Spanish forward Alvaro Morata and midfielder Koke earned an international call up for their good performances in recent matches for their respective clubs. Spain will play a friendly against the Netherlands and Nations League games with Germany and Switzerland.

Spain announces its squad for upcoming fixtures: Morata earns a call-up

Manchester City midfielder Kevin de Bruyne has withdrawn from Belgium's clash against Iceland in the Nations League that scheduled to play on Wednesday. Also read: Major Soccer League: Higuain brothers to play for Inter Miami FC He has asked out citing an unspecified injury and returned to his club Manchester City, the Belgian national team said.

Kevin de Bruyne withdraws from Belgium squad citing unspecified injury

With the second edition of the UEFA Nations League starting on Thursday, AFP Sport picks out some potential highlights as international football returns after 10 months in hibernation: - Germany v Spain - Two recent world champions meet in Stuttgart in their first competitive encounter since the 2010 World Cup semi-final in Durban, which Spain won 1-0 before going on to lift the trophy.

Germany v Spain, Bale, Camavinga: What to look out for in the Nations League

UEFA is to introduce a new-look playoff system for its 2022 World Cup qualifying competition which will avoid the need to compare results of teams in different groups.

Football: UEFA announces new playoff system for 2022 World Cup qualifiers

American forward Jozy Altidore will miss the first two matches of the CONCACAF Nations League after suffering an injury during the Major League Soccer regular-season finale, the US men's national team said on Tuesday.

US forward Altidore ruled out of Nations League

Portugal added the inaugural Nations League title to their Euro 2016 triumph as Goncalo Guedes's strike on the hour won an underwhelming final 1-0 against the Netherlands in Porto on Sunday.

Portugal edge out Netherlands, clinch Nations League title

Netherlands capitalised on two England defensive mix-ups in extra time as they came from behind to win their Nations League semi-final 3-1 on Thursday and set up a showpiece final against Portugal.

Nations League: Netherlands enters final as England self-destruct

England forward Raheem Sterling said he was left "fuming" after his PR company issued a release suggesting that he would be captaining England in Thursday's Nations League semi-final against the Netherlands.

Raheem Sterling left 'fuming' after England's captaincy mix-up

Evergreen Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hat-trick, including two late goals, to give Portugal a 3-1 win over Switzerland in a Nations League semi-final featuring an extraordinary VAR incident on Wednesday.

Ronaldo's hat-trick against Switzerland sends Portugal to Nations League final

This week's Nations League finals and Euro 2020 qualifiers will not feature changes to the laws of the game which officially came into effect from June, European soccer governing body UEFA said on Tuesday.

UEFA confirms new laws will not be implemented at Nations League

If England win the Nations League this year it will be a greater achievement than reaching the 2018 World Cup semi-finals in Russia, captain Harry Kane said on Tuesday.

England winning Nations League bigger achievement than reaching 2018 World Cup semi-finals, says Harry Kane

European champions Portugal will take on Switzerland in the semi-finals of the inaugural UEFA Nations League tournament in June while World Cup semi-finalists England will meet a resurgent Netherlands following Monday's draw in Dublin.

UEFA Nations League: Portugal take on Switzerland as England face Dutch test

Leicester City boss Claude Puel believes the international break helped his players come to terms with the death of club chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha last month and they are ready to fully focus on soccer again, the Frenchman said on Thursday.

International break helped Leicester after helicopter tragedy: Claude Puel

Poland forward Arkadiusz Milik scored from a twice-taken penalty to give his already-relegated side a 1-1 draw in Portugal in their final Nations League match on Tuesday.

Milik's twice-taken penalty gives relegated Poland draw in Portugal

Portugal coach Fernando Santos avoided directly commenting on Cristiano Ronaldo's international future on Monday, saying only that the 33-year-old was "with the team".

Portugal coach ducks questions on Ronaldo's international future

Netherlands scored twice in the last five minutes to recover from two goals down and earn a 2-2 draw against relegated Germany in the Nations League on Monday to secure a spot in next year's finals ahead of world champions France.

Dutch draw 2-2 with Germany to reach Nations League semi-finals

England striker Harry Kane on Sunday led his national team to rally from a one-goal deficit and beat Croatia 2-1, booking a place in the UEFA Nations League finals as the winners of League A Group 4.

Harry Kane leads England to beat Croatia 2-1, advance to Nations League finals

Germany coach Joachim Loew said the team's demise in 2018 was unexpected but part of a normal cycle in sport and he is now focussed on what the former world champions need to do to rise again.

Germany coach Joachim Loew looking to rebuild after 2018 collapse

The head coach of Spain's national soccer team said here Saturday that goalkeeper David De Gea has been unfairly criticised for his performance in a 3-2 loss against Croatia.

De Gea has been unfairly criticised, Spain head coach says

The Portugal soccer squad tied Italy 0-0 this Saturday at Milan's San Siro Stadium and so added the point it was lacking to move on to the finals of the UEFA Nations League, to be contested in June 2019.

Portugal keeps Italy off scoreboard 0-0 to move on to Nations League finals

Croatia midfielder Ivan Rakitic will miss the winner-takes-all Nations League game against England at Wembley on Sunday due to injury, manager Zlatko Dalic said on Friday.

Croatia midfielder Rakitic out of England Nations League game

Portugal again left out Cristiano Ronaldo, their all-time record scorer and most capped player, as coach Fernando Santos named the squad for this month’s Nations League matches against Italy and Poland on Thursday.

Cristiano Ronaldo left out again by Portugal

Italy snatched a dramatic and deserved 1-0 win away to Poland in their Nations League match on Sunday thanks to a stoppage-time header from Cristiano Biraghi, his first international goal.

Biraghi gives Italy stoppage-time win in Poland

Germany defender Jerome Boateng has been ruled out of Tuesday's away Nations League match against France in Paris with the under-fire Germans eager to avoid a record sixth defeat in a calendar year.

Germany defender Boateng ruled out of France clash

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