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Protests against Israel’s actions in Gaza force early end to ‘La Vuelta’ cycle race in Madrid

News Desk14th September 202515th September 2025

14th September 202515th September 20252732

Protesters rallying against Israel’s actions in Gaza brought La Vuelta cycling race to an abrupt halt during its closing stage in Madrid on Sunday. Danish...

Spain’s sports minister: Israeli teams should face same bans as imposed on Russia

News Desk11th September 202514th September 2025

11th September 202514th September 20251985

Spain’s Minister of Education and Sport, Pilar Alegría, said late on Wednesday that Israeli teams should face the same sporting bans that were imposed on...

11th stage of Spain’s ‘La Vuelta’ cut short due to pro-Palestinian protesters

News Desk4th September 20258th September 2025

4th September 20258th September 20253518

The 11th stage of Spain’s La Vuelta cycling race ended abruptly on Wednesday without an official winner, after pro-Palestinian demonstrators disrupted the finish in Bilbao...

Tour de France will commence from Barcelona in 2026

Sports Desk18th June 202424th June 2024

18th June 202424th June 20241365

Cycling’s most famous race, the Tour de France, will commence from Barcelona in 2026, the third time the race has started in Spain in over...

Two dead, after motorist ploughs into nine cyclists in Catalonia before fleeing scene

News Desk21st August 202225th August 2022

21st August 202225th August 20224403

The driver of a vehicle rammed into a group of nine cyclists on Sunday morning on the C-243 road in the municipality of Castellbisbal (Vallès Occidental)...

Extremadura News Main News

Extremadura in English – weekly news round-up (19 July)

Adam L. Maloney19th July 202116th August 2021

19th July 202116th August 20212368

Latest: Coronavirus in Spain figures (22 July) Extremadura reports 440 infections and 10 hospitalised in 24 hours On Saturday, Extremadura registered 428 new cases of Covid...

Blogs: Surviving Coronavirus in Spain

Cathy Hogan12th February 20211st June 2021

12th February 20211st June 20213032

We all awaited the arrival of 2021 with bated breath. The year that would make up for what we had endured over the previous eleven...

Rooftop marijuana farm exposed during filming of La Vuelta

Newsdesk / ACN4th September 20199th September 2019

4th September 20199th September 20193143

La Vuelta is a gruelling 21-day cycle race through Spain and parts of France and Andorra, and is the final Grand Tour of the year, finishing...

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