News, April 2011

Sport headlines

Nadal wins 7th Monte Carlo Masters, plus 6th Barcelona Open. Madrid beat Barcelona 1-0 in Cup final - Telegraph. Madrid and Barça draw 1-1 in league game - BBC. Madrid and Barça to meet twice more in coming fortnight - BBC. MotoGP circuit comes to Jerez - Lorenzo wins. Nadal beaten by Djokovic in Miami final. Jean-Pierre Dick wins Barcelona World Race. Spain beat Lithuania 1-3. Alonso 4th in Melbourne. Bikes: Terol wins 125 in Qatar, Lorenzo and Pedrosa runners up in GP. Djokovic beat Nadal at Indian Wells. Spain starts well in Davis Cup. Spanish committee absolve Alberto Contador of doping in Tour.

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Football: Champions: Madrid beat Spurs again: BBC. Barça again beat Shakhtar BBC. Barcelona beat Shakhtar 5-0 - Telegraph report. Madrid thrash Spurs 4-0 -Telegraph report. Barcelona and Madrid to meet 4 times in coming weeks - BBC, Telegraph preview. Euro 2012: Spain won 1-3 in Lithuania. Primera: Barcelona lead after 30th round with 8 point gap over Madrid. League strike banned by court - BBC. Keep up to date on the league table at the BBC site. Europa League: Villareal beat twente in first leg of 1/4 final. Copa del Rey: final will pit Real Madrid against Barcelona.
Motor: F1: Last pre-season warm-up day in Barcelona - BBC photos. Bikes: MotoGP circuit comes to Jerez - Pedrosa 2nd in line-up.
Tennis: Nadal wins 6th Barcelona Open title - Telegraph. He wins 7th Monte Carlo Masters in succession - a record for any Masters - Guardian. Spain won against Belgium in Davis cup round - BBC.
Basketball: Real Madrid in European final four.
Cycling: Spanish committee absolve Alberto Contador of doping in Tour, but he could face international board - BBC.
Athletics: World womens' 3000m hurdles champion, Marta Domínguez, suspended due to police investigation into doping scandal, is not to be prosecuted.
Other: Jean-Pierre Dick wins Barcelona World (yacht) Race for second time running in 93 days.