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Brazil Draw Six-Goal Thriller With Spain As Endrick, Lamine Yamal Dazzle | Football News
27Mar By adminNo Comments
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Brazil Draw Six-Goal Thriller With Spain As Endrick, Lamine Yamal Dazzle | Football News

[ad_1] Brazil snatched a late leveller to share an entertaining and occasionally heated 3-3 friendly draw with Spain on Tuesday as youngsters Lamine Yamal and Endrick dazzled. Lucas Paqueta fired home a stoppage-time penalty to deny La Roja victory at the Santiago Bernabeu, after the hosts had taken a late lead. Spain captain Rodri scored two heavily debated penalties of his own in a pulsating battle under a closed roof in the Spanish capital.The Manchester City midfielder opened the scoring from the spot in the 12th minute after electric winger Yamal tumbled in the box and Dani Olmo extended Spain's lead with a fine individual goal.A mistake by Spain goalkeeper Unai Simon allowed Rodrygo to pull one back before the break and teen sensation Endrick, on as a substitute, fired Brazil level...
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Colombia Defeat Disappointing Spain In Friendly | Football News
23Mar By adminNo Comments
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Colombia Defeat Disappointing Spain In Friendly | Football News

[ad_1] Colombia inflicted Spain's first defeat in almost a year with a 1-0 friendly victory in London on Friday. Crystal Palace defender Daniel Munoz struck in the second half after a superb run by Luis Diaz to capitalise on a disappointing display from La Roja ahead of this summer's European Championship in Germany. Spain, who won the Nations League last year to end an 11-year run without silverware after triumphing at Euro 2012, underwhelmed in their second loss under coach Luis de la Fuente.The first came in March 2023 in a defeat by Scotland in Euro 2024 qualifying which cast early doubt over the coach's credentials for the job, with concerns easing over the subsequent months.De la Fuente picked an experimental line-up against Colombia, handing Athletic Bilbao defender Dani Vivian hi...
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Sam Altman’s eye-scanning Worldcoin banned in Spain
7Mar By adminNo Comments
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Sam Altman’s eye-scanning Worldcoin banned in Spain

[ad_1] Spain has banned Worldcoin for up to three months, drawing a sharp rebuke from Sam Altman's company, amid perceived privacy risks from the venture which scans irises in exchange for a digital ID and free cryptocurrency.Spanish data protection regulator AEPD said on Wednesday it demanded Worldcoin immediately cease the collection of personal information and stop using data it has already gathered. Worldcoin said in response to the ban that the AEPD was "circumventing EU law" and "spreading inaccurate and misleading claims about our technology". The AEPD said its action came after several complaints regarding insufficient information, the collection of data from minors or not allowing for the withdrawal of consent.More than 4 million people in 120 countries have signed up to have t...
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Spain Absent From 26 European Governments Opposed To Super League | Football News
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Spain Absent From 26 European Governments Opposed To Super League | Football News

[ad_1] Spain was absent from a group of 26 European countries who signed a joint declaration Thursday voicing their opposition to the contentious Super League football project, ahead of the UEFA Congress in Paris. Stressing the need for open competition, the letter -- signed by sports ministers across the continent -- does not explicitly refer to the Super League but is clear in its opposition to the concept. Only two clubs, Spanish giants Real Madrid and Barcelona, are still publicly attached to the Super League project, a closed competition intended to supplant the UEFA Champions League...
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Spanish Star Jenni Hermoso Testifies About Luis Rubiales’s World Cup Kiss | Football News
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Spanish Star Jenni Hermoso Testifies About Luis Rubiales’s World Cup Kiss | Football News

