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Roberto Carlos to coach Turkish Sivasspor club
Former World Cup winner and Real Madrid star Roberto Carlos has agreed to coach Turkish Super League's Sivasspor club. Sivasspor officials announced that they had offered the coaching job to the Brazilian after former coach Riza Calimbay called it quits, reports Xinhua. Carlos, 40, reportedly accepted the offer after consulting with friends from his time with Fenerbahce. Carlos is currently ...
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Man City agrees on record 54 mln-pound deal for Atleticos Falcao to usher in Pellegrini era
Manchester City has reportedly agreed to sign a record 54 million-pound transfer deal with Atletico Madrid striker Radamel Falcao, who will become City's first signing of the Manuel Pellegrini era. City has met the buy-out clause in the Atletico contract of the Colombian, who has long been one of hottest properties in world football, to snatch him away from incoming Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho ...
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Arda Turan celebrates victory in Spanish cup with Azerbaijani flag
As is known, Spain's Atletico beat Real in the final of the Royal cup. Sport.1news.az presents a video report about the celebration of success of Atletico footballers, where Arda Turan celebrates victory in the center of Madrid with Azerbaijani flag on his back and Turkish banner on his ...
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Southside students score high on nationwide Spanish test
From left, Southside High students Tanner Gray, Abbey West, Emily Payne and Andrew Prince are pictured May 13 at the school. The students recently attained national recognition — four of only about 130 students nationwide — for excellent performance in ...
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Alonso sails to Spanish GP win
Two-time champion Fernando Alonso paid a warm tribute to his Ferrari team and the massive Spanish crowd on Sunday after he drove to a dominant victory at the Spanish Grand Prix.His win thrilled his compatriots in a 95,000-strong flag-waving home crowd that roared in delight after he had crossed the line to grab his second win at his home race and third on Spanish soil in recent years.'It ...
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Rosberg cautious despite Spanish GP pole
Nico Rosberg secured his third career pole position as Mercedes completed a hat-trick of qualifying successes - and then warned that he is worried his tyres will let him down in Sunday's Spanish Grand Prix.The 27-year-old German led the way as his team locked out the front row of Saturday's grid but he was immediately concerned afterwards that he does not endure a repeat of his ...
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Rafa nets seventh Italian Open title after Federers dramatic defeat
A SPECTACULAR win for Spain's Rafa Nadal against Roger Federer in Rome left fans open-mouthed as the Swiss world number two crashed out and handed his rival his seventh Italian Open title on a ...
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Spains Montoro Sees Faster Economic Recovery
Spain's Budget Minister Cristobal Montoro expects the country to see a faster-than-anticipated economic recovery, although he couldn't say when that may happen, he told Cinco Dias in an interview published in its Monday Internet edition. The combination of an improvement in the balance of payments, lower financing costs and moderate inflation support Montoro's optimism, the ...
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Football PSG block Ancelottis Madrid switch
PARIS: Carlo Ancelotti, who wants to quit Paris Saint-Germain and succeed Jose Mourinho at Real Madrid, found his escape route blocked by the French champions' Qatari owners on Sunday. Ancelotti has been tipped t ...
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Many of Spains Sephardic Jews Still Waiting for Citizenship
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Ancelotti asks to leave PSG and could thus hasten Mourinhos departure from Real Madrid
The departure of Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho appeared to move a step closer this Sunday when Paris Saint Germain coach Carlo Ancelotti confirmed he had asked to leave the French champions.Ancelotti has been widely tipped as the next man to occupy the Real Madrid dugout should Mourinho leave the club and the news coming from France appears to indicate that Real Madrid coach, Florentino Perez ...
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Rafa Nadal beats an out of form Federer 6-1 6-3 in the final of the Masters 1000 in Rome
The Swiss committed many unforced errors and was generally out of the match.At 6-1 and 3-0 Federer saw the game lost; Nadal had won 9 games on the ...
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13 injured in a 50 car smash in Segovia
Two collisions between 50 vehicles have left 13 injured in Honrubia de la Cuesta, Segovia. The A1 was closed after the collision 140 km from Madrid. Heavy hail in the area was thought to be responsible for the two simultaneous crashes which took place at 7pm last night. A man in his 50's was seriously injured and he was evacuated by helicopter to Burgos University Hospital. Another ...
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Pedro helps Barcelona towards matching La Liga points record
Valladolid , that was the prelude to a title party at the Camp Nou on Sunday.Tito Vilanova's side wrapped up their fourth league crown in five years last weekend, but still have the chance to equal the mark set by Jos Mourinho's victorious side last season.A 21st-minute strike from Pedro and an own-goal from Valladolid's Marc Valiente before half-time sealed a drab victory in ...
