09/07/2008
Spain striker Villa praised for game winner (Fox Sports)
Spain striker David Villa won praise for his goal from a narrow angle which brought the European champion a slender victory over Bosnia-Herzegovina in its opening World Cup qualifier.
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09/06/2008
Ballan wins Tour of Spain seventh stage (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Italian Alessandro Ballan of Lampre won Saturday's seventh stage of the Tour of Spain, a 223.2 km ride from Barbastro to La Rabassa in Andorra, to take the overall lead as the peleton moved into the mountains.
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09/07/2008
Immigrant death sparks revenge riot in Spain (Reuters via Yahoo!Xtra News)
ROQUETAS DE MAR, Spain (Reuters) - Immigrants went on a rampage in a southern Spanish town overnight, setting fire to homes and cars and throwing stones at police, after a Senegalese man was stabbed to death, police said on Sunday.
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09/07/2008
Spain give Del Bosque no cause for alarm (UEFA News)
New coach Vicente del Bosque said that "games aren't always won in the opening minutes" after his Spain side won 1-0 against Bosnia-Herzegovina, David Villa atoning for an early penalty miss with the second-half winner.
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09/07/2008
Street clashes in Spain erupt after immigrant slain (GMA News)
MADRID, Spain - Spain's Interior Ministry says street clashes broke out in a southern city after a Senegalese immigrant was stabbed to death.
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09/07/2008
United States defeats Spain to win men's basketball gold (TSN)
BEIJING - The United States won the gold medal in Olympic men's basketball Sunday with a 118-107 victory over Spain. Culminating a three-year mission to end years of embarrassment, the U.S. Olympic team survived a huge challenge from Spain, winning 118-107 Sunday in the gold-medal game.
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09/07/2008
(AFX UK Focus) 2008-09-07 16:57 Spain growth to slow further in H2 - govt (Interactive Investor)
MADRID, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Spain's economy in the second half will grow by less than it did in the first half of this year, the country's secretary of state for the economy was quoted as saying on Sunday. "It is true that we have a forecast for growth for the second half which is much weaker than for the first half in year-on-year terms," David Vegara said in an interview with Spanish daily ABC. ...
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09/07/2008
Roddick to lead US against Spain in Davis Cup semi (Deepika)
NEW YORK, Sep 4 (Reuters) Former world number one Andy Roddick will lead holders the United States against Spain in the Davis Cup semi-finals in Madrid later this month. The world number eight will be joined by James Blake and Bob and Mike Bryan for the September 19-21 clash.
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09/07/2008
Spain 1-0 Bosnia-Herzegovina: Villa villain to hero (ESPN Soccernet.com)
David Villa saved his own blushes with a clinical second-half goal as European champions Spain began their World Cup qualifying campaign with a narrow victory over Bosnia-Herzegovina in Murcia.
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09/07/2008
Spain starts WC campaign with 1-0 win over Bosnia (Fox Sports)
David Villa scored a second-half goal to give European champion Spain a 1-0 win over Bosnia-Herzegovina in its opening World Cup qualifier on Saturday. Villa decided the Group 5 game at La Condomina Stadium when he received Cesc Fabregas' pass, evaded advancing goalkeeper Kenan Hasagic before firing into the empty net from an acute angle in the 58th minute. The 26-year-old striker's goal atoned ...
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