News in Spain
Spanish cyclist Joaquin 'Purito' Rodriguez believes that he is one of the main contenders to win the Tour de France beginning at the end of June. The 34-year-old Spaniard has managed podium finishes in the Giro de Italia and Vuelta de Espana races, to highlight his credentials and the fact that he has evolved from a rider who would always be a threat in one day races as a result of his ability ...
Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:40:02 -0400
Spanish La Liga club Valladolid have confirmed Juan Ignatio Martinez as their new first team coach. Martinez has signed a two-year contract with the club where he replaces Miroslav Djukic, who announced he was leaving at the end of the recently finished season after two campaigns at the club. Djukic has been named as the successor to Ernesto Valverde at Valencia, reports Xinhua. Martinez had ...
Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:10:03 -0400
Fed up with their controversial striker Luis Suarez's almost daily public pronouncements on his future, Liverpool is reportedly set to lay down the law and demand that Suarez put in an official transfer request if he remains determined to leave for Real Madrid. The Uruguay international, currently playing in the Confederations Cup in Brazil, has turned what promises to be this summer's biggest ...
Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:10:02 -0400
Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo is reportedly being urged to stay at his club for another 18 months before making a possible switch to his former side Manchester United, often touted as Ronaldo's last big move in football. According to the Independent, the Premier League champions are convinced that Ronaldo wants to leave Real Madrid and believe that they are the only English club he would ...
Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:40:04 -0400
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Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:50:09 -0400
Spain won its second European Under-21 for the second year running in Israel after outperforming Italy in the final by 4-2. The national squad led by Julen Lopetegui played a brilliant tournament, racking up five wins in five games; Real players Morata, Nacho and Carvajal all participated in the competition. The forward, with four goals the competition’s top scorer, started in the decisive ...
Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:48:01 -0400
Madrid are in advanced talks with Ronaldo's representatives over a deal totalling around EUR155 million over five years, with the Portuguese forward set to earn EUR15m annually after tax in what will be the most lucrative contract in the history of the game. Ronaldo, who has scored 201 goals in just 199 games in his four seasons at the Santiago Bernabeu, raised alarm bells on Thursday when ...
Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:32:06 -0400
Thiago Alcantara stole the show for Spain with a first half hat-trick, leading his side to a 4-2 win over Italy for the European Under-21 ...
Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:29:59 -0400
My Mattress Safe (AP) For Spanish businessman Paco Santos, the safest place to keep money is still under a mattress--or rather, inside of it. Santos, according ...
Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:26:04 -0400
Leonardo Bonucci in 2012 (left) and Lorenzo Insigne in 2013. (Getty) Spain's reign of trophy plundering terror continued by beating Italy in the European U-21 Championship final to defend their title. The latest addition to Spain's silverware stockpile comes almost two weeks shy of the one-year anniversary of the Spain senior team's 4-0 win against Italy in the Euro 2012 final. ...
Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:25:58 -0400
Spain's conservative government is considering dramatic restrictions on abortion and has already increase the Catholic Church's role in education, revealing a divided ...
Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:07:27 -0400
A virtuoso performance from Thiago Alcntara inspired Spain to victory over Italy to retain the Under-21 title and confirm their superiority at this level.Spain have swept all before them at Israel 2013 and by half-time in the final they had all but brushed away Italy. After six minutes Alvaro Morata skipped away from a lame tackle from Alessandro Florenzi before crossing to the unmarked Thiago. ...
Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:30:42 -0400
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Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:20:18 -0400
MADRID (Reuters) - A fraud investigation of Spain's Princess Cristina was thrown into disarray on Tuesday when the Tax Agency said it had been mistaken in reporting she had been the seller of 1.4 million euros ($1.87 million) worth of ...
Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:11:41 -0400
Spain's national soccer team players run during a training session ahead of the Confederations Cup tournament, in Rio de Janeiro June 17, 2013. (SERGIO ...
Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:34:13 -0400
Italy - leading 2-1 after this victory that handed them a fourth title - took less than seven minutes to open the scoring with a nicely worked goal. Isco, a target for Manchester City and Real Madrid, played a neat exchange of passes with Real Madrid youngster Alvaro Morata.Morata, scorer of three goals in the tournament, got to the byline on the left side of the box and put in the perfect cross ...
Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:23:35 -0400
Thiago Alcantara inspired Spain Under-21s to European Championship glory, with the reported Manchester United target hitting a hat-trick as Italy were defeated in Jerusalem.The 22-year-old Barcelona midfielder has been regularly linked with a move to Old Trafford and saw his considerable stock rise further as Spain stylishly disposed of the country of his birth.Alcantara, part of the Spain side ...
Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:17:02 -0400
LOS ANGELES, June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- On November 2012, Spain announced the descendants of the Sephardim could get their Spanish citizenship back after more than 500 years away from Spain. Puerto Ricans on the other hand are being left out of the loop, but one woman is challenging that. ...
Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:13:20 -0400
It was just over a year ago that yields on Spanish 10-year sovereign bonds surged over 7.6 percent. Investors fretted that the "S" in the infamous PIIGS acronym was headed for collapse and a subsequent epic bailout. Spain, the eurozone's fourth-largest economy, offered little in the way of bullish investment themes, that is unless one enjoys crippled banks and the region's ...
Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:05:23 -0400
Spain's 4-2 triumph in Israel, their fourth UEFA European Under-21 Championship title, took them within one of opponents Italy's record haul of ...
Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:27:01 -0400