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Spain Barcelona nears points record
Manu Fernandez/AP MADRID (Reuters) -- Champions Barcelona moved a step closer to matching Real Madrid's La Liga record of 100 points with a 2-1 win over Real Valladolid, that was the prelude to a title party at the Nou Camp on Sunday. Tito Vilanova's side wrapped up their fourth league crown in five years last weekend, but still have the chance to equal the mark set by ...
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Barcelona celebrates title in style La Liga
Barcelona's Pedro Rodriguez celebrates with his teammate Xavi Hernandez, left, after scoring against Valladolid at Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona on Sunday. (Manu Fernandez/Associated ...
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Barcelona toasts title with win over Valladolid
BARCELONA, Spain -- Newly crowned Spanish champion Barcelona celebrated the league title in front of its home fans by easing to a 2-1 win over Valladolid on Sunday.While rain and dropping temperatures dampened the party, Barcelona had little trouble keeping alive its bid to equal Real Madrid's 2012 record haul of 100 points even without the injured Lionel Messi.With Messi out after ...
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Spain Valencia navigates into fourth
Ballesteros/EPA BARCELONA, Spain (AP) -- Valencia won 1-0 at Getafe thanks to Jeremy Mathieu's goal to provisionally move into fourth place and Spain's last Champions League spot on Saturday. Real Sociedad can reclaim its hold on fourth place with a win at Sevilla later, after Osasuna plays Granada. Mathieu scored with a deft volley from a pass from Ever Banega ...
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King Juan Carlos of Spain a man of sacrifice
Such as last April, when the king - then the honorary president of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) in Spain - was caught jetting off to Botswana for a secret elephant-hunting safari at an estimated cost of 8,000 a ...
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Rafael Nadal dispatches Roger Federer for 7th Italian Masters title
Roger Federer in straight sets in the Rome final. Nadal reeled off nine straight games against the second-seeded Swiss superstar to seize control, and then closed out the dominating match with a love service game to notch is sixth title of 2013. Nadal improved to 41-2 all-time on the clay courts of Foro Italico while appearing in his eighth consecutive final since returning from a knee injury ...
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Spain jobless restaurant customers work rather than pay the bill
09/11/2012 16:41 CET People who cannot afford to eat out are being offered an alternative menu by a Spanish restaurant: do an hour’s work rather than pay the bill. In a move echoing similar initiatives elsewhere during the recession, the Troboda in Catalonia caters partly for the long-term unemployed who live below the poverty line. In return for a free meal they give up some time ...
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Spanish Egg and Cheese Ole
The Torrada de Jamon y Huevo offers diners a Spanish twist on a classicAmerican breakfast dish: the bacon, egg and cheese sandwich. Our versionis made with a mixture of mahon and tetilla cheese that is melted ontoasted brioche bread and topped with piperrade, fried egg, and severalslices of Serrano ham. It makes for the perfect, satisfying breakfastsandwich with an upgraded and Spanish ...
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Spains Vinales wins French Moto3 Grand Prix
LE MANS, France (AFP) - Maverick Vinales led home a Spanish 1-2-3 in the French Moto3 Grand Prix at Le Mans on Sunday.The KTM rider beat his compatriots and teammates Alex Rins and Luis Salom to follow up his win in the Spanish GP and consolidate his place at the head of the Moto3 world championship ...
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Global Rallycross to compete Today at X Games Barcelona
BARCELONA, May 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --Global Rallycross will hold the second event of its 2013 season on Sunday, May 19, at 11am ET as part of X Games Barcelona. Viewers can tune into ESPN for live and exclusive coverage of the action. The race marks the first time that Global Rallycross has ever raced in Europe, and the second time it has run outside of the United States, after a successful ...
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Spain court charges 22 policemen
A court in Spain has formally charged 22 Spanish riot police officers with causing serious harm to a man when they fired rubber bullets at protesters in Barcelona. Judge Josep Majo, who is leading the investigation, has filed charges of grievous bodily harm against the officers, who are accused of injuring the man during a general strike on March 29, 2012. Judicial sources say the protester was ...
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Barcelona on the frontline in the cancer fight
Cancer has become the leading killer of the elderly in Europe; it is an awful, painful disease that has become something akin to a pandemic. Progress has been made in its diagnosis, and further progress is being made in its treatment, and Barcelona, by hosting the European Breast Cancer Conference, is playing a major part in the sharing of ideas and knowledge to facilitate improvements and new breakthroughs.
The city of Barcelona will play a significant role in the prevention and promotion of awareness of breast cancer when it hosts the annual European Breast Cancer Conference this year. Breast cancer is among the leading killers of women around the world, and although mortality has begun to drop worldwide, and especially in Europe, there is still much progress that can be made. Read more
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