Spain soccer stars draw ire on World Cup defeat

[MADRID] Angel de Castro's newspaper kiosk in northern Madrid is draped with red-and-yellow flags and scarves he's sure he won't be able to sell, now that Spain's World Cup is gone.

"The economic blow is great because what am I going to do with all this merchandise - I won't be selling a single banner or shirt today," said Mr de Castro in an interview.

The country's ejection from the World Cup comes as King Felipe VI was sworn in yesterday in a show of royal pomp that contrasts with the country's economic reality as it crawls out of a recession that has left a quarter of Spaniards without jobs.