If you had been asked, before you saw the name at the top of the page, who had been voted by the Spanish public as the outstanding native sporting personality of the twentieth century, I wonder how many people would have answered correctly. Most people with an interest in sport …
Seve Ballesteros – the car park champion. That was in 1979 yet it is still vividly imprinted in the memories of so many people. The flamboyant young Spaniard, who had already proved himself to be the most spectacular golfer in Europe, had won the British Open Championship at Royal Lytham …
The Spanish Formula 1 Grand Prix will take place on 4th June 2023 at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. This race circuit lies in Montmeló, some 20km north-east of Barcelona, can accommodate as many as 140,000 spectators. It has been home to the Spanish Grand Prix since 1991 and the track …
Date: 3rd September 2023 The Catalunya MotoGP takes place at Montmeló some 20km north of Barcelona at the Circuit de Catalunya. The first international event to be held there was the 1991 Spanish Formula One Grand Prix which remains the home of this event. In 1992 the European Motorcycle Grand …
Date: 26th November 2023 The Circuit de Valencia is located 20km west of the city of Valencia in the village of Cheste. The racetrack is named after the local champion Ricardo Tormo and hosts the crucial end of season Valencia MotoGP race. In 1999, it became the third Spanish venue …
Date: 30th April 2023 The city of Jerez de la Frontera in southern Spain has become synonymous with motor cycle racing since it held the first Jerez MotoGP in 1987. Every year thousands of motor cyclists from all over Europe swarm to Jerez to attend this annual event which can …
Racing Santander We Salute You For those of you following La Liga from outside Spain you can be forgiven for believing that everything’s rosy on the pitches and terraces at the Bernabeu, Nou Camp, Mestalla and Vicente Calderon to name but a few. As the Spanish national team finally realised …
When the G14 group of football clubs was expanded in 2002 to include four teams, the obvious choice from Spain was FC Valencia. Already in two European Champions’ League finals in the new century, with some of Europe’s most coveted players on the books, and with 45,000 season ticket holders …
La Vuelta a España, the Tour of Spain cycling road race, is used to being regarded as the little brother of the three Grand Tours of Europe, lacking some of the history and tradition of the tours of France and Italy. The fact remains, however, that La Vuelta has come …
