Let
X be an equivariant embedding of a connected reductive group
G over an algebraically closed field
k of positive characteristic. Let
B denote a Borel subgroup of
G. A
G-Schubert variety in
X is a subvariety of the form
diag(G)
V, where
V is a
B×B-orbit closure in
X. In the case where
X is the wonderful compactification of a group of adjoint type, the
G-Schubert varieties are the closures of Lusztig's
G-stable pieces. We prove that
X admits a Frobenius splitting which is compatible with all
G-Schubert varieties. Moreover, when
X is smooth, projective and toroidal, then any
G-Schubert variety in
X admits a stable Frobenius splitting along an ample divisors. Although this indicates that
G-Schubert varieties have nice singularities we present an example of a nonnormal
G-Schubert variety in the wonderful compactification of a group of type
G2. Finally we also extend the Frobenius splitting results to the more general class of

-Schubert varieties.