Madrid: Rafael Nadal is still unsure if he will recover from a nagging knee problem in time to feature in Spain's Davis Cup semi-final against the United States next month. The world number three has not played since suffering a shock second-round Wimbledon defeat to Czech Lukas Rosol in June. He missed the Olympic Games, where he was the defending champion, and was forced to withdraw from the US Open....
09:51 AM, Aug 30, 2012
Amsterdam: Dutch media are reporting that fears a passenger plane had been hijacked en route from Malaga in Spain to Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport appear unfounded and a passenger says there is no hostage situation. The plane, from Spanish carrier Vueling, was parked at a remote corner of Schiphol, about two kilometers (1.5 miles) from the main terminal, surrounded by security personnel and several ambulances, according to photographers at the scene....
06:33 PM, Aug 29, 2012
Manacor: Rafa Nadal said he needs to make a full recovery from a nagging knee problem before returning to competition and hinted that his participation in next month's Davis Cup tie against the United States was also in doubt. The Spanish world number three has not played since crashing out of Wimbledon in a shock second-round defeat by lowly ranked Czech Lukas Rosol in June. He missed the Olympic Games...
09:06 PM, Aug 17, 2012
Faro, Portugal: Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 36th international goal and Nelson Oliveira scored his first as Portugal beat Panama 2-0 on a day of international friendlies where the world and European champions Spain beat Puerto Rico 2-1. Ronaldo span around on the edge of the area and fired a half-volley past Jaime Penedo in the 51st minute after Panama midfielder Gabriel Gomez was sent off for elbowing Joao Moutinho. Oliveira,...
09:44 AM, Aug 16, 2012
Madrid: Athletic Bilbao's Spain striker Fernando Llorente has told the La Liga club he does not want to extend his contract beyond the end of the coming season, president Josu Urrutia said on Monday. Urrutia admitted the 27-year-old's decision, which means he will almost certainly leave before the transfer window closes at the end of this month, was a severe blow to the Basque club, who had been hoping to...
08:16 PM, Aug 13, 2012
London: The United States beat an inspired Spain 107-100 in a fast-paced match to win the Olympic gold medal in men's basketball at North Greenwich Arena on Sunday. With Kevin Durant leading the way with 30 points, the US retained their Olympic title in a rematch of their closely-fought 2008 final in Beijing. Both teams pushed the ball upcourt in non-stop action to the roaring delight of the 20,000 fans...
11:26 PM, Aug 12, 2012
Weymouth: Tamara Echegoyen, Angela Pumariega and Sofia Toro of Spain won the Olympic gold medal in women's match racing on Saturday, thanks in part to a boat-handling error by Australia that swept its skipper into the water. With the best-of-5 match tied at 1, the boats were sailing nearly side-by-side downwind in the third race in big waves on Weymouth Bay when the Australian crew lost control and its boat...
09:58 PM, Aug 11, 2012
London: Britain qualified for the Olympic field hockey semi-finals for the first time since it won the 1988 Seoul Games by surviving a dramatic finish to draw 1-1 with Spain on Tuesday. Britain will face the Netherlands in the semi-finals. Spain, the Beijing Games silver medallist, thought it could steal a victory in the last two minutes when it had two penalty corners saved, a third canceled on video review,...
01:52 AM, Aug 08, 2012
London: Marina Alabau of Spain won the Olympic gold medal in women's windsurfing on Tuesday in the discipline's final race in the games. Alabau came into the medals race with a 14-point lead and preserved it by finishing first. Windsurfing got the heave-ho from the lineup for the 2016 Rio Olympics in a vote in May, replaced by kiteboarding. The International RS:X Class Association filed a legal challenge last week...
07:52 PM, Aug 07, 2012
London: Australia overwhelmed Spain 5-0 in men's field hockey at the London Olympics on Wednesday, turning what was expected to be a close match into a rout. Australia has now scored 11 goals without conceding in its two wins on the blue artificial turf of the Riverside Arena and sits atop Group A. Mink van der Weerden scored twice as the Netherlands beat Belgium 3-1 for its second win of...
