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Vuelta: Dumoulin wins Stage 9 for overall lead as Froome finishes second

Dutch rider Tom Dumoulin painted the town red on Sunday after winning stage 9 of the vuelta – a result that put him in the overall race lead. The

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Chavas retains red as Stuyven wins crash-hit Vuelta stage

Stage eight of the Vuelta was filled with nasty spills and thrills and when the dust settled Belgian Jasper Stuyven was triumphant. A massive pile up

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Vuelta a Espana: Lindeman wins stage seven as Froome loses time on title rivals

Bert-Jan Lindeman won the first mountain test in this year’s Vuelta. The Dutchman survived from an early break to cross the line first in La

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Vuelta a Espana: Chaves reclaims the overall race lead with stage six success

A day after losing the overall race lead in the Vuelta, Colombian Esteban Chaves bounced back in style by winning stage six to don the leaders red

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Caleb Ewan surged to victory in the fifth stage of the Vuelta

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Valencia become fifth Spanish team in the Champions League

Valencia have made it through the group stages of the Champions League despite losing away to Monaco. The game ended 2-1 with Negredo finding the

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14 suspected ISIL activists arrested in joint Spain-Morocco operation

Spain and Morocco have reportedly arrested fourteen people with suspected links to the group calling itself Islamic State (ISIL). Spain’s interior

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Valverde wins stage 4 of the Vuelta a España

Spain’s Alejandro Valverde clinched a victory on home turf when he won stage 4 of the Vuelta a España. The Movistar rider completed the 209.6km route

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Spain and Morocco arrest 14 suspected of recruiting for ISIL

Spain and Morocco have arrested 14 people suspected of recruiting fighters for the ISIL militant group in Syria and Iraq, the Spanish Interior

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Vuelta: Sagan ends winning drought with stage three victory

Peter Sagan ended his run of near misses by winning stage three of the Vuelta. Sagan’s Tinkoff Saxo team controlled the peloton in the later stages

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Chaves wins second stage of Vuelta de España

Esteban Chaves of the Orica Greenedge team has won the second stage of the Vuelta de España. The day was overshadowed by the disqualification of

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BMC Racing fastest in first stage of Vuelta de España

American team BMC Racing have taken the top spot in the 7.4km first stage of the Vuelta de España. Organisers had earlier announced that times would

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Many Greeks 'concerned' after Tsipras resignation

Many Greek people expressed concern after the televised announcement. Tsipras said Greece got the best deal possible for its bailout, but it is

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Benfica send Rodriguez out on loan

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Spanish town celebrates annual 'human tower' festival

It’s an act of physical ingenuity and bravery – the annual festival of building Tarragona towers or castles and attracts thousands to the Catalonia

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Marseille appoint former Real Madrid player Michel as manager

Out-of-sorts French first division side Marseille have appointed former Real Madrid player Michel as the club’s new manager. The 52-year-old Spaniard

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Super Cup champs Bilbao return home to heroes welcome

Hundreds of Athletic Bilbao fans gathered near the San Mames Stadium on Monday night to celebrate their club’s stunning victory over Barcelona to

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Real Madrid complete signing of Kovacic

Mateo Kovacic will be passing to Cristiano Ronaldo instead of tackling him from now on after the Croatia international joined Real Madrid from Inter

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Hidden dimensions: 3D scanner reveals the inner secrets of artworks

It has long been known that, below the surface, works of art often contain important information about how they were created. However, revealing

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More deaths at Spanish bull events

Four more people were gored to death by bulls over the weekend in Spain. A local councillor died in Penafiel, a small town north of Madrid. José