News, July '08

Sport headlines

Spain face Serbia in Rome waterpolo final. Valencia to host Schumacher come-back; Ibrahimovic presented in Barcelona, Alberto Contador wins Tour de France, Renault suspended after Alonso loses wheel - Valencia presence depends on appeal, Barcelona and Inter hope Eto'o - Ibrahimovic deal will happen, Nadal hopes for August return, Jimenez had good day in Open, Mihir Bose on Madrid's president Perez, Lorenzo 2nd in Germany, Jaime Alguersuari gets F1 opportunity

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.