No schoolboy errors: Spain’s Yamal passes secondary school exams

Big boy: Spain’s Lamine Yamal (left) takes part in a training session with his teammate Fermin at their base camp in Donaueschingen. — AP

BERLIN: Lamine Yamal may have helped Spain cruise into the knockout stages of Euro 2024 but the 16-year-old has not neglected his schoolwork, with the Barcelona winger announcing that he had passed his secondary education exams.

Yamal, who broke into the Barcelona and Spain starting line-ups this season, became the youngest player to appear at a European Championship when Spain beat Croatia in their group opener earlier this month.