03:08 AM, Aug 02, 2012
London: Pakistan held 2008 Olympic silver medallists Spain to a 1-1 draw on the opening day of the men's Olympic hockey competition at the London Games after Australian captain Jamie Dwyer's spurred the World champions to a runaway 6-0 win over South Africa here today. Pakistan wasted several scoring chances after surviving sustained Spanish attacks in the first session and later in the second half saw a Spanish goal being...
09:44 PM, Jul 30, 2012
London: Spain were eliminated from the men's Olympic soccer tournament Sunday after another 1-0 loss. Honduras forward Jerry Bengtson scored the lone goal in the seventh minute, knocking a header past Spain goalkeeper David de Gea. It was an intense match packed with heated aggression. Spain players picked up seven yellow cards and Honduras six. "The team was tense from the beginning because they knew that they had to score...
10:07 AM, Jul 30, 2012
The men's football event at the 2012 London Olympics will kick off when Mexico and South Korea begin the battle for the top of Group B on Thursday, one day prior to the much awaited opening ceremony. The group stage of the tournament is set to end on August 1 with the Gold Medal match to be played on August 11. Tournament favourites Brazil have waited a long time for...
09:38 AM, Jul 26, 2012
Madrid: Rafa Nadal fears the chance to carry Spain's flag at an Olympics opening ceremony may not come around again after being forced to withdraw from the London 2012 tennis event with a knee injury. The 11-times grand slam champion was to be his country's flagbearer at next Friday's opening ceremony but pulled out on Thursday after failing to recover from the knee problems that have dogged him. The Olympic...
10:10 AM, Jul 22, 2012
London: Spanish basketball star Pau Gasol has been chosen to replace Rafael Nadal as the flagbearer for Spain's Olympic squad at the opening ceremony of the Games on July 27. Nadal, the winner of the gold medal in tennis in Beijing four years ago, was forced to pull out of the Games on Thursday because of knee problems, reports Xinhua. It had been expected that yachtsman Xabi Fernandez would be...
05:14 PM, Jul 21, 2012
Madrid Steeplechaser Angel Mullera has been dropped from the Spanish Olympic team while an investigation into a possible doping offence takes place, the country's athletics federation (RFEA) said on Friday. "This decision is independent of the possible opening of disciplinary proceedings and a suspension for failing to comply with our anti-doping regulations which is being evaluated at the moment," the RFEA said in a statement. The 28-year-old was called to...
07:04 PM, Jul 20, 2012
Madrid: Defending Olympic tennis champion Rafael Nadal pulled out of the London Games on Thursday with an undisclosed injury. "I am not in condition to compete in the London Olympics and therefore will not travel as planned with the Spanish delegation to take part in the games," the third-ranked Spaniard said in a statement. Nadal did not mention any specific injury, but he canceled a charity match in Madrid on...
08:50 PM, Jul 19, 2012
New Delhi: Odisha-based sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik's sculpture of Hindu god Ganesha has won two gold medals at the just-concluded Solo International Sand Art Contest in Marbella, Spain. Pattnaik's 3.5-metre sand sculpture bearing message - "Save The Sea Life" - won in 'People's Choice' and 'Best Positive' sculpture categories. Pattnaik used about 1,000 tonnes of sand to build the sculpture. He was the only sand artist from India to participate...
03:44 PM, Jul 18, 2012
Recession-plagued Spain unveiled new austerity measures on Wednesday designed to slash 65 billion euros from the public deficit by 2014 as Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy yielded to EU pressure to try to avoid a full state bailout. The conservative leader announced a 3-point hike in the main rate of Value Added Tax on goods and services to 21 per cent and cuts in unemployment benefits and civil service pay and...
07:46 AM, Jul 12, 2012
