News, June 2010

Sport headlines

Spain to last 8. Lorenzo consolidates MotoGP championship lead at Assen. Gasol's Lakers win NBA. Nadal wins Paris to regain Nº1 position. Pedrosa wins in Italy. Spain beat Poland 6-0 in pre-World Cup game. Seville win Copa. Barcelona win Primera. Alonso 6th in Monaco. Atlético beat Fulham in Europa League final. Barcelona win Basketball EuroLeague championship. Joan Antonio Samaranch dies. 1/3 of riders in 3 MotoGP categories are Spaniards, Lorenzo leads MotoGP.

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Football: World Cup Spain beat Portugal 1-0 to reach last 8 - BBC; Spain beat Chile 2-1 in third game - BBC , Honduras: BBC. Spain lost first game against Switzerland 0-1. Spain beat Poland 6-0 before leaving for S. Africa - BBC. Spain under 17 lose 1-2 to England in European final. 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 - BBC, then finally knocked out in semi-final. Cesc Fabregas is hopeful for next season's Barcelona squad - he wants to go home - BBC. Madrid hire Mourinho - BBC. More Spanish football from Phil Minshall's blog.
Motor: F1: Valencia proves challenge to teams, Alonso 8th - BBC. Alonso sets Monaco pace, then crashes... to fight back from last row to 6th place - BBC comment. Bikes: Lorenzo consolidates MotoGP lead with Assen victory - BBC, following from Silverstone success - BBC. Pedrosa wins in Italy - BBC. Lorenzo leads MotoGP, Toni Elías heads Moto2, 3 Spaniards top 125 list. Márquez has won last 3 125 races - youngest Spanaird to do so, at 17. 1/3 of the riders in this year's championship are Spaniards. Jorge Lorenzo, Toni Elías and Pol Espargaró win in Le Mans.
Tennis: Nadal to 1/4 finals in Wimbledon. Nadal wins 5th Paris title to regain ATP Nº1 position - BBC, Jonathan Overend. 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.
Cycling: Gutierrez wins line event, L L Sánchez wins time trial in national championships.
Basketball NBA: Pau Gasol's Lakers win NBA - BBC.
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: Barcelona won European roller hockey, lost in European final of handball.