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La Liga Barcelona 2 Real Valladolid 1
Barcelona were missing Lionel Messi, who aggravated a hamstring injury in the victory at Atletico Madrid last weekend and is expected to miss the remainder of the ...
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British toddler has lucky escape in Tenerife Swimming Pool
A four year old British boy is recovering after nearly drowning in a hotel swimming pool in a complex of apartments in Playa de Las Americas, in Arona, Tenerife. A medical team from the SUC Canary Emergency Service was on the scene and attended to the boy, who had expulsed a grand part of the water he had swallowed. He was taken to the Hospitn Sur, where he was admitted in an improving ...
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British woman celebrates her 100th birthday on Mallorca
She showed local journalists the letter she had received from the Queen at her home in Port de Pollena in Mallorca yesterday. Ethel is still an active woman. She goes three times a week to the adult school in her town where she has been leaning Spanish for the past 16 years. Yesterday her classmates and the municipal authorities gave her a surprise party and she said she was very ...
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Spain Refuses Treasure Discovered in America
Cultural Heritage Newswire - In this time of economic uncertainty it was shocking to learn today that the Government of Spain has decided not to accept the priceless treasure discovered in Florida. Based on the large crowds coming to see the treasure currently on display at the Appleton Museum of Art it appears to be a poorly thought out financial decision. The Museo del Prado or del ...
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Barcelona toasts title with win over Valladolid
BARCELONA, Spain -- Newly crowned Spanish champion Barcelona celebrated the league title in front of its home fans by easing to a 2-1 win over Valladolid on Sunday.While rain and dropping temperatures dampened the party, Barcelona had little trouble keeping alive its bid to equal Real Madrid's 2012 record haul of 100 points even without the injured Lionel Messi.With Messi out after ...
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Spanish Fork softball comes up just short gets second in 3A playoffs
Playing six softball games in 36 hours is a lot for even resilient high school athletes.The Spanish Fork softball team had to win all six of them to win the 3A state championship in St. George -- but came up one short.The Dons continued their impressive run with a 4-3 win over Bear River Saturday morning, then handed Stansbury its first loss of the tournament with a 9-3 victory.In the deciding ...
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Spain Valencia navigates into fourth
Ballesteros/EPA BARCELONA, Spain (AP) -- Valencia won 1-0 at Getafe thanks to Jeremy Mathieu's goal to provisionally move into fourth place and Spain's last Champions League spot on Saturday. Real Sociedad can reclaim its hold on fourth place with a win at Sevilla later, after Osasuna plays Granada. Mathieu scored with a deft volley from a pass from Ever Banega ...
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The prosecution has reopened the Valencia Metro accident case
It seems that the Valencia administration has hid information for years, to avoid any responsibility being put on them for the largest accident suffered by a train in Spain. 43 people were killed and 47 injured on July 3 ...
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100-67 Madrid close a great domestic season
The outfit managed by Pablo Laso put the cherry on the cake of a magnificent domestic season in front of their fans with their 30th win in the championship. Real Madrid, with the quartet of Llull, Carroll, Rudy and Hettsheimeir all getting into double figures in terms of points, outclassed Lagun Aro who were only able to keep pace with their opponents in the first quarter. Real Madrid have ...
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King Juan Carlos of Spain a man of sacrifice
Such as last April, when the king - then the honorary president of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) in Spain - was caught jetting off to Botswana for a secret elephant-hunting safari at an estimated cost of 8,000 a ...
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Dutch volleyball star missing in Murcia
The 36-year-old Dutch woman, and Lodewijk Severin, 57, were due to attend an appointment at a private hospital in the Murcia area on Tuesday in relation to their desire to become parents, but did not turn up and did not return to their hotel in a beach resort in the region the night ...
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Spain drags its feet on cloud computing
Cloud computing, a new computing model seen by many as a major advancement in information technology, has been catching on in many developed parts of the world due to the significant benefits the new system offers, but in Spain, where experts say it may be most useful, it has failed to find a home.
Spain is traditionally known as a country that does not like to take risks and likes to maintain the status quo, for this reason other new technologies such as 3-D televisions and the like have not caught on either. But, whereas 3-D TV is a service that is marketed as enhancing one’s viewing pleasure and therefore costs more, cloud computing is a new service that offers real-world savings financially. Read more
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