Spanish football postpones 24 Copa del Rey games after train crash
Real Madrid and Barcelona offer messages of support following train crash as Spanish football orders Copa postponement .
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 after a high-speed service slammed into the rear of another train that had stopped on the track. Authorities said the death toll could rise.
“Shocked by the tragic train accident,” the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) said in a statement, adding that it had postponed the games “in solidarity with the victims.”
It said it would later provide a revised tournament schedule. First-round games on Thursday have not been postponed. The Spanish league has not announced any postponements for the weekend’s games.