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Spanish league: Levante wins 1-0 at Osasuna on late goal in Spain
Football | Sep 29, 2013, 06:06 PM ISTBarcelona: evante won 1-0 at Osasuna in the Spanish league on Sunday with midfielder Jordi Xumetra scoring in the 87th minute following a penalty.Osasuna goalkeeper Andres Fernandez blocked Papakouly Diop's spot kick, but Xumetra raced
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Espanyol beats Athletic Bilbao 3-2, Spanish League
Football | Sep 24, 2013, 06:18 AM ISTBarcelona, Spain: Two goals by Victor Sanchez and one by Sergio Garcia gave Espanyol a thrilling 3-2 home win against Athletic Bilbao in the Spanish league on Monday. Espanyol midfielder Sanchez intercepted Bilbao goalkeeper Gorka
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Davis Cup: Spain sweeps Ukraine 5-0 in playoff
Tennis | Sep 15, 2013, 11:16 PM ISTMadrid: Marc Lopez and Fernando Verdasco both won reverse singles matches Sunday to give Spain a 5-0 sweep of Ukraine in their Davis Cup World Group playoff.Lopez beat Denys Molchanov 6-3, 6-3 before Verdasco dispatched
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WC qualifier: Chile captain dreams of defeating Spain
Football | Sep 10, 2013, 01:11 PM ISTGeneva: Chile's national football team captain and goalkeeper Claudio Bravo said the time has come to defeat a rival as high-ranked as Spain in their upcoming match in Geneva Tuesday."It's the right time to face
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US Open: Federer loses to Robredo in 4th round
Tennis | Sep 03, 2013, 07:06 AM ISTNew York: Roger Federer lost in the fourth round of the U.S. Open for the first time in a decade, surprisingly beaten 7-6 (3), 6-3, 6-4 by 19th-seeded Tommy Robredo of Spain on Monday night.The
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Levante beats Rayo 2-1 on late goal for 1st win
Football | Aug 31, 2013, 06:34 AM ISTBarcelona, Spain: Levante won its first game of the Spanish league season on Friday when substitute Andreas Ivanschitz scored with the last kick of the game for a 2-1 victory at 10-man Rayo Vallecano. Rayo
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Barcelona wins Super Cup after draw with Atletico
Football | Aug 29, 2013, 06:23 AM ISTBarcelona, Spain : Lionel Messi missed a late penalty attempt before Barcelona clinched the Spanish Super Cup despite being held to a 0-0 draw by 10-man Atletico Madrid on Wednesday. Messi had a chance to
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Injured Messi misses Spanish league game
Football | Aug 25, 2013, 09:27 AM ISTBarcelona, Spain : Lionel Messi missed Barcelona's Spanish league game at Malaga on Sunday while he recovers from a muscle injury in his left leg.Barcelona said on Saturday that even though Messi's "progress is satisfactory,"
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Britain and Spain spar over Gibraltar
World | Aug 13, 2013, 10:11 AM ISTMadrid: Relations between Britain and Spain continue to grow tense as both countries are considering the possibility of taking their respective cases over the British Crown colony of Gibraltar to international courts, an official said
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Spanish train driver was on phone when it derailed
World | Jul 31, 2013, 07:36 AM ISTMadrid, July 31 : The driver of the train, which derailed and killed 79 people last week in Spain, was speaking on his phone when the accident occurred, a Spainsh court has found.The train had
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Croatia Open: Montanes upsets top-seeded Gasquet
Tennis | Jul 25, 2013, 07:26 AM ISTUmag, Croatia, July 25: Albert Montanes of Spain upset top-seeded Richard Gasquet of France 6-4, 6-4 Wednesday to advance to the quarterfinals of the Croatia Open.Montanes was up 3-1 in the second set before Gasquet
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Croatia Open: Robredo, Montanes, Klizan advance
Tennis | Jul 24, 2013, 07:25 AM ISTUmag, Croatia,July 24: Fifth-seeded Tommy Robredo from Spain cruised into the second round of the Croatia Open on Tuesday, beating Jan Hajek of the Czech Republic 6-3, 6-2.Robredo mostly kept to the baseline and needed
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Spain sorry for 'misunderstanding' with Bolivia's Morales
World | Jul 10, 2013, 12:13 PM ISTMadrid, July 10: Spain's foreign minister Tuesday offered apologies to Bolivia's Evo Morales for "any misunderstanding" linked to last week's diversion of the Latin American leader's aircraft, but insisted that Madrid never barred the plane
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Al Di Meola to open jazz fest in Spain
Hollywood | Jul 09, 2013, 06:19 PM ISTAlicante (Spain), July 9: Guitarist Al Di Meola will be the opening act at the 16th Fijazz International Jazz Festival in this Mediterranean city.Arturo Sandoval, Michel Camilo, James Carter, Gregory Porter, Al Jarreau and Branford
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Spain bullfight: No gorings in second run at San Fermin
World | Jul 08, 2013, 02:09 PM ISTPamplona, Spain, July 8 : Thousands of daredevils raced through the streets of the northern Spanish city of Pamplona on Monday in a hair-raising but relatively clean second bull run of the famed annual San
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Real Madrid present Isco to their fans
Football | Jul 04, 2013, 04:25 PM ISTMadrid, July 4: Real Madrid presented Spain Under-21 midfielder Francisco Roman Alcaron Suarez, better known as 'Isco' to their fans.Isco is Real Madrid's second signing of the summer and follows rightback Dani Carvajal to the
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Spain aims for U20 world title in tiki-taka style
Football | Jul 02, 2013, 04:11 PM ISTIstanbul, Jul 2: Spain's drubbing by Brazil in the Confederations Cup final has given its youth team additional motivation to take home the Under-20 World Cup.Coach Julen Lopetegui said on Monday his team is ready
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Spain's soccer manager says, it was a `deserved defeat'
Football | Jul 01, 2013, 01:56 PM ISTRio de Janeiro, July 1 : Vicente del Bosque called his team's resounding 3-0 loss to Brazil in the Confederations Cup final a "deserved defeat."Del Bosque sought to play down Sunday's lop-sided match, saying the
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Brazil wins Confederations Cup, beats Spain 3-0 in final
Football | Jul 01, 2013, 01:52 PM ISTRio de Janeiro, July 1: Brazil came out on top in the matchup of past and present football powers on Sunday, winning its third Confederations Cup title and boosting its confidence ahead of next year's
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Confed Cup: Host Brazil vs world champion Spain
Football | Jun 30, 2013, 03:54 PM ISTRio De Janeiro, Jun 30: The Confederations Cup has the final nearly everyone wanted: A long-awaited matchup between world champion Spain and host Brazil.The most dominant team in recent years and the most successful team