Meet Football’s hottest couple: Iker Casillas and Sara Carbonero

According to reports out of Spain, national team and Real Madrid captain Iker Casillas is about to become a father, with long-time girlfriend Sara Carbonero expecting a child in December or early 2014.

Iker and Sara are football’s most sought after couple.

Casillas is one of the most famous athletes in Spain, but Carbonero is one of the nation’s best known television presenters and journalists, her coverage of World Cup 2010 receiving extra attention because of her relationship with Casillas. 

  

Sara Carbonero is a Spanish TV presenter for Telecinco and sports journalist. 

 

Since 2009, Casillas has been in a relationship with sports journalist Sara Carbonero. In July 2013, Casillas confirmed that he and his partner Sara would become parents for the first time. 

 

Sara stays on the field to cover football matches while Iker plays. 

 

The couple is like the Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Sakshi Dhoni of world football.  

 

During the 2010 FIFA World Cup it was alleged that Carbonero, reporting during the match between Spain and Switzerland, had distracted Casillas, causing the unexpected Swiss victory. 

 

The allegations were made in the English press, originally by Graham Keeley of The Times and later repeated by several other English newspapers, prompting the Madrid-based Spanish newspapers El Mundo, El País and the popular sports daily Marca to all run articles suggesting that the claims were preposterous and untrue. 

 

Questions were also raised about her journalistic integrity after she undertook to interview her boyfriend Casillas after the match.  

 

After losing the match to Switzerland, Spain were in a tight spot and had to win both their matches to make it to the next rounds. 

 

Spain both the remaining games and made it to the finals thanks to Iker’s superb keeping. 

 

Spain beat Netherlands in the finals to win the World cup  2010. 

 

As Spain created history by winning the FIFA World Cup 2010 title, let's have a look at their way of celebrating victory, kiss way....  After defeating the Netherlands, Iker Casillas, Captain of Spain quickly exchanged a celebration with his reporter girlfriend Sara Carbonero as the pair began to kiss in front of the camera. 

 

On 6 July 2013, it has been announced that Sara and her long term boyfriend Iker Casillas would become parents for the first time. Sara is believed to be 13 weeks pregnant.