Nerja continues to host elite stars of track and field, the latest being young Welsh 400 metre runner Seren Bundy-Davies. Last month Seren won the women’s 400 individual bronze at the European Indoor Championships held in Prague losing out on the silver medal by just 100th of a second, although she did get her hands on a silver medal as …
Barcelona maintain lead over Madrid
Barcelona raced to their ninth consecutive victory last night with a comfortable 4-0 home victory against Andalucian strugglers Almeria. Almost inevitably Lionel Messi was on the scoresheet as he curled in his 33rd goal of the season in the 33rd minute but although Barca dominated the half they couldn’t add to the scoreline and led by the solitary goal at …
Nerja attracts elite european athletes
Nerja’s climate and its athletic club facilities has received another endorsement over the last few days with Norwegian high jumper Katarina Mogenburg choosing to use the Nerja athletics stadium as her warm weather training base. Katarina has a personal best jump of 1.88 metres and is the daughter of german Olympic gold medal winner Dietmar Mogenburg who won the men’s …
Real Madrid ease past Granada but Barca squeeze past Celta
Real Madrid won in a canter at the Bernabeu on Sunday afternoon against a struggling Granada side. In a surprisingly open first 25 minutes which saw good chances spurned by both teams, Madrid finally opened their account when Gareth Bale rounded the keeper and tapped into an empty net. What happened next unsurprisingly involved a certain Cristiano Ronaldo who fired …
‘Xavi’ Hernandez is going to Qatar
It has been announced that Barcelona legend Xavier “Xavi” Hernandez will be playing his football in Qatar next season. News broke on Saturday that Al-Sadd Sports Club based in Doha and who play in the Qatar Stars League had won the race to his prized signature. The 35 year old midfielder who has amassed a record breaking 751 appearances and …
Barcelona move four points clear
Barcelona are now four points clear at the top of la Liga after a 2-1 win over Real Madrid in the latest ‘El Clasico’.
Torres scores for first time since his return to La Liga
Fernando Torres scored his first La Liga goal for eight years. and also the first in ten games since returning to the fold, as the reigning champions beat Getafe 2-0.
Shock loss for Nadal
Rafael Nadal suffered a shock loss to Canadian Milos Raonic in the quarter-finals of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells (or should that be Native American Wells?).
Sevilla through to quarter finals of the Europa League
Villarreal may have had more possession and more shots, but it was defending champions Sevilla who scored the most goals to win the match 2-1 on the night and go through 5-2 on aggregate.
Barca too strong for City
A 1-0 victory on the night and 3-1 on aggregate saw Barcelona reach the quarter-finals of the Champions League.