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Wales and Liverpool football legend and former Real Madrid manager John Toshack ‘seriously ill’ in Spain’s Barcelona

WELSH playing legend and former manager Real Madrid John Toshack is in intensive care at a Barcelona hospital. He is being treated for pneumonia that

28 Feb, 2022 @ 17:47

Lead·National News·Sport

Tragedy Of 'happy' Young Boy, 7, Who Died During Football Training In Valencia Area Of Spain

Serial sex offender who posed as teenager to groom kids on social media faces ‘1,000 year jail sentence’

A FOOTBALL coach labelled as one of the most prolific sexual predators in Spain is facing a ‘thousand years’ prison sentence over the abuse of

12 Feb, 2022 @ 19:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Legendary footballer, Paco Gento of Real Madrid and Spain, dies, aged 88.

Death of legendary footballer, Paco Gento of Real Madrid and Spain, at 88

REAL Madrid and Spanish footballing great, Paco Gento, has died aged 88. The winger was part of the record-breaking Madrid side of the mid-fifties that

18 Jan, 2022 @ 12:39

Lead·Madrid·Sport

Ten very good reasons to be happy you live in Spain

JANUARY 17, 2022 has been identified as the most depressing day of the year, aptly named Blue Monday. But rather than focus on what makes

17 Jan, 2022 @ 18:55

Lead·National News

Back of the net! Spain tops the tables with the best football managers in the world

SPAIN produces the most successful football managers in the world, a new study has revealed. Results have been analysed from the top ten club leagues

16 Jan, 2022 @ 13:30

Lead·National News·Sport

Eva Carneiro, the Chelsea medic who fell out with Mourinho in a very public spat, to share her story at Gibralatar event

GIBRALTAR’S Eva Carneiro quit her dream job as medic to the Chelsea team after a very public bust-up with then-manager Jose Mourinho. The ‘Special One’

9 Jan, 2022 @ 17:00

Gibraltar·Lead·Sport

Barcelona’s Gerard Pique gets big tax break from Spain’s Supreme Court

BARCELONA footballer Gerard Pique has landed a €2.1 million pre-Christmas windfall courtesy of Spain’s Supreme Court. Pique, 34, has been given a refund of a

23 Dec, 2021 @ 15:00

Barcelona·Business & Finance·Catalunya·Celebrity·Crime & Law·Lead·Sport

Manchester United and Leeds star Lee Sharpe launches sports bar on Spain’s Costa Blanca

HE’S traveled the world as a professional footballer winning European trophies and Premier League titles. Now Manchester United and Leeds legend Lee Sharpe is to

17 Dec, 2021 @ 15:00

Costa Blanca·Lead·Sport

Football war in Spain as Barcelona and Real Madrid go to court over La Liga’s €2 billion investment deal

BARCELONA and Real Madrid have been joined by Athletic Bilbao in launching a legal fight against La Liga’s recently approved deal with a private equity

15 Dec, 2021 @ 18:31

Lead·Sport

Alexia Putellas makes history as first Spanish Ballon d’Or winner since 1960

BARCELONA captain Alexia Putellas has become the first Spain international to win the Ballon d’Or since 1960 . She was crowned the best female footballer

30 Nov, 2021 @ 15:45

Barcelona·Catalunya·Sport

Irishman arrested in southern Spain after 'ramming police car and leading cops on 15km chase with loaded down drug-filled carrier bags in the boot'

Guardia Civil make surprise visits to ten football clubs in fraud probe across Spain

GUARDIA Civil officers and Social Security inspectors interviewed players at ten Spanish football clubs this Wednesday as part of a nationwide fraud probe. Training sessions

10 Nov, 2021 @ 20:55

Crime & Law·Lead

Barcelona legend Xavi is returning as coach to the Nou Camp in Spain

Barcelona legend Xavi is returning as coach to his former club in Spain

FORMER Barcelona star Xavi Hernandez will be the La Liga club’s new coach. Xavi,41, has been in charge of Qatari club Al Sadd since 2019

5 Nov, 2021 @ 14:18

Barcelona·Lead·Sport

Un Juzgado De Madrid Ordena El Ingreso En Prisión De Lucas Hernández Por Romper La Orden De Alejamiento Que Tenía Sobre Su Mujer

What a result!: Bayern Munich and France star Lucas Hernandez has jail sentence in Spain suspended

FRANCE international footballer Lucas Hernandez has escaped a jail sentence in Spain after he broke a restraining order to marry his girlfriend. The case dates

27 Oct, 2021 @ 18:00

Lead·National News·Sport

Gary Lineker making a return to Spain’s La Liga

ENGLAND legend and top TV pundit Gary Lineker has become the most recent signing to the latest project from La Liga. The former Leicester, Spurs

16 Oct, 2021 @ 12:04

Lead·National News

Chelsea V Villarreal Uefa Super Cup Windsor Park

YELLOW AND BLUE: Spain’s Villareal football club loses UEFA Super Cup to Chelsea by one penalty

VILLAREAL football team came within a hair’s breadth of culminating their best season in history with a second European trophy last night (Wednesday August 11)

12 Aug, 2021 @ 13:45

Castellon·Lead·Valencian Community

Ayto Marbella Angeles Munoz, The Mayor Of Marbella

Marbella reveals plans for €14.5 million stadium to boost sports facilities on Spain’s Costa del Sol

THE city council has announced a new multi-million euro initiative to improve the sports facilities in Marbella. The new stadium will replace the Antonio Lorenzo

11 Aug, 2021 @ 13:30

Lead

WATCH: Tears and devastation mark Messi’s departure from Barcelona

ARGENTINIAN football legend Lionel Messi broke down in tears as he said goodbye to the club which has been his home for his entire career.

