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A SPANISH footballer has been praised after performing this heartwarming gesture for a little boy who missed out on getting a jersey. Iñaki Williams, a Athletic Club player known for ..read more
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SPAIN’S tennis legend Rafael Nadal will retire from the sport next month. The 22-time Grand Slam champion from Mallorca will finish his extraordinary career at the Davis Cup finals in ..read more
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A REAL Mallorca fan who racially abused the Real Madrid star Vinicus Jr has been handed a 12-month suspended prison sentence. The unnamed man, who also abused the former Villarreal ..read more
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2w ago
GIBRALTAR is once again bidding for recognition from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to compete under its own flag. All Gibraltarian national sporting associations voted unanimously to reconstitute the Gibraltarian ..read more
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RAFAEL Nadal gave an emotional speech following his last professional tennis match- a straight sets defeat to Botic van de Zandschulp from the Netherlands in Spain’s Davis Cup quarter-final tie ..read more
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SWISS tennis legend Roger Federer has posted an emotional online letter to Rafael Nadal ahead of the Mallorcan’s retirement from professional tennis this week. Nadal, who has won 22 Grand ..read more
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2w ago
SPANISH football fans were delighted when over 100 Spaniards descended on a lowly-ranked UEFA Nations League match to troll the Gibraltar men’s team. The Spanish contingent watching San Marino versus ..read more
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A NEW Netflix documentary has exposed the ‘controlling’ environment in the Spanish women’s football team. Over a year since Luis Rubiales planted an infamous kiss on Jenni Hermoso, a documentary ..read more
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A BRITISH athlete who died during a traithlon event on the Costa del Sol has been named as Mark Stokes. The 57-year-old (pictured above) was one of two veteran triathletes ..read more
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SIX of the world’s top male tennis players including Spain’s Rafa Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz, will play in the richest-ever exhibition tournament starting in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday. The winner ..read more