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Arab Sheikh and football billionaire purchases charming Spanish bolthole

Iona Napier - 15 May, 2016 @ 19:03

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Barcelona and Dutch legend Johan Cruyff dies at home in Catalunya

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Spanish footballer stabbed by opposition fans during league match

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British woman runs over six professional cyclists after driving on wrong side of the road in Spain

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MotoGP star Dani Pedrosa and footballer Gabriel Milito owe Spanish tax man millions

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Spanish football team launches dating app to help fans reproduce

Tom Powell - 15 Oct, 2015 @ 12:07

La Liga club Getafe have launched a fans-only dating app

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Former Liverpool football boss Brendan Rodgers could be heading to Spain

Tom Powell - 5 Oct, 2015 @ 17:58

Rodgers has regularly holidayed in Sotogrande, and also speaks Spanish

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VIDEO: Cristiano Ronaldo meets Syrian refugee kicked by camerawoman

Rob Horgan - 21 Sep, 2015 @ 10:47

Zaid and his father Osama Abdul travelled to Spain last week after a Spanish football school offered Osama a job. Hungarian journalist Petra Laszlo tripped Osama as he ran across the Hungary-Serbia border with Zaid in his arms

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The beautiful bung: FIFA, Spain and the corruption game

Rob Horgan - 12 Jun, 2015 @ 10:30

The football world has been torn apart by recent arrests for corruption at the highest level, but it all leads back to Spain’s nonsensical exit from the 2002 World Cup, writes Rob Horgan

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Costa del Sol golf courses ranked top in Spain for second year running

Tom Powell - 4 Jun, 2015 @ 13:07

The Golfers’ Choice ranking of Spain’s top 50 courses has placed Real Club Valderrama, in Sotogrande, top

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