Barcelona celebrates title win

General Sources - Sunday 19th May, 2013

Barcelona celebrated lifting the La Liga trophy for a 22nd time with a 2-1 win over Valladolid on Sunday at a rain-lashed Camp Nou. The wet conditions resulted in the lowest attendance for a Barca home league match this season as only 56,055 filled the 99,354 capacity ground. However, first-half goals from Pedro Rodriguez and into his own net from Marc Valiente were enough to keep the champions ...

Burnside aid Campbelltown councils turn to Paris London and Barcelona for Magill makeover inspiration

AdelaideNow - Sunday 19th May, 2013

PARIS, London and Barcelona are being put up as inspiration for a project to revitalise Magill. Burnside and Campbelltown councils are working on a joint project to make Magill an artistic and cultural hub and thriving shopping destination. The project is the pilot for the Federal Government's Liveable Cities program. The councils engaged consultants Complete Urban to create a vision for the ...

Pedro helps Barcelona towards matching La Liga points record

The Guardian - Sunday 19th May, 2013

Valladolid , that was the prelude to a title party at the Camp Nou 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 Jos Mourinho's victorious side last season.A 21st-minute strike from Pedro and an own-goal from Valladolid's Marc Valiente before half-time sealed a drab victory in ...

Barcelona 2 Real Valladolid 1 - match report Full-kit Messi emulates Terry as Barcelona ...

General Sources - Sunday 19th May, 2013

A 21st-minute strike from Pedro and an own-goal from Valladolid's Marc Valiente before halftime sealed a drab victory in unseasonably chilly and wet conditions in a two-thirds full ...

Barcelona beats Valladolid closes in on record

General Sources - Sunday 19th May, 2013

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 ...

Barcelona 2-1 Valladolid Barca continues hunt for 100 points

General Sources - Sunday 19th May, 2013

Valladolid in La Liga on a sodden Sunday night at Camp Nou.Pedro opened the scoring after some sloppy play from the Pucela and former Blaugrana ...

Spain Barcelona nears points record

General Sources - Sunday 19th May, 2013

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 ...

Barcelona celebrates title in style La Liga

General Sources - Sunday 19th May, 2013

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 ...

Barcelona toasts title with win over Valladolid

Boston Herald - Sunday 19th May, 2013

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 ...

Spain Valencia navigates into fourth

General Sources - Sunday 19th May, 2013

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 ...

King Juan Carlos of Spain a man of sacrifice

The Guardian - Sunday 19th May, 2013

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 ...

Rafael Nadal dispatches Roger Federer for 7th Italian Masters title

Middle East Times - Sunday 19th May, 2013

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 ...

Spain jobless restaurant customers work rather than pay the bill

Euro News - Sunday 19th May, 2013

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 ...

Spanish Egg and Cheese Ole

Fox News - Sunday 19th May, 2013

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 ...