Real Madrid-Barcelona match goes ahead despite protests outside stadium
The demonstrations organized by so-called Tsunami Democràtic during the soccer game on Wednesday saw some police charges and yellow plastic balls thrown onto the pitch
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Thousands of officers on hand to protect Real Madrid-Barcelona match
Around 3,500 security personnel will be at the Camp Nou for tonight’s game in Catalonia, after the anonymous platform Democratic Tsunami called pro-independence protests there
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Spanish soccer fans to female referee: “Go wash the dishes!”
Eighteen-year-old Alexandra García was subjected to 90 minutes of sexist insults as she oversaw a junior game in San Lorenzo de El Escorial
Piqué shakes up the tennis world
Loved and hated in almost equal measure, the Barça soccer star was a mainstay of Spain’s greatest ever national team, but when it comes to business, tennis is his game. In the run-up to his makeover of the Davis Cup, he talks to EL PAÍS about his venture and how Shakira is a source of inspiration
The female Afghan boxers who fled to Spain
The Rahimi sisters left their home country for Madrid, where they were granted asylum on gender grounds after persecution by the Taliban for their sporting activities
The Tax Agency insider who helped defraud foreign sports players of €6.3m
The scam, which was run by three lawyers, involved filing fraudulent claims for rebates in the names of high-profile sportsmen who were residents in other countries
Medication found near body of Spanish skier Blanca Fernández Ochoa
A massive search for the 1992 Olympic bronze medalist came to a tragic end on Wednesday, when the 56-year-old’s corpse was located in the Sierra de Madrid mountains
Missing Olympic skier Blanca Fernández Ochoa found dead in Madrid mountains
The search operation for the 1992 bronze medalist was the biggest ever rolled out in the region, and included over 200 law enforcement officers as well as drones, helicopters and dogs
Neymar makes cameo in Netflix hit ‘Money Heist’ after rape case dropped
Brazilian soccer star plays a monk in scenes that had been previously left out of episodes six and eight
Junior soccer players from Sierra Leone disappear after playing match in Spain
When the time came to return to home, the two 14-year-olds escaped through a window and have yet to be found
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“The story of Jesús Gil is about how fragile we are as a society”
An original documentary from HBO Spain examines the life and times of the infamous politician and businessman, whose stint at the helm of Marbella town council and Atlético de Madrid soccer club was characterized by corruption and excesses
Barça soccer star Piqué ordered to pay €2.1 million in back taxes
Spain’s High Court has rejected an appeal filed by the center-back over earnings from his image rights
Toni Nadal: Wimbledon abuses its authority
The uncle and ex-coach of Spanish tennis star Rafael Nadal criticizes the British tournament for seeing itself as too “special” to follow the standard seeding rules
Spanish match-rigging network fixed soccer game in Italy’s Serie A league
Police investigation finds that alleged ringleader Carlos Aranda bet and won on a game that had been pre-arranged
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¿Qué? podcast, S02E08: The end of Madrid’s low-emissions zone?
This week we discuss plans by the new mayor of the capital to ditch a scheme aimed at reducing pollution, and also examine an app that was used to spy on Spanish bars
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Spain’s soccer league fined for app that listened for illegal broadcasts in bars
The application from La Liga would use the device’s microphone to detect TVs showing matches, which would then be crosschecked against establishments with the proper rights
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Rafa Nadal’s emotional recovery: “I hit rock bottom, I got tired of the pain”
In an interview with EL PAÍS, the new Roland Garros champion confesses that he has been through a darker period than many people might imagine
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Rafa Nadal: “I was hurt, I lost my energy”
After scoring his 12th French Open victory, the Spanish tennis champion admits he briefly considered dropping everything when he was going through a tough emotional period
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British soccer fans arrested for assault, theft and masturbating in public
Arrests were made over the weekend after thousands of Liverpool and Tottenham supporters descended on Madrid for the Champion’s League final on Saturday
Champions League final: What soccer fans traveling to Madrid need to know
The British embassy has issued travel advice on how to prepare for Saturday’s game between Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur at the Wanda Metropolitan Stadium
Spanish soccer team prints racist slurs on jerseys to fight discrimination
Instead of their names, the players from Alma de África wore shirts bearing the insults they still get called during games
Spanish soccer players held for match-fixing in top divisions
Police arrest nearly a dozen people, including the alleged ringeader Raúl Bravo, a former Real Madrid footballer who also played on the national team
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¿Qué? podcast, S02E04: Chaos in Congress and vibrator prizes
This week we discuss the antics that took place during the inaugural session of the lower house, and talk about the outrageous award given to a women’s squash team in Spain
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Female squash players shocked at tournament prize: leg wax and a vibrator
The Spanish athletes who won a championship in Asturias say the award highlights “structural sexism” in sport and have filed a complaint that has led to club resignations
Griezmann: The right moment
The news that the French forward would be leaving in the run up to the summer market is the best possible scenario, both for Atlético and for the player himself
Why a medical convention could earn more for Madrid than the Champions final
The annual congress of the European Society for Medical Oncology is expected to bring 200,000 overnight stays and generate around €65 million
Guardiola: Dreamer, fanatic and artist
The things that the Manchester City manager is doing are so spectacular that his influence is steering soccer toward never-before-seen greatness
How to explain the inexplicable
Liverpool took advantage of the stage fright prompted by Anfield, but Barça helped the situation along with its own fears of the game
The Premier League, in the mirror of Europe
To insist that the ball spends more time in the air than on the pitch in English soccer is to flog a debate that has long since been closed
Iker Casillas: “I don’t know what my future holds”
Now out of hospital after suffering a heart attack, the Spanish sporting star is in good spirits but is unsure if he will return to playing top-level soccer
Piqué: the kind of guy who could smoke a cigar in a bombing raid
The Barcelona defender and Van Dijk don’t need to do anything special to ensure that all eyes are on them. Being special is enough
Xavi’s Plan B
The former player has the great qualities needed to be a special manager: knowledge, passion, charisma and that conciliatory sprit that forges a team
Iker Casillas stable after heart attack, but will he play again?
Spanish goalkeeper who now plays for FC Porto may never go back to top-level soccer, say some cardiologists
The merit of Barça in La Liga
It is wrong to assume that success is defined by the Champions. The domestic league is a measure of a team’s strength and stamina, and an indication of consistency
We were the lazy ones
These days, soccer players have to contest 10 or 20 more games a year than we did in my day, while pre-season matches are played out in paradisiacal destinations at 40ºC in the shade
Deconstructing Messi
It would never occur to me to say that Messi is more than Di Stéfano, Pelé, Cruyff or Maradona. But nor is he less
The Champions League and Johan’s legacy
Ajax and Totenham are fulfilling a dream and making something very complicated look easy: winning with a defined identity
The boldness of Ajax
At the Dutch club’s academy, they cultivate a sporting arrogance in a positive sense: we are Ajax and this is our style. You have to be brave. And this attitude has borne the fruit of a generation of daring young players
Divine Cazorla
The Asturian player reminds us that great soccer is stored in a tank that has been filled with wisdom, thanks to genes and practice, and is released when inspiration strikes
The cycling paradise I found in Madrid
Since moving to Spain, British journalist Charles Graham-Dixon has been pleasantly surprised by the region’s routes, which are frequented by amateurs and professionals alike
The unusual rotations of Manchester United
Many were surprised by the choice of Solskjaer, but the club has opted for a person with human-management skills rather than someone who leads by imposition