News, June 2009

Sport roundup, 29th June

Spain won bronze in Confederations Cup. Nadal withdraws from Wimbledon with knee injury. Spain beat Iraq 1-0 and New Zealand 5-0. Pau Gasol's Lakers win NBA. Jorge Lorenzo 2nd in thrilling last lap of Catalan MotoGP. Real Madrid signs Cristiano Ronaldo for record figure after signing Kaká. Champions: Barcelona beat Man U 2-0 in Rome final. Barcelona win Copa del Rey and Primera (League). MotoGP: Barcelona GP this weekend. F1: Alonso 8th in Monaco Grand Prix. Tennis: Ferrero meets Murray in Queens' semi-final. Nadal finally beaten by Federer in Madrid. Nadal finally beaten in Paris. For more, read on!

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Football: Confederations Cup: Spain won bronze medal. They lost to USA in semi-final - BBC. They beat Iraq 1-0 - BBC. They beat New Zealand 5-0 - BBC background - BBC puts 5 Spaniards in the ideal World 11. Sign-up time: Real Madrid has a new (returning) president, Florentino Perez (BBC comment), who as a first step to renewing the fortunes of the club has signed Brazilian evangelical super-player Kaká, - BBC report and gone on to sign Cristiano Ronaldo for the record figure of 94 million Euros- BBC background. Barcelona's Eto'o has an ofer from Man City.
Season's Results Barcelona FC, founded by protestant player Joan Gamper over a century ago, is really hitting the news just now! Champions: Barcelona beat Man U 2-0 in brilliant Rome final - BBC report . Barcelona again drew with Chelsea in 2nd round of Champions League semi-finals, but the 1-1 away result takes them into the Rome final against Man U. - BBC. They drew 0-0 first round BBC. Copa del Rey Barcelona beat Athletic Bilbao to win cup - BBC report. Primera: 37th round: Mallorca thrashes Madrid 0-3 at Santiago Bernabeu. 36th round: Barcelona wins league on points after Madrid fails to win Villareal game - BBC report- then Barça loses to Mallorca. 34th round Madrid game - BBC report , BBC full results.
Motor: F1 Alonso continues to disappoint, ... 5th in Barcelona Spanish GP dominated by Brawn -BBC report. Alonso is 7th in championship with just 11 points - BBC coverage. Alonso and Renault follow Ferrari in threatening to leave F1 if 2010 rules are not changed - BBC comment. Bikes: Barcelona GP: Lorenzo 2nd in MotoGP after thrilling last lap - BBC report. Bautista won 250 and Iannone 125 - BBC. Lorenzo won at Le Mans. Championship (after Assen): Lorenzo 2nd, behind Rossi, Pedrosa 5th in MotoGP; Bautista 2nd, Barberà 3rd in 250; Simón leads in 125.
Basketball NBA Pau Gasol's Lakers win - a first for a Spaniard. ACB league coming to close - real Madrid meet Tau and Unicaja meet barcelona in semi-finals. 5 Spaniards in NBA this season.
Tennis: Nadal will not play at Wimbledon, due to knee injury - BBC. Nadal out of Roland Garros - BBC. Federer finally ended Nadal's run in Madrid masters- BBC report - ATP - best ever British player, nº3 Murray hopes to challenge domination of top two - BBC report. Nadal has good run with wins at Monte Carlo, Barcelona and Rome - (BBC).
Cycling: To be updated...
Other: Olympics Madrid hopes to host the 2016 games - BBC review of candidates; IOC members arrive Monday May 4th to examine Madrid's proposal on the ground. Other: Reus (Costa Dorada) won the European roller hockey cup.