NEW YORK -- Defending World Cup champion Spain will play an exhibition game against El Salvador on June 7 at FedEx Field in Landover, Md., before heading to the World Cup in Brazil.

Seven matches involving six World Cup teams were announced Friday by Soccer United Marketing, an affiliate of Major League Soccer. Spain's game will be part of a doublehead...

Defending champions Spain will prepare for the World Cup in the United States along with Greece, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Ivory Coast, Nigeria and Honduras.

Soccer United Marketing, an affiliate of Major League Soccer, says it will organise exhibition games involving those six nations along with Bolivia and El Salvador from May 27 to June 10.

England announced la...

ZURICH -- FIFA has imposed worldwide bans on three more El Salvador national team players in a match-fixing case, bringing the total to 19.

The players were not identified. FIFA says one player was banned for five years by the El Salvador soccer association this month. Another player was suspended for one year and the third for six months.

FIFA announced 16 global sanctions, including 14 lifetime bans, last week.

The case involves international matches, including El Salvador's 5-0 loss to Me...