Today: September 08, 2024
Today: September 08, 2024

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British INEOS beats American Magic on opening day of America's Cup in Barcelona

A pre-start mistake cost American Magic a point on the opening day of the 37th America’s Cup near the Barcelona beachfront

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Verstappen to regroup during F1 summer break with McLaren and Mercedes right on his tailpipe

Max Verstappen is still on pace for a fourth consecutive Formula One world title

Verstappen to regroup during F1 summer break with McLaren and Mercedes right on his tailpipe
Technology|Travel

Barcelona wants to get rid of short-term rental units. Will other tourist destinations do the same?

Imagine planning a vacation and not being able to check Airbnb or another online booking site for an apartment in which to spend a few days living among the locals

Barcelona wants to get rid of short-term rental units. Will other tourist destinations do the same?
Europe|Political

Spain's Supreme Court challenges constitutionality of amnesty for Catalan separatists

Spain’s Supreme Court has challenged the constitutionality of an amnesty law pushed through by the government earlier this year to help Catalonia's separatists

Environment|News

Spain heats up under 1st heatwave of the year as Southern Europe swelters

Spain is sweating under its first official heatwave of the year with temperatures expected to reach 40 degrees C (104 degrees Fahrenheit) in a large swathe of the country

Sports|Travel

Once Yamal and Williams helped Spain out of its 'tiki-taka' rut, no rival could resist at Euro 2024

Spain arrived in Germany with no huge stars and no real expectations

Once Yamal and Williams helped Spain out of its 'tiki-taka' rut, no rival could resist at Euro 2024
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Spain phenom Lamine Yamal has electrified Euro 2024. In hometown, family and friends not surprised

Spain's teenage phenom Lamine Yamal has taken the European Championship by storm by helping his team reach Sunday's final against England

Spain phenom Lamine Yamal has electrified Euro 2024. In hometown, family and friends not surprised
News|Opinion

Spain’s church to compensate victims whose abusers have died. Victims say the plan lacks guarantees

Spain’s Catholic bishops have approved a plan to compensate the victims of sexual abuse inside the Church whose alleged aggressors have died or whose possible crimes have been proscribed, an initiative the government and victims’ associations called lacking in real guarantees

News|Sports|World

Spain’s women's team is still in revolt one day before the new coach names her Nations League squad

The players who won the Women's World Cup for Spain are still in revolt one day before their new coach announces her first squad

Spain’s women's team is still in revolt one day before the new coach names her Nations League squad
News|Sports|World

Women's World Cup winners maintain boycott of Spain's national team. Coach delays picking her squad

The new coach of Spain’s women’s team has had to delay the announcement of her first squad after nearly all of the country’s World Cup-winning players maintained their boycott of the national team

Women's World Cup winners maintain boycott of Spain's national team. Coach delays picking her squad
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Max Verstappen holds off Lando Norris to win Spanish GP and increase F1 lead

Max Verstappen has steered his Red Bull to victory at the Spanish Grand Prix to increase his lead of the Formula 1 drivers championship

Max Verstappen holds off Lando Norris to win Spanish GP and increase F1 lead
Sports

With sexism in Spanish soccer being scrutinized, female players strike for higher league wages

First, Spain’s Women’s World Cup winners said they would no longer play for their country as they fight sexism in the nation’s soccer federation. Now, Spain’s women’s league players are on strike and pushing for what they call a dignified minimum wage. The Liga F — Spain’s women’s league — was supposed to kick off its second season on Friday, but instead its players are striking for the first two rounds of games. The strike comes with the nation immersed in the scandal caused by soccer federation president Luis Rubiales when he kissed a Spain player

With sexism in Spanish soccer being scrutinized, female players strike for higher league wages
Sports

Barcelona parts ways with Xavi one month after coach reversed decision to step down

Barcelona says coach Xavi Hernández is leaving the club at the end of the season

Barcelona parts ways with Xavi one month after coach reversed decision to step down
Sports

Vingegaard has collapsed lung after crash in Basque Country race. Tour de France defense is in doubt

Two-time defending Tour de France champion Jonas Vingegaard remains hospitalized in Spain a day after he broke his collarbone and several ribs in a bad crash with other top riders during the Tour of Basque Country

