Spain
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Real Madrid legend Iker Casillas has claimed his official Twitter account was hacked after posting a message that appeared to announce he was gay. The World Cup winner’s tweet on Sunday afternoon read: “I hope you respect me: I’m gay.” The former goalkeeper was previously married to sports journalist Sara Carbonero for five years before…
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An Albanian people-smuggling gang that transported migrants to Britain via Spain has been “dismantled” after a series of arrests, the National Crime Agency (NCA) announced on Saturday. Seven suspects were arrested, including two group leaders on Monday who were about to fly out of Madrid Airport to Albania, for keeping people in dangerous conditions as they were transferred in…
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A Spanish court ordered Colombian music superstar Shakira to stand trial on charges of tax fraud to the tune of 14 million euros (S$19.35 million), with prosecutors seeking an eight-year sentence against her. Prosecutors in Barcelona said in July they would seek to have the singer jailed for more than eight years alongside a fine…
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A simmering conflict between Spain’s women’s national team players, head coach Jorge Vilda and the Spanish Football Federation has definitively come to a head. Fifteen players contacted the federation (RFEF) to announce they would not be interested in playing for the national team as long as Vilda stayed on as head coach, according to a report from Spanish radio show El Larguero on…
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Lorena’s daughter was just 17 when she joined the IM Academy, an online trading course that promised to bring her wealth and success by training her in foreign exchange and cryptocurrency investing. But like hundreds of other young people in Europe, Lorena’s daughter ended up being sucked into what Spanish investigators are now calling a pyramid…
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• AstraZeneca says its new antibody therapy radically reduces the risk of people developing coronavirus symptoms, raising the prospects of treatments for preventing the virus beyond vaccines. Data from the UK drugmakers shows the chance of getting any symptoms went down by 77 percent in late-stage trials. The first to publish positive prevention trial data in the field,…
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Philippe Coutinho will be useful for Barcelona this season, insisted coach Ronald Koeman. The club’s record signing could yet leave in the transfer window, but if not he’ll be part of the squad. “I count on him,” explained the coach. “For me, Cou can be an important player for Barca. He played games at the…
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Call it shutting mouths, call it vindication, call it pulling a thorn out of his side. Redemption. The player most discussed, questioned and at times lynched of the Spain national team is Alvaro Morata. He was a protagonist in the win over Croatia that took La Roja through to the quarters of Euro 2020. The…
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Spain reached Euro 2020’s quarter-finals by the skin of their teeth in a thriller against Croatia. Luis Enrique’s side looked to be sailing through when Croatia hit two late goals to force the game into extra time. Croatia took the lead against the run of play when Pedri’s pass-back, from near the half-way line, was…
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Real Madrid have appointed Carlo Ancelotti as the club’s new coach following the resignation of Zinedine Zidane last week. Ancelotti, 61, leaves Premier League side Everton to return for a second spell in charge of Madrid. He has agreed a three-year deal. “I would like to thank the board of directors, the players and the…
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Jumping the gun on the European Union, Spain will allow vaccinated tourists into the country beginning June 7. The Tourist Office of Spain in New York has confirmed the news. Spanish officials have said that travellers will have to show proof of receiving both doses of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines, or their single Johnson…
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As the two mortuary workers pushed a stretcher with a bagged corpse out of the room, the elderly man in the adjacent bed briefly awakened from his dementia. “Is he dead?” he muttered, extending his arm, trying to touch his roommate for the last time. Reflecting on a scene repeated too many times, one of…
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Ansu Fati became the youngest goalscorer in the history of the Spanish national team on Sunday by scoring against Ukraine in the Nations League. Aged 17 years and 311 days, Fati netted in the 32nd minute of the League A, Group 4 clash at the Alfredo di Stefano Stadium when he cut in from the…
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