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Spain’s Bonmati hospitalised with meningitis ahead of Euro 2025

Spain and Barcelona's Aitana Bonmati with her latest Ballon d'Or trophy in 2024 [Sarah Meyssonnier/Reuters]

Spain midfielder Aitana Bonmati, the two-time Ballon d’Or holder, has been hospitalised with viral meningitis less than a week before the Women’s European football championship begins.

Spain coach Montse Tome said late on Friday that her star player had felt ill and was taken to a hospital in Madrid where she tested positive for meningitis.

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