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Sports

MOUNTAIN CLIMBING

Mountaineering expert Rodolphe Popier: ‘I think Ueli Steck lied’

Óscar Gogorza|Bilbao | 09-04-2021 - 11:53 UTC

The French researcher talks to EL PAÍS why he believes the Swiss climber’s ascents of Shishapangma and Annapurna are not all they seem

SPORTING LEGENDS

Former Barcelona basketball star Charles Thomas located in Texas after being given up for dead in the early 1980s

David Marcial Pérez|Amarillo (Texas) | 24-03-2021 - 13:13 UTC

The player, known as ‘The Black Panther’ in Spain, was rumored to have died in a fight or from an overdose. EL PAÍS meets the trailblazer in a home in Texas, after his unexpected reappearance

SPORT

Latin America keeps the flame of women’s soccer alight despite the pandemic

Diego Mancera/Jacqueline Fowks/Santiago Torrado/Diogo Magri|Mexico / Lima / Bogotá / São Paulo | 18-03-2021 - 11:25 UTC

Mexico, Chile and Brazil are leading the way in driving the sport in the region but sexism and inequality remain the primary matters to address

SPORT

Police arrest the former president of FC Barcelona, Josep Maria Bartomeu

Nadia Tronchoni/Jesús García|Barcelona | 01-03-2021 - 13:55 UTC

Officers also searched the soccer club’s offices, and have detained another three figures alleged to be involved in a scheme to smear players and rivals on social media known as ‘Barçagate’

OPINION

Adiós to Diego and adiós to Maradona

Jorge Valdano | 26-11-2020 - 11:29 UTC

There is something perverse in a life that saw all of his dreams come true and in which he suffered the generosity of his destiny like no one else. It was the fatal path from his condition as a mere mortal to legend that divided him in two

ALTERNATIVE SPORTS

The Spaniard who holds the record for breaking records

Sergio C. Fanjul|Madrid | 23-11-2020 - 07:43 UTC

Whether it's going up 2,000 steps while juggling or running backwards with flippers on his feet, Christian López has made it into the Guinness Book of World Records

TENNIS

Rafa Nadal on French Open win: ‘I told myself that I was not going to fail’

Alejandro Ciriza|Paris | 12-10-2020 - 10:31 UTC

The Spanish tennis champion says he played one of his best finals at Roland Garros, and describes the past months as physically complicated

INTERVIEW

Spanish ultrarunner Kilian Jornet takes on race against climate change

Clemente Álvarez|Madrid | 06-10-2020 - 06:36 UTC

Known for his climbing feats, the elite athlete has started a foundation to protect mountain environments and pledged to restrict his own travel to reduce his carbon footprint

SPORT

Spanish triathlete lets rival cross the line first after making mistake at the finish

Patricio Ortiz|Madrid | 21-09-2020 - 10:00 UTC

Diego Méntrida was just a second behind British competitor James Teagle, who became disorientated during the final meters of the race in Santander, northern Spain

SOCCER

Spanish goalkeeper Iker Casillas retires at age 39

Daniel Gómez|Madrid | 04-08-2020 - 15:12 UTC

Considered one of the all-time greats, he had been off the pitch since May 2019 after suffering a heart attack

The 20 innovations that have changed Spanish football

El País | 10-07-2020 - 15:16 UTC
SPORTS

Spain considering reopening soccer stadiums to public before July 19

Carlos E. Cué/David Álvarez|Madrid | 04-06-2020 - 07:27 UTC

Health authorities say they are evaluating the risk of allowing open matches once all regions have passed into Phase 3 of the coronavirus deescalation plan

CORONAVIRUS

Spanish PM: Overseas tourists will be able to return to Spain from July

El País|Madrid | 23-05-2020 - 13:06 UTC

During a televised address, Pedro Sánchez also announced that Spain’s top-flight soccer league, La Liga, will restart games next month

CORONAVIRUS

Rafa Nadal: ‘This crisis has overwhelmed us all, but we are a great country’

Alejandro Ciriza|Madrid | 06-05-2020 - 06:37 UTC

The Spanish tennis champion reflects on the effects of the coronavirus, what politicians could have done differently, and what lessons we can learn

