Liverpool boss Benitez explains Spanish transfer policy
tribalfootball.com (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez has defended his policy of bringing so many Spanish players to the club. read more
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Spanish players wish it could have gone better for Madrid Olympic bid
Tennistalk (Free subscription) | 10/04/2009
Spanish players Rafael Nadal and Fernando Verdasco absorbed the shock of Madrid's failure to secure the 2016 Olympics from halfway around the world as the pair competed in Asian ATP events.
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Soccer Strike Is Avoided in Spain After a Tax Increase
New York Times (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
The owners of Spanish soccer teams backtracked Friday on their threat to halt the country's top league, deciding instead to open negotiations with the government over a fiscal reform plan that would almost double the tax burden on foreign players.
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Murray eases into semi-finals
Skysports.com (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Murray: Through to last fourAlso see World number four Andy Murray advanced to the semi-finals at the Valencia Open with a 6-4 6-2 win over home player Albert Montanes. Top seed Murray was not quite at his best in the opening set against the world number 34 but then dominated in the second to dismiss the Spaniard. The victory marked 22-year-old Murray's third career win over Montanes after also...
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Fernando Torres's loyalty provides shining light in Liverpool's bleak times
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Spanish player keeps on fighting for his Liverpool fans and his manager in disappointing draw in Lyon.
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The Nicolas Massu Interview
ATP Mens Tennis (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
... Favorite TV Show: "The Simpsons is my favorite." Musical Tastes: "Spanish music, Ricky Martin." Early Tennis Memory: "The first time that I passed the top 100 in 1999. After winning Challenger in Santiago in November '99. Was doing good in Challengers, I won three Challengers. Then when I won my first ATP tournament in Buenos Aires (2002), I saved match points (in...
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U.S. Little Mo Championships; Harrison & Bhambri vs. Agassi & Sampras; Williams Update; UAE Turns to Spain for Development
ZooTennis (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
The National Little Mo Championships, for players 8 through 11, finished on Monday. The boys' winners, with age group in parentheses, are: Scott Sculley(8), Perry Gregg(9), Alexander Rushin(10) and Titus Strom(11). Gregg was the only repeat winner; he won the 8-year-old division last year. The girls champions are: Elizabeth Scotty(8), Claire Liu(9), Michaela Gordon(10) and Elizabeth Porter(11)....
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Tsonga, Ljubicic win openers in Lyon
Fox News (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
LYON, France (AP) - Top-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga served 14 aces and needed two tiebreakers to beat Kevin Kim of the United States 7-6 (5), 7-6 (5) in the first round of the Lyon Grand Prix on Tuesday.Neither player faced a break point in the first set, but Kim saved two in the second as Tsonga started to get on top.Kim missed his chance to even the match as Tsonga, the 2008 Australian Open...
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Sergio Ramos press conference
Realmadrid.com (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
... He scored a goal this week and served an assist. I am happy for having the chance of facing a player like him again.What does this tournament mean to Real Madrid'Now that the squad has been reinforced we need to act. We want to prove our worth in a competition in which we haven't fared well in the last few years. We will be humble and calm about it. The perk this year is that the final will...
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Real Madrid will bring back Negredo & Parejo next summer / Transfer news
imscouting.,com (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
Madrid are keen to have a large number of Spanish players in their first team squad and have buy-back options on the two players they sold this summer
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Somdev advances
The Telegraph India (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
Mumbai: Somdev Dev Varman demolished the 281st ranked Spanish player Gillermo Olaso 6-3, 6-2 to enter the second round of the $125,000 ATP Challenger men's event in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on Monday.
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Double whammy for Pablo
Evening Star 24 (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
... other way. I did what I wanted to do.“I feel better off at Ipswich, even though Swansea have more Spanish players. I am happy with the English!” joked Counago.The Town No. 9 has spent more than six years at Portman Road, in two different spells. He had bagged 59 goals before this season, but he has had to wait a long time to chalk up senior goal No. 60.A pre-season injury did not...
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Hats off to Amigo with head for heights
Daily Express (Free subscription) | 10/18/2009
... Martinez was one of the ‘Three Amigos’, alongside Isidro Diaz and Jesus Seba, a trio of unknown Spanish players who astonished football in 1995 by turning up at a ramshackle club stuck in the fourth tier. The 36-year-old is now back at Wigan and running the show as the Premier League’s youngest manager. Martinez admitted: “I could never have imagined I would still be in Britain...
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Arsenal transfer rumours Oct 14th – Merida, Fabregas, Sessegnon and Ogbonna (who!)
Just Arsenal (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
... very well in Turin, even though teams like those just mentioned are very attractive to young players like me.” But that comment has turned into a transfer link! These writers really need to get a life. Perhaps they are paid to provide so many stories every day, that is the only reason i can see for this rubbish. And don’t get me started on the latest Fabregas rumours. I have to tell you...
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Spain make it 10 out of 10 by thrashing hapless Bosnia
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
... Mata. "Now we will go to South Africa with a lot of confidence."After the win Mata and the other Spanish players threw their shirts into the stands to the Spanish soldiers present in the Olympic Stadium, part of the Spanish peace-keeping detachment based in Bosnia. Pique gave Spain the lead in the 13th minute by heading in a high free-kick from Xabi Alonso. Just one...