Spanish football postpones 24 Copa del Rey games after train crash

Spain’s national football federation has postponed all 24 Copa del Rey games scheduled for Wednesday because of a train accident that killed at least 30 people in the country’s central region. About 80 people were injured and the death toll could rise, authorities said, after a high-speed train slammed into the rear of another one that had stopped on the track. “Shocked by the tragic train accident,” the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) said. It said it ordered the postponement of the games “in solidarity with the victims”. “The entire Spanish football community stands united in grief over this tragedy and has made itself available to the authorities to assist the victims of this devastating accident,” RFEF added.