Angel Maria Villar

Spain face possible 2018 FIFA World Cup ban over government interference

Soccer`s governing body has warned the RFEF that the Spanish government`s involvement in the election for the football federation`s new president could lead to them being expelled from next year`s World Cup.

Dec 16, 2017, 09:30 AM IST

Spanish football chief Angel Maria Villar's niece dead in Mexico after kidnapping

The body of the unnamed woman was found at a morgue in the central city of Toluca.

Sep 21, 2016, 10:07 AM IST

Spain's Angel Maria Villar withdraws bid for UEFA top job

Villar, who has been RFEF president since 1988, is a former Athletic Bilbao and Spain midfielder who has sat on the executive committee of world soccer`s ruling body FIFA since 1998 and on its UEFA equivalent since 1992.

Sep 07, 2016, 11:45 AM IST