Luis Rubiales, the former president of Spain’s football federation, has lost an appeal against his sexual assault conviction. Rubiales was fined €10,800 (£9,206) in February for kissing captain Jenni Hermoso without her consent after Spain’s women’s team won the 2023 World Cup. A Spanish appeals court upheld the fine, and also dismissed a separate appeal...
An 81-year-old man drove his car down the landmark Spanish Steps in Rome before getting stuck on the way down. One of Italy’s most recognisable monuments, the Spanish Steps have never been intended for vehicles to travel down. The driver tested negative for alcohol and told officers that he was on his way to work....
The co-operation established between Carlo Rosselli and his Giustizia e Libertá (GL) movement on the one hand and Italian and Spanish anarchists on the other during the early days of Italian antifascist volunteer service in the Spanish Civil War is broadly familiar. However, to date, researchers have given a lot less attention and thought to...
A man suspected of murdering two senior figures from a Scottish organised crime group in a Spanish bar has been arrested. Ross Monaghan and Eddie Lyons Jnr were shot dead at Monaghans Bar in Fuengirola in the Costa Del Sol on 31 May. Both men were connected to the Lyons family, a major organised crime...
Asked what he thought Verstappen was trying to achieve in the manoeuvre at Barcelona’s Turn Five, Russell said: “I think he was trying to run me off the road, but I don’t think he was trying to intentionally crash into me. I think he just misjudged it.” If Verstappen receives one more point on his...
England right-back Trent Alexander-Arnold described joining Real Madrid as a “dream come true” and “huge responsibility” as he addressed the audience in Spanish at his presentation on Thursday. Alexander-Arnold, 26, would have been able to leave Liverpool on a free transfer at the end of his contract on 30 June but the 15-time European champions...
Trent Alexander-Arnold is unveiled as a Real Madrid player and impresses the crowd, including club president Florentino Perez, by speaking Spanish and saying “it’s a dream come true”. READ MORE: Why Alexander-Arnold is not allowed to wear number 66 for Real Madrid Read full article at source...
Paul O’Hare BBC Scotland News BBC The gunman opened fire in Monaghans pub in Fuengirola Graphic footage showing the final moments of Scottish gangland shooting victim Ross Monaghan has been broadcast on Spanish TV. The video was captured inside Monaghans bar in Fuengirola on the Costa del Sol on Saturday, seconds after Eddie Lyons Jnr,...
The incident happened during an extraordinary final five laps after a late safety car. Until then, Verstappen had been on course for a strong third place, after challenging the McLarens on a three-stop strategy, compared to their two. When the safety car was deployed, all the leaders – and most of the rest of the...
It left him lacking grip at the restart to those around him and resulted in a madcap, almost unbelievable, series of incidents. Verstappen almost lost his car when he had a massive wobble coming out of the fast final corner as the race restarted with five laps to go. Leclerc pulled alongside on the straight,...
Hamilton, who starts fifth in Barcelona, said his target was to “try and get to the podium. I haven’t been on a podium for a long time”. His last podium was in Las Vegas last November, when he was driving for Mercedes. He referred to former team-mate George Russell taking the lead from fourth on...
McLaren’s Oscar Piastri set a stunning pole position from team-mate Lando Norris at the Spanish Grand Prix. The Australian beat Norris by 0.209 seconds, vaulting himself ahead of the Briton -who had been faster on the first runs in final qualifying but made an error on his last lap. Red Bull’s Max Verstappen was third...
The Spanish veteran was among the pacesetters early on, but dropped back as the session developed and appeared to have a problem with the performance of his engine, judging by radio transmissions between the Spaniard and his engineer. Alonso, who retired in Monaco last Sunday with an engine failure, ended his session about five minutes...
Man, these guys passed ‘goofy’ and ‘outrageous’ a long time ago, and went straight into demented, desperate lunatic ravings. I guess when you’re a colorless, inner-fireless, charisma-free party apparatchik like Chuck Schumer, having to fight for your very existence for the first time in your political life against an on-coming swarm of out-of-control, flamboyant, drop-mic-moment...
The Spanish prime minister has called for Israel to be banned from the Eurovision Song Contest over its military action in Gaza. Pedro Sánchez noted Russia has been banned from the contest since 2022 following its invasion of Ukraine, and said there should not be “double standards”. Israel came second in the contest’s grand final...