Spanish Football Federation Faces Corruption Investigation

Police have searched the headquarters of the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) in Madrid as part of a corruption investigation.
The operation is part of a wider investigation linked to alleged corruption in business, improper management of assets and money laundering, the prosecutor said.
Police were carrying out 11 searches on unspecified locations across Spain.
The prosecutor expected seven people to be arrested.
Spain’s national men’s team trained on a pitch adjoining the headquarters of the Spanish Soccer Federation as the search was carried out on Wednesday.
Spain play Colombia today in a friendly at West Ham’s London Stadium.
Meanwhile, RFEF staff were barred from entering the headquarters.
A source at the RFEF reportedly disclosed that the home of former Spanish Football Federation president Luis Rubiales in Andalucia was being searched.
Rubiales resigned last September following criticism for kissing Spain forward Jenni Hermoso at the Women’s World Cup final presentation ceremony.
Both Hermoso and Rubiales, along with colleagues, have given testimony to the investigating judge, who has recommended the case proceed to trial.
In a different development, Real Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois has suffered another serious knee injury, just as he was edging closer to a return from a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament.
The Belgium international, 31, has had surgery after tearing the meniscus in his right knee in training.
He ruptured the ACL in his left knee in August and has not played this season.