9 Aug, 2021 @ 14:45

Lead·Sport

COVID-19 Spain: Spanish stadiums welcome back sports fans from August 13

SPORTS fans will be allowed back into the stadiums in Spain to watch their teams again in less than a week. The Ministry of Health

7 Aug, 2021 @ 15:45

Coronavirus·Lead·Sport

Barcelona president says La Liga salary caps caused Lionel Messi to leave the Spanish club

Barcelona president blames La Liga salary caps for Lionel Messi leaving the Spanish club

FC BARCELONA have revealed that they could not keep star striker Lionel Messi due to La Liga’s salary limit rules. Barca president, Joan Laporta, said

6 Aug, 2021 @ 15:00

Barcelona·Lead·Sport

La Liga In Spain To Get A Massive €2.7 Billion Windfall In Cvc Equity Firm Deal

La Liga in Spain set for massive €2.7 billion windfall in CVC equity firm deal

PRIVATE equity firm CVC has agreed a big €2.7 billion deal ‘in principle’ with La Liga which will see the investors get 10% of league

4 Aug, 2021 @ 15:07

Business & Finance·Lead·Sport

From Rome to coming home: An Englishman in Spain shares the rollercoaster ride that was the Euros 2020

Jon Clarke on the rollercoaster ride of supporting England, including tickets in Rome in the quarters, then at home for the final

15 Jul, 2021 @ 13:45

Lead·Olive Press Travel·Sport

A long weekend of two halves: the agonies and ecstasies of getting married in Gibraltar when the Euros are on!

SOMETHING OLD, something new, something borrowed and something blue. That just about sums up our weekend in Gibraltar. Two very important events occurred almost simultaneously

15 Jul, 2021 @ 11:30

Costa Blanca·Gibraltar·Lead·Sport

Tourist Ollie Getting Into The Spirit With His New Friends (1)

View from Spain: The ecstasy and agony of England fans watching Euro 2020 final from abroad

THE ecstasy and the agony were lived in equal measure across Spain where England fans saw their team fall at the final hurdle in an

12 Jul, 2021 @ 18:20

Catalunya·Ibiza·Lead·Madrid·Sport

Basque magic: How Spanish children ended up playing in English teams before ‘foreign players’ became a thing

WAS it a cultural thing? Nature vs.Nurture? Was there something in the water? Their DNA? What follows traces the plight of six Basque adolescents, their

11 Jul, 2021 @ 16:15

Columnists·Jack Gaioni: Jack's Corner·Lead

Football coach in Spain’s Andalucia arrested for sex crimes against minors who he groomed over social media

A FOOTBALL coach has been arrested in Jerez de la Frontera for grooming and taking advantage of five minors through social media. The 23-year-old Spaniard

5 Jul, 2021 @ 17:00

Cadiz·Lead

Football fans in Spain will be able to return to stadiums to watch La Liga soccer next season

FOOTBALL fans in Spain will be able to return to stadiums ‘en-masse’ when the new La Liga season starts this August. Health Minister, Carolina Darias,

24 Jun, 2021 @ 17:22

Coronavirus·Lead·Sport

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Wales and Liverpool football legend and former Real Madrid manager John Toshack ‘seriously ill’ in Spain’s Barcelona

Serial sex offender who posed as teenager to groom kids on social media faces ‘1,000 year jail sentence’

Death of legendary footballer, Paco Gento of Real Madrid and Spain, at 88

Ten very good reasons to be happy you live in Spain

Back of the net! Spain tops the tables with the best football managers in the world

Eva Carneiro, the Chelsea medic who fell out with Mourinho in a very public spat, to share her story at Gibralatar event

Manchester United and Leeds star Lee Sharpe launches sports bar on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Football war in Spain as Barcelona and Real Madrid go to court over La Liga’s €2 billion investment deal

Alexia Putellas makes history as first Spanish Ballon d’Or winner since 1960

Barcelona legend Xavi is returning as coach to his former club in Spain

What a result!: Bayern Munich and France star Lucas Hernandez has jail sentence in Spain suspended

Gary Lineker making a return to Spain’s La Liga

YELLOW AND BLUE: Spain’s Villareal football club loses UEFA Super Cup to Chelsea by one penalty

Marbella reveals plans for €14.5 million stadium to boost sports facilities on Spain’s Costa del Sol

WATCH: Tears and devastation mark Messi’s departure from Barcelona

COVID-19 Spain: Spanish stadiums welcome back sports fans from August 13

Barcelona president blames La Liga salary caps for Lionel Messi leaving the Spanish club

La Liga in Spain set for massive €2.7 billion windfall in CVC equity firm deal

From Rome to coming home: An Englishman in Spain shares the rollercoaster ride that was the Euros 2020

A long weekend of two halves: the agonies and ecstasies of getting married in Gibraltar when the Euros are on!

View from Spain: The ecstasy and agony of England fans watching Euro 2020 final from abroad

Basque magic: How Spanish children ended up playing in English teams before ‘foreign players’ became a thing

Football coach in Spain’s Andalucia arrested for sex crimes against minors who he groomed over social media

Football fans in Spain will be able to return to stadiums to watch La Liga soccer next season

‘Don’t even think about coming to rob us’: Chaos in Malaga as over 40 machete-wielding masked youths gather to shoot fireworks and film rap video

Lining up the legends – the world’s golfing stars are descending on Spain three times this year

IN PICS: Firefighters struggle to rescue horse trapped all night in mud in southern Spain

At last! Spring arrives early in Costa Blanca and Andalucia with highs of 28C – this is where you can hit the beach this weekend

Body of missing British tourist, 79, discovered on the Costa del Sol after week-long search