Vingegaard has collapsed lung after crash in Basque Country race. Tour de France defense is in doubt
Sports

Rubiales tells Spanish court he will return from Caribbean, cooperate with corruption probe

Former Spanish soccer boss Luis Rubiales has told an investigating judge he will return to Spain to face a judicial probe into the business deal to hold the Spanish Super Cup in Saudi Arabia

Rubiales tells Spanish court he will return from Caribbean, cooperate with corruption probe
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Spain fines its soccer federation for not having harassment protocol in place at Women's World Cup

The Spanish soccer federation and Barcelona soccer club have been fined an undisclosed sum by Spain’s labor ministry for not meeting workplace regulations regarding gender equality

Spain fines its soccer federation for not having harassment protocol in place at Women's World Cup
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Soccer star Dani Alves found guilty of rape, sentenced to four and a half years in prison

Soccer star Dani Alves has been found guilty of raping a woman in a Barcelona nightclub and sentenced to four years and six months in prison

Soccer star Dani Alves found guilty of rape, sentenced to four and a half years in prison
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Soccer star Dani Alves testifies he did not sexually assault his accuser

Testifying in court Brazilian soccer star Dani Alves denies accusations that he sexually assaulted a young woman at a Barcelona nightclub

Soccer star Dani Alves testifies he did not sexually assault his accuser
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Xavi coy on whether Lewandowski and other Barcelona players are fit enough to face Real Madrid

Barcelona has been playing without leading scorer Robert Lewandowksi and regular starters Frenkie de Jong, Pedri González and Jules Koundé for the past month because of injuries

Xavi coy on whether Lewandowski and other Barcelona players are fit enough to face Real Madrid
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Spanish prosecutors accuse Rubiales of sexual assault and coercion for kissing a player at World Cup

Spanish state prosecutors have accused Luis Rubiales of sexual assault and coercion for kissing a player on the lips without her consent after the Women’s World Cup final, the country’s prosecutors’ office said Friday. Rubiales, the now-suspended president of the Spanish soccer federation, kissed Jenni Hermoso on the lips during the awards ceremony after Spain beat England to win the title on Aug. 20 in Sydney, Australia. Prosecutors presented a case against Rubiales to Spain’s National Court in Madrid two days after Hermoso formally accused him of sexual assault. According to a sexual consent law passed

Spanish prosecutors accuse Rubiales of sexual assault and coercion for kissing a player at World Cup
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Spain's men's coach asks for forgiveness for applauding Rubiales' diatribe against 'false feminists'

The coach of Spain’s men’s national soccer team asked for forgiveness Friday for applauding the claim by Luis Rubiales that he was the victim of a smear campaign from “false feminists” following an uproar after he kissed a player on the lips at the Women’s World Cup. “I don’t think I have to resign, I think I have to ask for forgiveness,” Spain coach Luis de la Fuente said in Madrid in his first public appearance since Rubiales kissed Jenni Hermoso on Aug. 20 after the final in Sydney, Australia. “I made a human error. It

Spain's men's coach asks for forgiveness for applauding Rubiales' diatribe against 'false feminists'
News|Sports|World

How an injury-hit Real Madrid rode Bellingham boom to Spanish league success

It wasn't supposed to be this comfortable for Real Madrid to win the Spanish league after Karim Benzema left for Saudi Arabia and its defense was badly hit by injuries

How an injury-hit Real Madrid rode Bellingham boom to Spanish league success
Sports|World

Real Madrid wins its record-extending 36th Spanish league title after Barcelona loses at Girona

Real Madrid has won its record-extending 36th Spanish league title after securing an insurmountable 13-point lead over second-place Girona with four games remaining

Real Madrid wins its record-extending 36th Spanish league title after Barcelona loses at Girona
Political|Technology

Spain proposes law to improve online safety for children, including virtual restraining orders

Spain’s government has proposed a law to protect children from online threats that includes virtual restraining orders for felons and a higher age for opening social media accounts

Spain proposes law to improve online safety for children, including virtual restraining orders
News|Political|World

Spain applies to join South Africa’s case at top UN court accusing Israel of genocide

Spain says it will ask a United Nations court for permission to join South Africa’s case accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza

Spain applies to join South Africa’s case at top UN court accusing Israel of genocide

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