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Athletic Bilbao and Real Sociedad agree to postpone Copa del Rey final until next season, in order to have fans in attendance

ATHLETIC Bilbao and Real Sociedad have agreed to postpone the Copa del Rey final until next season due to coronavirus.

4 May, 2020 @ 17:09

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Atletico Madrid star, Kieran Trippier, charged by the FA over alleged breaches of betting rules

ATLETICO Madrid defender, Kieran Trippier, has been charged by the FA over alleged breaches of betting rules.

1 May, 2020 @ 19:16

Lead·Madrid·Sport

Missing your MotoGP fix? Superstars line up for virtual GP of Spain this weekend

A TOTAL of 31 RACERS line up for the third round of the eSport MotoGP Virtual Grand Prix this weekend at the Circuito de Jerez

1 May, 2020 @ 19:05

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Former Barcelona star and Spanish international, Cesc Fabregas offers to defer his entire Monaco salary for four months due to coronavirus crisis

CESC Fabregas has offered to defer his entire Monaco salary for four months during the coronavirus crisis.

28 Apr, 2020 @ 15:17

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Former Liverpool star and one of Spain’s most recognisable sports broadcasters, Michael Robinson, dies aged 61

FORMER Liverpool footballer and one of Spain’s most recognisable sports broadcasters, Michael Robinson, has died at the age of 61.

28 Apr, 2020 @ 13:58

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The Spanish Government will allow football clubs to conduct COVID-19 tests so that the season can eventually resume

THE Government will allow football clubs to conduct coronavirus tests so that the season can eventually resume, it has been announced.

24 Apr, 2020 @ 18:18

Health·Lead·Sport

Women’s Euro 2021 pushed back to 2022 so that it doesn’t clash with the Men’s competition that was also postponed due to coronavirus

THE Women’s Euro 2021 due to be held in England has been postponed to 2022 due to coronavirus.

23 Apr, 2020 @ 14:55

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Real Madrid and Wales superstar, Gareth Bale, donates €575,000 to a Welsh health charity to help fight coronavirus

GARETH Bale has donated €575,000 to a Welsh health charity.

23 Apr, 2020 @ 13:14

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Valencia players agree to a 9-18% wage cut due to coronavirus, while non-playing staff put on ERTE despite previous assurances they wouldn’t be

VALENCIA players have agreed to take a 9-18% pay cut due to COVID-19.

21 Apr, 2020 @ 17:56

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Barcelona will sell the naming rights to the Camp Nou for one season, in order to donate funds to charities fighting coronavirus

BARCELONA have announced that they will sell the naming rights to the Camp Nou for one season, with all proceeds being donated to help combat

21 Apr, 2020 @ 17:17

Barcelona·Lead·Sport

COVID-19: Ill-timed Champions League tie between Liverpool and Atletico Madrid blamed for Merseyside’s spike in deaths

MATTHEW Ashton, Liverpool City Council’s director of public health, has strongly urged that the city’s Champions League match with Atletico Madrid be investigated as the

21 Apr, 2020 @ 09:56

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Former Atletico Madrid striker Sergio Aguero teaching Spanish to children in the UK, as part of the BBC’s plan to help educate children during the lockdown

SERGIO Aguero has been announced as the BBC’s Spanish teacher for children in England during the lockdown.

20 Apr, 2020 @ 19:54

Education·Lead·Sport

Australian cyclist slammed online for breaking Spain’s strict COVID-19 quarantine

AUSTRALIAN time trial cyclist Rohan Dennis has come under fire after an Instagram post appeared to show him leaving his home and going for a

20 Apr, 2020 @ 12:15

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Granada players agree to take a 19% pay cut due to coronavirus

GRANADA players have agreed to take a 19% pay cut due to COVID-19.

17 Apr, 2020 @ 15:30

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Athletic Bilbao players agree to take a 6-17% pay cut due to coronavirus crisis

ATHLETIC Bilbao players have announced they will take a 6-17% pay cut due to COVID-19.

16 Apr, 2020 @ 14:57

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Mallorcan sporting hero Rafael Nadal auctions winning French Open shirt for €20,000 to fight coronavirus in Spain

The funds will be used to support hospitals and vulnerable groups as part of the Red Cross Responds campaign

14 Apr, 2020 @ 11:32

Lead·Mallorca·Sport

Eurobasket 2021 moved back by a year to 2022 due to coronavirus

THE Basketball European Championships scheduled for September 2021 have been moved to 2022 due to coronavirus.

10 Apr, 2020 @ 15:15

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Real Madrid players agree to take 10-20% pay cut due to coronavirus crisis

REAL Madrid players have agreed to take a pay cut of 10-20% due to COVID-19.

9 Apr, 2020 @ 13:25

Lead·Madrid·Sport

La Liga President sets the end of May as the earliest date for football to resume in Spain

LA Liga President, Javier Tebas has suggested that the earliest date football in Spain could resume would be the end of May.

7 Apr, 2020 @ 14:53

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Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola loses his mother to coronavirus in Spain’s Barcelona

PEP Guardiola’s mother has died after contracting COVID-19.

6 Apr, 2020 @ 17:00

Health·Lead·Sport

Champions League and Europa League could be abandoned if they don’t restart by September according to UEFA President

THE UEFA President has said that the Champions League and the Europa League could be abandoned if coronavirus restrictions are still in place in September.

6 Apr, 2020 @ 14:39

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