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Manchester United keeper David de Gea donates €200,000 to Costa Blanca flood relief

MANCHESTER United’s Spanish goalkeeper, David de Gea, has donated €200,000 to the disaster relief fund in the flood-hit Vega Baja region because of his father’s

20 Sep, 2019 @ 12:39

Costa Blanca·Lead·Sport

Expat and Marbella resident returns to golf after two years maternity leave, dramatically wins the Solheim Cup with the last putt, then retires

Suzzan Pettersen had been away from the sport on maternity leave for two years. Many doubted that she should even be selected, having only played

16 Sep, 2019 @ 15:27

Lead·Sport

Spain beat Argentina 95-75 in Basketball World Cup final in Beijing to claim first title for 13 years

It comes after a talented Spain side hosted the competition in 2014, but failed to lift the title, dramatically crashing out against France

16 Sep, 2019 @ 09:37

Lead·National News·Sport

Spain edge Australia 95-88 to reach second-ever Basketball World Cup final after TWO periods of overtime

Spain will now bid to win their second-ever title, taking on the winner of the Argentina-France semifinal, which is to be played later today

13 Sep, 2019 @ 13:16

Lead·National News·Sport

Spain’s Rafael Nadal wins US Open in five-set thriller to claim 19th slam title, one away from rival Roger Federer

The match that lasted four hours and 50 minutes - just four minutes shorter than the longest ever US Open final

9 Sep, 2019 @ 08:02

Lead·National News·Sport

Woman’s body found in search for missing Olympic skier Blanca Ochoa in Spain

The 1992 Winter Olympics bronze medallist had been last seen at a shopping centre in Madrid on August 24

5 Sep, 2019 @ 09:01

Lead·Sport

Former Man United midfielder in court as Spain’s first major match-fixing trial gets underway

Ander Herrera was among the 42 defendants charged over a suspect match in 2011 between Real Zaragoza and Levante

4 Sep, 2019 @ 16:09

Crime & Law·Lead·Sport

Rooftop marijuana farm busted thanks to cameras covering Spain’s Vuelta España

The suspicious crop caught the eyes of viewers who tipped off the Mossos d’Esquadra

4 Sep, 2019 @ 11:09

Crime & Law·Lead·Sport

Premier League winner Okazaki sees career on Spain’s Costa del Sol end after just 34 days as Malaga cancel contract

This has left the 2016 title-winner back hunting for a new club having left the King Power Stadium earlier this summer

3 Sep, 2019 @ 11:25

Lead·Malaga·Sport

Lukaku is moving to Internazionale, can the Belgian succeed in Serie A?

Romelu Lukaku is about to join Internazionale after Manchester United accepted the Italian club’s latest offer of £73.9m including bonuses for the striker. United and

2 Sep, 2019 @ 18:18

Sport

EXCLUSIVE: British bookies’ favourite Tao Geoghegan Hart speaks to the Olive Press before the 2019 Vuelta de España start this Saturday (24) on the Costa Blanca

BRITISH bookies’ favourite Tao Geoghegan Hart has spoken to the Olive Press just two days before the 2019 Vuelta de España kicks off in Torrevieja.

23 Aug, 2019 @ 14:27

Costa Blanca·Lead·Sport

Spain’s Iker Casillas eyes comeback following shock heart attack

The 38-year-old Spain international had a heart attack in May which had looked to be career-ending

21 Aug, 2019 @ 13:11

Lead·Sport

Racist abuse forces English youth team to abandon football friendly in Andalucia

The West London club has called on UEFA to take the 'strongest possible action' after their side allegedly suffered monkey noises and taunts of 'n****.'

14 Aug, 2019 @ 18:35

Crime & Law·Lead·Sport

Spain’s Rafael Nadal wins fifth Rogers Cup to claim €940,000 prize in his FIRST EVER non-clay title defence

Nadal served out the match to win his 51st final, one more than Roger Federer has played in

12 Aug, 2019 @ 09:10

Lead·Sport

Ex-Leicester City Premier League champion Shinji Okazaki signs for Malaga on one-year deal

The pacey striker was officially unveiled at the Costa del Sol club today, with Malaga celebrating him as, ‘the first Japanese player in our history’

31 Jul, 2019 @ 16:48

Lead·Malaga·Sport

Real Madrid star Gareth Bale AGAIN criticised for ‘not speaking Spanish’, despite living in Spain for six years

The explosive comments from Toshack, 70, come after the Madrid board blocked Bale’s move to Jiangsu Suning, as they were unwilling to release him on

30 Jul, 2019 @ 18:20

Lead·National News·Sport

Ronaldo adds Costa del Sol mansion to his property empire with move next door to Conor McGregor in Marbella

Ronaldo's new high tech villa has a LED driveway, private gym, cinema room and infinity pool

29 Jul, 2019 @ 17:07

Celebrity·Lead·Property·Sport

Real Madrid block Gareth Bale’s €1 million-a-week transfer to Chinese club, despite Zidane ‘wanting him gone’

Bale still has three years left on his contract with the Bernabeu club, where he has made just 79 La Liga starts in the previous

29 Jul, 2019 @ 14:59

Lead·Sport

Premier League – Early Predictions

FOOTBALL fans are eagerly awaiting the official start of the Premier League 2019-2020 season that kicks off in a few days. Hope, anticipation, joy, and

29 Jul, 2019 @ 09:40

Sport

EXCLUSIVE: Huge British-funded sports resort proposed for failed Hippodrome site in Mijas receives backing from international stars

Maria Sharapova, Rio Ferdinand and Ian Woosnam are all said to be involved in the huge British-funded project to revolutionise Mijas’ long-neglected hippodrome racecourse site

24 Jul, 2019 @ 14:53

Lead·Malaga·Sport