[ad_1] Spanish World Cup-winning star Jenni Hermoso told a judge on Tuesday that the kiss forced on her by disgraced former Spanish football chief Luis Rubiales was "at no point consensual" and that she had come under pressure to defend his actions. Arriving at the Audiencia Nacional in Madrid just before 10:00 am (0900 GMT), the 33-year-old went to testify before Judge Francisco de Jorge, who is investigating Rubiales on allegations of sexual assault and coercion. "Now everything is in the hands of the justice system and that's all I can say," she told reporters on leaving court several hours later.A judicial source told AFP that she had "ratified the statement made at the public prosecutor's office that the kiss was completely unexpected and at no point was it consensual".During the in...
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Junior Men’s Hockey World Cup: India Lose 1-3 To Spain In Bronze Medal Playoff | Hockey News
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Junior Men’s Hockey World Cup: India Lose 1-3 To Spain In Bronze Medal Playoff | Hockey News

[ad_1] India's hopes of redeeming some pride in the junior men's hockey World Cup remained only a dream as they lost 1-3 to Spain in the bronze medal playoff on Saturday. Goals from Nicolas Alvarez (25th and 51st minute) and Petchame Pau (40th) sealed the deal in Spain's favour as Sunil Jojo's 28th-minute penalty-corner strike was the only saving grace for the two-time junior world champion Indians, whose perennial frailty with penalty corner conversions came to the fore yet again on Saturday. This was India's second defeat to Spain in this edition of the tournament, having lost to the European team 1-4 in the pool stages. India had also finished fourth in the last edition of the tournament in 2021 in Bhubaneswar. Spain, following the win against the Uttam Singh-led side, equalled their ...
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Junior Hockey World Cup: India Suffer Crushing 1-4 Defeat To Spain | Hockey News
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Junior Hockey World Cup: India Suffer Crushing 1-4 Defeat To Spain | Hockey News

[ad_1] Spain were superb on the wings and played a close-knit game to crush India 4-1 in a pool match of the FIH junior men's hockey World Cup on Tuesday. Spain are leading Pool C with six points from two wins, while Korea are ahead of India on goal difference, with both sides having three points each. The fourth team in the pool, Canada, are yet to open their account after two losses. India will play their last pool match against Canada on Saturday. Uttam Singh's side, after starting the prestigious tournament on a high with a 4-2 victory against Korea in Pool C, were brought down to earth by the tactically superior Spain, who made full use of the opportunities and tightened their defence resolutely to deny India penalty corner conversions. Cabre Verdiell Pol (1st, 41st min) and Rafi An...
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Junior Hockey World Cup: India Need To Guard Against Complacency Against Spain | Cricket News
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Junior Hockey World Cup: India Need To Guard Against Complacency Against Spain | Cricket News

[ad_1] Their campaign has started off positively, but India must guard against complacency when they face Spain in their second Pool C match of the FIH junior men's hockey World Cup in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday. Vice-captain Araijeet Singh Hundal came out to be India's saviour, scoring a hat-trick as India overcame some anxious moments to beat Korea 4-2 in their opener on Tuesday. But India's coach C R Kumar was not too satisfied with the performance and said his side needs to be more clinical and avoid conceding unnecessary penalty corners.India conceded six penalty corners, while earned just two against Korea."We are very happy that we got the three points and that's the positive side. But we have to more clinical in both circles. We conceded two goals in penalty corners which we need t...
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Italy And Spain To Meet In Euro 2024 Group Stage, England Handed Kind Draw | Cricket News
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Italy And Spain To Meet In Euro 2024 Group Stage, England Handed Kind Draw | Cricket News

[ad_1] Reigning champions Italy were placed in the same group as Spain in Saturday's draw for Euro 2024, while France will come up against the Netherlands and England avoided any of the toughest opponents. Gareth Southgate's much-fancied England side will meet Slovenia, Denmark and Serbia, with hosts Germany taking on Scotland in the tournament's opening game on June 14 in Munich. Italy, who beat England on penalties at Wembley in the final of the last European Championship in 2021, and Spain will also face Croatia and Albania in Group B.Spain, victors over Italy in the final of Euro 2012, will take on 2018 World Cup runners-up Croatia in their opening match in Berlin on June 15.Italy were always likely to face a difficult draw after being placed in the bottom pot based on their results ...
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