News, April-May 2010

Sport headlines

Seville win Copa. Barcelona win Primera. Alonso 6th in Monaco. Atlético beat Fulham in Europa League final. Barcelona win Basketball EuroLeague championship. Nadal beats Federer in Madrid. Joan Antonio Samaranch dies. Barcelona gun down Arsenal, before humillation in Milan. 1/3 of riders in 3 MotoGP categories are Spaniards, Lorenzo leads MotoGP.

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Football: Copa: Sevilla beat Atlético Madrid in final. Liga won by Barcelona - BBC, repeating last year's title. Europa League: Atlético Madrid beat Fulham in final - BBC report. Champions League: Madrid hosted the final. Barcelona humiliated in Milan 3-1 - <http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/8630297.stm¦BBC>, then finally knocked out in semi-final. Barcelona (Messi 4-0) gun down Arsenal in 1/4 finals - BBC. Cesc Fabregas is hopeful for next season's Barcelona squad - he wants to go home - BBC. Madrid sack Pellegrini and hire Mourinho - BBC. More Spanish football from Phil Minshall's blog. Real Madrid has been confirmed again as the world's richest club -BBC. --- Evangelical Gypsies beat Civil Guard 8-2 in friendly!
Motor: F1: Alonso sets Monaco pace, then crashes... to fight back from last row to 6th place - BBC comment. Alonso 2nd in Barcelona - BBC - ranked 2nd in championship. Bikes: 1/3 of the riders in this year's championship are Spaniards. Jorge Lorenzo, Toni Elías and Pol Espargaró win in Le Mans. Lorenzo leads MotoGP, 3 Spaniards top 125 list.
Tennis: Nadal starts 'OK' ("I played really bad.") in Paris - BBC. Nadal beats Federer in Madrid to beat Agassi's 17 Masters' titles record - BBC - last year Roger beat Rafa in their last encounter - Rafa aslo takes triplet with Rome, Monaco and Madrid. Nadal wins in Rome against Ferrer, to take 17th Masters' title, equalling Agassi's record - <http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/8657485.stm¦BBC>. Spain beat Switzerland in Davis Cup - BBC.
Cycling: Alberto Contador wins Paris-Nice, 3 other Spaniards in top 5 - BBC. Voss wins start of Catalunya tour - BBC.
Basketball World cup - Spain gets 'easy' group. Barcelona wins Euroleague.
Olympics: Former IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch died on 21st April, aged 89; he was famous for bringing the Olympics to Barcelona in 1992 and for the growth in importance of the para-olympics, among many other things. Barcelona launches candidature for winter 2022 - BBC.
Other: Mallorca Golf open now on. Largest ever participation in Barcelona marathon on 7th March. Americas Cup won by US Oracle BBC.