football
October 26th, 2010
Cesc Fábregas is on of seven members of Spain's World Cup-winning squad to have been included in the shortlist for the prestigious prize. Andrés Iniesta, who scored his country's winning goal in the Johannesburg final against Holland in July, is among the contenders, along with his Barcelona team-mates Xavi, Carles ...
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October 19th, 2010
One of Real Madrid's top officials has distanced the Spanish club from reports that it will launch a big-money January raid on Manchester United's prize asset Wayne Rooney. British media have been widely speculating that the England striker will not sign an extension to his United contract, which expires in 2012, ...
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October 13th, 2010
David Villa became Spain’s all-time leading scorer Tuesday, again showing his worth to the world champions when he scored his 45th goal for the national team. The Barcelona striker took sole possession of the Spanish record he had jointly held with former Real Madrid great Raul Gonzalez with a 44th-minute penalty ...
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September 12th, 2010
Jose Mourinho was upstaged by the Santiago Bernabeu's electronic scoreboard on Saturday night ... the one that read Barcelona 0 Hercules 2. The euphoria that marked the Real coach's entrance at 8pm was not for his arrival but for the astonishing scoreline up in lights away to his left. Barcelona had ...
Continue reading Barcelona Fall to la Liga Minnows
September 8th, 2010
Argentina handed Spain its first loss since winning the World Cup two months ago, earning a dominant 4-1 win last night. Argentina took a comfortable lead with first-half goals from Lionel Messi, Gonzalo Higuain and Carlos Tevez and was assisted by shaky goalkeeping from Spanish second
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September 3rd, 2010
Spain and Portugal boast "ideal venues" for the World Cup and have a strong chance of being elected as tournament host, according to the head of FIFA's inspection team. The pair have individual experience of hosting major football tournaments but have entered a joint bid to attract the World Cup in ...
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August 30th, 2010
Jose Mourinho made a poor start to his spell as Real Madrid coach yesterday, with a dull 0-0 draw away to well drilled Mallorca. Earlier on Sunday, Barcelona had kicked off their campaign to retain the Liga title with an emphatic 3-0 win away to Racing Santander, with handsome goals from ...
Continue reading Contrasting Start to League for Barcelona and Madrid
August 20th, 2010
Spanish champions Barcelona remain arguably the best footballing team on the planet and are once again favourites to win every competition in 2010-11, but they may well have to suffer a big disappointment at the start of the new season as they try to claw back a defeat against Sevilla ...
Continue reading Super Cup Final Marks Start of Spain’s Football Season
July 16th, 2010
A report titled "Destruction of the Whole Coast 2010," has been released today by Greenpeace, in which they have launched a scathing criticism of Spain's overbuilding of the coastline, stating that 7.7 hectares of coastline per day is being destroyed for urban, industrial or commercial purposes. The environmental protection group say ...
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July 15th, 2010
In another world leading performance, the Spanish international soccer team has regained the top spot in the new rankings announced by FIFA after becoming World Champions in the final against the Netherlands, who themselves have risen to second place. With the World Cup title, Spain scored
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