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Barcelona will sell the naming rights to the Camp Nou for one season, in order to donate funds to charities fighting coronavirus

BARCELONA have announced that they will sell the naming rights to the Camp Nou for one season, with all proceeds being donated to help combat

21 Apr, 2020 @ 17:17

Barcelona·Lead·Sport

COVID-19: Ill-timed Champions League tie between Liverpool and Atletico Madrid blamed for Merseyside’s spike in deaths

MATTHEW Ashton, Liverpool City Council’s director of public health, has strongly urged that the city’s Champions League match with Atletico Madrid be investigated as the

21 Apr, 2020 @ 09:56

Lead·Sport

Former Atletico Madrid striker Sergio Aguero teaching Spanish to children in the UK, as part of the BBC’s plan to help educate children during the lockdown

SERGIO Aguero has been announced as the BBC’s Spanish teacher for children in England during the lockdown.

20 Apr, 2020 @ 19:54

Education·Lead·Sport

Australian cyclist slammed online for breaking Spain’s strict COVID-19 quarantine

AUSTRALIAN time trial cyclist Rohan Dennis has come under fire after an Instagram post appeared to show him leaving his home and going for a

20 Apr, 2020 @ 12:15

Lead·Sport

Granada players agree to take a 19% pay cut due to coronavirus

GRANADA players have agreed to take a 19% pay cut due to COVID-19.

17 Apr, 2020 @ 15:30

Granada·Lead·Sport

Athletic Bilbao players agree to take a 6-17% pay cut due to coronavirus crisis

ATHLETIC Bilbao players have announced they will take a 6-17% pay cut due to COVID-19.

16 Apr, 2020 @ 14:57

Lead·Sport

Mallorcan sporting hero Rafael Nadal auctions winning French Open shirt for €20,000 to fight coronavirus in Spain

The funds will be used to support hospitals and vulnerable groups as part of the Red Cross Responds campaign

14 Apr, 2020 @ 11:32

Lead·Mallorca·Sport

Eurobasket 2021 moved back by a year to 2022 due to coronavirus

THE Basketball European Championships scheduled for September 2021 have been moved to 2022 due to coronavirus.

10 Apr, 2020 @ 15:15

Lead·Sport

Real Madrid players agree to take 10-20% pay cut due to coronavirus crisis

REAL Madrid players have agreed to take a pay cut of 10-20% due to COVID-19.

9 Apr, 2020 @ 13:25

Lead·Madrid·Sport

La Liga President sets the end of May as the earliest date for football to resume in Spain

LA Liga President, Javier Tebas has suggested that the earliest date football in Spain could resume would be the end of May.

7 Apr, 2020 @ 14:53

Lead·Sport

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola loses his mother to coronavirus in Spain’s Barcelona

PEP Guardiola’s mother has died after contracting COVID-19.

6 Apr, 2020 @ 17:00

Health·Lead·Sport

Champions League and Europa League could be abandoned if they don’t restart by September according to UEFA President

THE UEFA President has said that the Champions League and the Europa League could be abandoned if coronavirus restrictions are still in place in September.

6 Apr, 2020 @ 14:39

Lead·Sport

Second Celta Vigo football star breaks Spain’s COVID-19 lockdown and returns home to Russia

A SECOND footballer from Galician La Liga side Celta Vigo has broken Spain’s lockdown restrictions to fly back to his home country of Russia for

6 Apr, 2020 @ 13:50

Lead·Sport

Spain’s Carlos Sainz Jr. agrees to a pay cut with McLaren due to the coronavirus crisis

CARLOS Sainz Jr. has agreed to a pay cut amid the COVID-19 crisis.

2 Apr, 2020 @ 19:51

Lead·Sport

UEFA extends deadline for leagues to complete their fixtures until July 31, while suspending Champions League indefinitely

UEFA has extended the deadline for all European leagues to complete their fixtures until July 31.

1 Apr, 2020 @ 19:36

Lead·Sport

BREAKING: Wimbledon cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic

WIMBLEDON has been cancelled due to Covid-19.

1 Apr, 2020 @ 18:49

Lead·Sport

Bullfighters ask Spanish Government for €700 million to help save the ‘sport’ amid the coronavirus crisis

BULLFIGHTERS have asked the Government for €700 million to help save the ‘sport’.

31 Mar, 2020 @ 17:42

La Cultura·Lead·Sport

Barcelona players announce they will take 70% pay cut and will make additional contributions to make sure non-sporting staff receive full wages

BARCELONA players have announced they will take a 70% pay cut during the coronavirus crisis.

30 Mar, 2020 @ 17:23

Lead·Sport

BREAKING: New dates for Tokyo Olympic Games confirmed

NEW dates for the Tokyo Olympics have been announced.

30 Mar, 2020 @ 14:40

Lead·Sport

Celta Vigo footballer, Pione Sisto drives from Spain’s Galicia to Denmark, without informing his club and breaking the government imposed lockdown

CELTA Vigo footballer, Pione Sisto has travelled nearly 3,000 kilometres by car from Galicia to Denmark.

28 Mar, 2020 @ 20:22

Lead·Sport

CORONAVIRUS: Sporting Director’s story exposes holes in the Spanish Medical System

THE Sporting Director of the LCR Honda MotoGP team has shared his personal experience on social media about the tragic loss of his father to

28 Mar, 2020 @ 11:02

Coronavirus·Lead·Sport

Top 10 best sports films to watch in Spain during the coronavirus lockdown

DURING the lockdown most people now spend all day at home and one of the ways to keep yourselves occupied is to watch films.

27 Mar, 2020 @ 15:35

La Cultura·Lead·Sport

6 Best Football Players in Spanish Football Today

Football in Spain has over the years produced some fantastic talent. From Carlos Puyol, Raúl, Sergio Ramos, David Villa, Xavi Hernandez, Iker Casillas to Andres

27 Mar, 2020 @ 09:57

Sport

Women’s football in Spain is struggling financially due to coronavirus

CORONAVIRUS has hit women’s football in Spain particularly hard.

26 Mar, 2020 @ 16:33

Lead·Sport

Mallorcan sporting hero Rafa Nadal kickstarts campaign to raise €11 MILLION in fight against Spain’s coronavirus crisis

Launched by the Spanish Red Cross, the initiative aims to raise money amongst athletes

26 Mar, 2020 @ 16:13

Lead·Mallorca·Sport

Spain’s Jerez MotoGP cancelled due to coronavirus, costing millions in lost revenue

THE Spanish MotoGP Grand Prix due to be held at the beginning of May has been postponed indefinitely, potentially costing the areamillions in income. The

26 Mar, 2020 @ 15:07

Coronavirus·Lead·Sport

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