ZURICH (AP) — FIFA banned ousted former Spanish soccer federation president Luis Rubiales from the sport for three years on Monday for misconduct at the Women’s World Cup final where he forcibly kissed a player on the lips at the trophy ceremony. FIFA did not publish details of the verdict reached by its disciplinary committee…
MADRID (AP) — Spanish police said Monday they have confiscated 11 pieces of ancient gold jewelry that were taken out of Ukraine illegally in 2016. A police statement said five people who were attempting to sell the pieces in Spain have been arrested in recent weeks. Those arrested included two Ukrainians, one of them an…
MADRID (AP) — The Women’s World Cup-winning player kissed on the lips by the former president of the Spanish soccer federation was called up again by the national team on Wednesday. Jenni Hermoso was included in coach Montse Tomé’s squad for this month’s Nations League games against Italy and Switzerland. Hermoso was omitted from the…
MADRID (AP) — Jorge Vilda, who led Spain to the Women’s World Cup title before being fired weeks later, will take over as coach of Morocco’s women’s national team, the Moroccan football federation said Thursday. Vilda was fired as part of the changes at the Spanish federation following the crisis prompted by former president Luis…
LONDON (AP) — Former Spanish King Juan Carlos I won his London court battle Friday with an ex-lover who had sought 126 million pounds ($153 million) in damages for allegedly being harassed and spied on by him after their breakup. Danish socialite and businessperson Corinna Larsen, also known as Corinna zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn, said the former…
MADRID, Spain (AP) — A fire broke out in a nightclub in the southeastern Spanish city of Murcia on Sunday, killing 13 people and injuring several others, authorities said. The fire started around 6 a.m. in the popular Teatre nightclub and quickly tore through the venue, according to Spain’s state news agency EFE. It was…
MADRID (AP) — A new animal welfare law that took effect Friday in Spain outlaws the use of animals for recreational activities that cause them pain and suffering but allows bullfights and hunting with dogs. Spain’s first specific animal rights legislation is intended to crack down on abuses. The law particularly targets the mistreatment of…
MADRID (AP) — Some of Spain’s World Cup-winning players started reporting to training camp on Tuesday despite not wanting to be called up for the national team while fighting for changes in the soccer federation. Local media showed some of the players arriving at the hotel where the team will stay in Madrid, with their…
Sourav Ganguly is known to share a good relationship Mamata Banerjee and accompanied her to Madrid. (News18) Pitching Bengal as an investment destination, Mamata Banerjee said the state ensured quick clearance of projects, power supply and only needed ‘affection’ West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee got a pat on her back from former Indian skipper…
Screengrab from video clips shared by Banerjee on social media. (Source: Twitter) Mamata Banerjee is on a 12-day tour of Spain and the United Arab Emirates to seek investments for West Bengal West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee went for a morning jog in Madrid on Thursday in her usual attire of saree and slippers,…