News, February 2008

Sport roundup, 25th February

Juan de Ramos' Spurs wins Carling Cup at Wembley. Barcelona beat Celtic. Joventut wins basketball Copa del Rey. Spain beat France in soccer friendly. Melbourne -Ferrer beats Ferrero, Nadal to semi finals; Madrid heads Primera and ACB league; Hamilton plans return to Spain -Jerez- despite recent attacks in Barcelona. For more, read on!

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Football (soccer): Champions: Rome beat Real Madrid, Barcelona beat Celtic, Sevilla lost to Fenerbahçe. Madrid leads League, but after losing to Getafe are just 2 points ahead of Barça. Getafe-Racing and Valencia-Barcelona are the Copa del Rey semi finals. Life sentence: Raúl and Casillas sign lifetime contracts with Real Madrid. UK: Juan de Ramos' Spurs wins Carling (FA) Cup at Wembley.
Motor: F1: Hamilton to return to Spain for traianing in Jerez, despite the recent race attack in Barcelona - circuit promises to deal with any offenders. Alonso has good 2nd training days in new Renault R28 at Montmeló circuit in Barcelona. British press rumpus over racist attacks on Hamilton, Montmeló circuit promises no repeats: BBC report.
Tennis Melbourne Nadal, after straight run to reach semi finals, suddenly suffers humiliating defeat (BBC report); David Ferrer beat Ferrero to 1/4 finals. Nadal will not play in Davis Cup round against Peru on 8th Feb.
Basketball Joventut wins Copa del Rey (King's Cup); Madrid leads ACB; Pau Gasol leaves Grizzlies for Lakers and gives great first performance: 24 points against Nets.
Cycling National track championships took place 1st to 3rd Feb. at Palma Arena.