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Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz starts French Open bid on Monday against Aussie qualifier
THE SECOND tennis Grand Slam of the season will have an usual feel about it as defending French Open champion Rafa Nadal will not...
Spain’s Rafa Nadal to retire from tennis after 2024 season:- withdraws from French Open with hip injury
MALLORCA'S Rafael Nadal has confirmed that his niggling hip injury has forced him out of defending his French Open title in Paris later this...
Spain’s Rafael Nadal to hold press conference as French Open decision looms
THE best Spanish athlete of all time, Rafael Nadal, will hold a press conference later today, Thursday May 18, after reports surfaced claiming he...
Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz takes apart rival Tsitsipas to win Barcelona Open
MURCIA'S Carlos Alcaraz capped a perfect week at the Barcelona Open to outplay Stefanos Tsitsipas in a high-quality display on Sunday
The 19-year-old from El...
Rafa Nadal pulls out of Madrid Open as hip injury casts doubt on Spanish star defending French Open title
RAFA NADAL'S hip injury problem that has kept him out of tournaments since January could force him to miss the French Open for the...
Spain’s tennis ace Carlos Alcaraz regains world number one ranking from Novak Djokovic
MURCIA'S Carlos Alcaraz regained his world number one tennis ranking after an easy straight sets win over Russia's Danill Medvedev in the Masters 1000...
Luxury restaurant backed by Rafa Nadal and Cristiano Ronaldo to open in Spain’s Valencia
A new luxury restaurant backed by sports stars Rafa Nadal and Cristiano Ronaldo will be opening its doors in Valencia this summer.
The Tatel restaurant...
Rafa Nadal to enter team into new electric raceboat championship due to get underway this year
TENNIS great Rafa Nadal has announced he will enter his own team into the inaugural all-electric raceboat season set to electrify audiences later this...
Luxury Mallorca estate in Spain used in hit BBC TV series ‘The Night Manager’ has new owner
A luxurious Mallorca estate that became internationally known in 2016 as one of the settings for the BBC espionage thriller, The Night Manager, has...
Mallorca’s Rafa Nadal is richest sportsperson in Spain
THE world's leading Grand Slam title winner, Rafa Nadal, is Spain's wealthiest sports person according to Forbes magazine.
The Mallorcan tennis star, who lost to...
Spanish tennis legend Rafa Nadal and wife Mery ‘Xisca’ Perello welcome first child
THREE years after their wedding in Mallorca, the tennis star, Rafael Nadal, and wife Mery Perello welcomed their first child on Saturday afternoon, October...
Spain’s Rafa Nadal plans Wimbledon bid despite problems with right foot
RAFA Nadal has told journalists in Mallorca on Friday that he plans to play at Wimbledon which starts on June 27.
36-year-old Nadal won the...
Spanish tennis champ Rafa Nadal and wife Xisca are expecting a baby boy, claims newspaper in Mallorca
TENNIS superstar Rafa Nadal and his wife Maria Francisca Perello are expecting a baby boy, it has emerged.
The gender reveal came within hours of...
Spain’s tennis ace Rafa Nadal and Xisca Perelló are expecting their first child
JUST days after he swept into the record books for winning the French Open for the 14th time, Rafael Nadal has another reason to...
Tough path for Spain’s young tennis sensation Carlos Alcaraz if he’s to win his first Grand Slam- the 2022...
MURCIA'S Carlos Alcaraz has been given a tough path if he's to win his first Grand Slam at the age of 19.
The El Palmar...
Richard Branson visits Rafa Nadal in Mallorca as he announces Virgin’s latest luxury resort in Spain
BRITISH entrepreneur Richard Branson hung out with tennis legend Rafa Nadal at the star’s tennis academy on a recent visit to the holiday island,...
Teenage tennis starlet Carlos Alcaraz climbs to number six in the world after Madrid Open win in Spain
MURCIA'S Carlos Alcaraz, who turned 19 on Thursday, has climbed to six in the world rankings after winning the Madrid Open on Sunday.
The El...
Murcia’s Carlos Alcaraz becomes youngest Spanish tennis player to break into world top 10 since Rafa Nadal
MURCIA'S Carlos Alcaraz is a world number nine ranked player, following Sunday's Barcelona Open final win against fellow-Spaniard, Pablo Carreno Busta.
He becomes the youngest...
Spain’s King Felipe phones Murcia teenage tennis sensation Carlos Alcaraz to congratulate him on Miami Open win
MURCIA'S Carlos Alcaraz got a surprise fan phoning him on Sunday to congratulate him on winning his first ATP 1000 Masters title at the...
‘Maybe the vaccines have superpowers?’: Delighted Spanish fans post hilarious memes marking Rafa Nadal’s historic Grand Slam win
RAFAEL Nadal fans have unleashed a flurry of hilarious memes on social media to celebrate the tennis star’s incredible win over Daniil Medvedev at...
Ten curious things you probably don’t know about Spain’s tennis hero Rafa Nadal
WHEN Spain’s Rafael Nadal won at the Australian Open final on Sunday it was his 21st Slam win and he swept into the record...
Spain’s tennis ace Rafa Nadal on unvaccinated Djokovic being denied entry to Australia: ‘I feel sorry for him but...
RAFAEL Nadal expressed sympathy for rival Novak Djokovic after the Serb was denied entry into Australia because he wasn’t vaccinated against COVID-19.
However, he said...
Spain’s exiled King Juan Carlos in COVID-19 scare after meeting Rafa Nadal in UAE
Just days after his first public appearance in months, Spain’s former monarch King Juan Carlos was at the centre of a COVID-19 scare after...
Rafa Nadal has COVID-19 after returning home to Spain from Abu Dhabi tournament
SPANISH tennis ace Rafa Nadal has tested positive for COVID-19 after taking part in an exhibition event in Abu Dhabi.
The former world number one...
Rafa Nadal makes pitstop at academy in Spain’s Mallorca before travelling to Monte Carlo Masters
For months, work has been underway at the Rafa Nadal Academy by Movistar in Manacor where an innovative new sports facility is being added
Street named after Rafa Nadal in Spain’s Mallorca as thanks for helping clean-up of devastating October 2018 floods
Sant Llorenc des Cardassar, the epicentre of the floods, also declared the Mallorcan sporting hero as the municipality's adoptive son