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"Rather today than in Russia," said David de Gea after gifting Switzerland a goal in a World Cup warm-up this month. Well, now it has happened in Russia.

Match-ball design is a science that tends to work against the goalkeepers. That's been the case for a while now, and shows no sign of abating

AS editor Alfredo Relaño takes a look at the new Spanish football kit and the use of the colour purple at Real Madrid and during Holy Week in Spain.

Red, when mixed with blue, makes purple, in the same that blue and yellow makes green