my mum that if we win I don't want any presents, I just want to celebrate in Madrid with my mates," Lamine, as he prefers to be called, said in an interview with Spain's Marca outlet on Saturday.
13 July 2024, 15:49 PM

Yamal hopes to play ‘Finalissima’ against Messi’s Argentina

Spain's teenage sensation Lamine Yamal hopes for his side to win the Euro 2024 final against England in Berlin and Lionel Messi's Argentina triumph against Colombia in the Copa America final just hours later in Florida on Monday so that the duo can have a go at each other in the "Finalissima".
13 July 2024, 05:02 AM

Yamal's hometown buzzing over teen's Euro success

It's not yet midday but there is a real buzz inside the local bar, El Cordobes, which is still reeling with excitement after Yamal, who used to come in with his dad, clutching a football, shot home the sublime goal against France that helped propel Spain to Sunday's Euro 2024 final.
12 July 2024, 17:19 PM

Olmo focused on winning trophy, not Golden Boot

Spain playmaker Dani Olmo is vying for the Euro 2024 golden boot with England's Harry Kane, but said Friday he doesn't care about winning it as long as his team lifts the trophy.
12 July 2024, 15:05 PM

Teen sensation Yamal's Euro success thrills hometown

Despite his youth, Yamal has long been venerated in his childhood home.
12 July 2024, 09:36 AM

‘Spirit of sacrifice’ and ‘genius’ Yamal pave way for Spain

A touch of ‘genius’ from wunderkind Lamine Yamal and a testament to what can be done by improvising on a proven style of play -- both of these were on display when Spain dispatched France 2-1 in the Euro 2024 semifinal in Munich on Tuesday night.
10 July 2024, 18:01 PM

Spain starlet Yamal coy over 'dream come true' wonder strike

Sixteen-year-old Yamal eclipsed Brazilian great Pele to become the youngest player to score in a World Cup or Euros with a stunning 21st-minute strike that sailed into the top corner, helping Spain come from a goal down to beat France 2-1.
10 July 2024, 02:31 AM

Yamal becomes youngest European Championship goalscorer

The Barcelona winger curled in a sensational shot from 25 metres to break the previous record for youngest scorer set by Switzerland's Johan Vonlanthen, who was 18 years and 141 days old when he scored at Euro 2004.
9 July 2024, 19:56 PM

The story behind Messi and Yamal’s viral photo

Images of a young Lionel Messi bathing a four-month-old Lamine Yamal has gone viral on social media recently, with fans astonished to see that Barcelona’s greatest-ever player and the club’s youngest-ever La Liga scorer crossed paths over 16 years ago.
8 July 2024, 09:47 AM

No schoolboy errors: Spain's Yamal passes secondary school exams

Lamine Yamal may have helped Spain cruise into the knockout stages of Euro 2024 but the 16-year-old has not neglected his schoolwork, with the Barcelona winger announcing that he had passed his secondary education exams.
28 June 2024, 15:25 PM