Spain players call strike

Players in Spain's top two divisions will strike on the first day of the season after last-ditch negotiations with clubs on wage guarantees collapsed, the league announced on Friday.
"We put on the table today our positions, which are very far apart, and we are concentrating now on being able to save the second day," Professional Football League (LFP) chairman Jose Luis Astiazaran told a news conference.
The LFP and the Association of Spanish Footballers (AFE) are to meet again on Saturday and on Monday to try and reach an accord.
The Spanish league had been scheduled to start this weekend.
The AFE is demanding a wage guarantee and that players be allowed to break their contracts if they are not paid for three consecutive months.
It says 200 players in the top two divisions have not been fully paid by cash-strapped clubs, some of which are in bankruptcy protection.
The AFE says the total due is now about 50 million euros ($72 million).
A strike would cause a major headache as the league tries to squeeze missed matches into an already packed schedule.