Augusta (Georgia), April 10 (IANS) Spanish golfer Sergio Garcia fired a birdie on the first playoff hole against Englishman Justin Rose to win the Masters Tournament and claim his first major title here on Sunday. Garcia, 37, finally brought Spain a second Masters Cup after his compatriot Jose Maria Olazabal achieved the first one in […]
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Serbia Beat Spain In Davis Cup Quarters
Belgrade, April 9 (IANS) Serbia have earned an unassailable 3-0 lead over Spain in the Davis Cup quarter-finals at Aleksandar Nikolic Hall here. On the second day of the quarter-final tie on Saturday, Serbia’s 40-year-old Nenad Zimonjic teamed up with Viktor Troicki to beat Spain’s Pablo Carreno Busta and Marc Lopez 4-6, 7-6, 6-0, 4-6, […]
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Footage Before France vs Spain Friendly Shows What’s Exactly Going On Between Ramos And Pique
“Sergio Ramos and Gerard Pique love each other,” Diego Costa insisted, to the surprise of many football fans, last week. Was the Brazil-born Spain international speaking the truth – or was it a tongue-in-cheek comment? Ramos and Pique are constantly taking subtle digs at each other via the medium of the Spanish press, who obviously […]
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FC Barcelona’s Pique Lets Rip At Madrid After Spain Win
Madrid, March 29 (IANS) FC Barcelona defender Gerard Pique again made comments criticising Real Madrid and the capital football club’s apparently close ties with key institutions following Spain’s 2-0 win away to France. Speaking on Spanish radio, the Catalan defender, who is well known for speaking his mind, first of all spoke about his irritation […]
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Federer Eliminates Spain’s Bautista In Miami Open
Miami (Florida), March 29 (IANS) Swiss tennis great Roger Federer had to play hard to defeat Spain’s Roberto Bautista Agut 7-6(5), 7-6(4) in the fourth round of the Miami Open here. Bautista was in excellent form and played at a very high level in the duel, but it wasn’t enough to best the 4th-seeded Swiss […]
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Video Replay A Factor As Spain Beat France In Friendly
Paris, March 29 (IANS) Spain topped France 2-0 here in a friendly match that saw a goal for the hosts disallowed and one confirmed based on video replay for the visitors. The Spanish controlled the flow of the game throughout the first half on Tuesday, but posed no real threat to the French goal, reports […]
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Watch: The Two Video Referee Decisions That Aided Spain To Beat France
Count Spain as a proponent of Video Assistant Replay (VAR) being used in international soccer. Spain was the beneficiary of two calls overturned by VAR during its 2-0 win over France in a high-profile friendly at the Stade de France in Paris. First, France had a goal ruled out for offside after Antoine Griezmann had […]
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Spain’s Muguruza Taken Ill, Retires From Miami Open
Miami, March 28 (IANS) Spain’ Garbiñe Muguruza retired from her fourth-round Miami Open tennis match against Denmark’s Caroline Wozniacki due to a heat-related illness on Monday. The 23-year-old Muguruza called for the trainer following a gruelling first-set tie-breaker that she lost 6-7 (1-7) to the Dane at the Crandon Park Tennis Center in Key Biscayne, […]
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Spain’s Arruabarrena Advances At Miami Open
Miami, March 27 (IANS) Spain’s Lara Arruabarrena defeated American tennis player Madison Keys 7-5, 7-5 to move into the fourth round of the Miami Open here. In the first set, the Spaniard was able to deal with relentless attacks by Keys, who nevertheless failed on all 10 of her attempts to break Arruabarrena’s service on […]
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Spain, Italy Win World Cup Qualifiers
Paris, March 25 (IANS) Spain and Italy eased past their opponents to stay unbeaten in Group G of the 2018 football World Cup European qualifiers, with Italian veteran goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon playing the 1,000th game of his career. Spain have extended their unbeaten streak in World Cup qualifiers to 58 matches with a 4-1 home […]