SPORT

Legendary British soccer commentator Michael Robinson dies of cancer aged 61

Jesús Ruiz Mantilla|Madrid | 28-04-2020 - 08:26 UTC

The broadcaster and former player, who revolutionized sports commentary in Spain in the 1990s, passed away on Monday in his home in Marbella

‘EL CLÁSICO’

Real Madrid-Barcelona match goes ahead despite protests outside stadium

Alfonso L. Congostrina/Rebeca Carranco|Barcelona | 19-12-2019 - 11:33 UTC

The demonstrations organized by so-called Tsunami Democràtic during the soccer game on Wednesday saw some police charges and yellow plastic balls thrown onto the pitch

‘El clásico’

Thousands of officers on hand to protect Real Madrid-Barcelona match

Alfonso L. Congostrina|Barcelona | 18-12-2019 - 10:29 UTC

Around 3,500 security personnel will be at the Camp Nou for tonight’s game in Catalonia, after the anonymous platform Democratic Tsunami called pro-independence protests there

Sexism in sport

Spanish soccer fans to female referee: “Go wash the dishes!”

Isabel Valdés|Madrid | 22-11-2019 - 11:54 UTC

Eighteen-year-old Alexandra García was subjected to 90 minutes of sexist insults as she oversaw a junior game in San Lorenzo de El Escorial

Sports stars

Piqué shakes up the tennis world

Jesús Ruiz Mantilla | 15-11-2019 - 15:39 UTC

Loved and hated in almost equal measure, the Barça soccer star was a mainstay of Spain’s greatest ever national team, but when it comes to business, tennis is his game. In the run-up to his makeover of the Davis Cup, he talks to EL PAÍS about his venture and how Shakira is a source of inspiration

Afghan refugees

The female Afghan boxers who found sanctuary in Spain

Eleonora Giovio|Madrid | 05-11-2019 - 07:37 UTC

The Rahimi sisters fled their home country for Madrid, where they were granted asylum on gender grounds after persecution by the Taliban for their sporting activities

Fraud

The Tax Agency insider who helped defraud foreign sports players of €6.3m

José Antonio Hernández|Madrid | 10-09-2019 - 11:32 UTC

The scam, which was run by three lawyers, involved filing fraudulent claims for rebates in the names of high-profile sportsmen who were residents in other countries

SPORTS

Medication found near body of Spanish skier Blanca Fernández Ochoa

Fernando Peinado/Patricia Ortega Dolz|Madrid | 05-09-2019 - 15:36 UTC

A massive search for the 1992 Olympic bronze medalist came to a tragic end on Wednesday, when the 56-year-old’s corpse was located in the Sierra de Madrid mountains

MISSING PERSONS

Missing Olympic skier Blanca Fernández Ochoa found dead in Madrid mountains

Patricia Ortega Dolz/Fernando Peinado|Cercedilla | 04-09-2019 - 14:31 UTC

The search operation for the 1992 bronze medalist was the biggest ever rolled out in the region

TELEVISION

Neymar makes cameo in Netflix hit ‘Money Heist’ after rape case dropped

Naiara Galarraga Gortázar|São Paulo | 04-09-2019 - 09:43 UTC

Brazilian soccer star plays monk in scenes that had been previously left out of episodes six and eight

UNACCOMPANIED MINORS

Junior soccer players from Sierra Leone disappear after playing tournament in Spain

Mikel Ormazabal|San Sebastián | 18-07-2019 - 14:01 UTC

When it was time to go home, two 14-year-olds escaped through a window and have yet to be found

TELEVISION

“The story of Jesús Gil is about how fragile we are as a society”

Tom C. Avendaño|Madrid | 11-07-2019 - 12:09 UTC

An original documentary from HBO Spain examines the life and times of the infamous politician and businessman, whose stint at the helm of Marbella town council and Atlético de Madrid soccer club was characterized by corruption and excesses

SPORTS

Barça soccer star Piqué ordered to pay €2.1 million in back taxes

Jesús Sérvulo González|Madrid | 10-07-2019 - 10:33 UTC

Spain’s High Court has rejected an appeal filed by the center-back over earnings from his image rights

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