SPANISH SPORTS | MARQUEZ - LORENZO CLAIM MOTO WORLD TITLES

While most of Spain slept two Spanish Sportsmen & Moto riders proclaimed themselves 2012 WORLD CHAMPIONS in Australia. The difference in time zones discouraged many to wake up at 04.00 am to watch live the AUSTRALIAN MOTO GP CHAMPIONSHIPS, however the final results & excellent Spanish Sports news were beamed immediately.

JORGE LORENZO needed only 3 points to mathematically claim the 2012 MOTOGP World Championship & he did so after title rival Spaniard Dani Pedrosa fell & withdraw from the race. Jorge Lorenzo finished second behind Australia Casey Stone who wanted to win retiring with a home victory.

Its the second GP World title for Lorenzo making him the Spaniard with most GP titles in the History of the Sport.

Spanish rider MARC MARQUEZ proclaimed himself mathematically 2012 MOTO 2 WORLD CHAMPION after finishing third in his Moto 2 race. Its his second World Title, the first being in the 125cc category. The rider will now jump to the MOTOGP category next season where he will take the place left vacant by retiring Casey Stoner in the Honda team having countryman Dani Pedrosa as team-mate.

Congratulations to both from Spanish Football & Sports, great day for Spanish Sports.

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SPAIN BRONZE MEDAL HANDBALL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Proud day for SPANISH SPORT & SPANISH HANDBALL with SPAIN winning the home team Sweden 23 - 24 in the Handball World Championships 3rd place game to take the Bronze Medal.

Spain have had a wonderful tournament only being defeated by the mighty Danish team by 4 points in their semi - final clash. An excellent match with an extraordinary defensive effort that kept out Sweden & allowed the Spanish victory. Congratulations guys, everyone here is very proud.

Spanish Handball Team celebrate third place
in World Handball Championships

Match details:

23 - SWEDEN:
Sjostrand; Ekberg (1), Carlen (4), Karlsson (1), Jernemyr (-), Kallman (6) y Doder (2) -intial line-up- Andersson (ps), Gustafsson (-), Lennartsson (-), Arrhenius (-), Larholm (5), Jakobsson (1), Larsson (), Petersen (-) & Ekdahl du Rietz (3)
24 - SPAIN:
Sterbik; Rocas (-), Maqueda (1), Raúl Entrerríos (2), Cañellas (2), Ugalde (1) y Aguinagalde (4) -intial line-up- Hombrados (ps), Roberto García (2), Gurbindo (4), Chema Rodríguez (-), Alberto Entrerríos (3), Romero (4, 1p), Morros (-), Juanín García (1p) & Garabaya (-) Tweet

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SPAIN FOOTBALL TEAM PLANE CELEBRATION VIDEO

My email is saturated with requests from readers to see more Spanish Football Team post - FIFA World Cup Final celebration videos. Here is the airplane celebrations flying back to Madrid ...The individual members of the new FIFA World Champions have all gone back to their respective families & cities, but there "fiesta" will be sending "shock-waves" for weeks :o)

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SPANISH BASKETBALL | LIST HANDED IN FOR 2010 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Spanish National Basketball Selector & Coach SERGIO SCARIOLO has handed in his list of 15 Spanish players to make up the Spanish Basketball Squad. The 2010 BASKETBALL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS will be held this year in Turkey with a starting date of the 28th of August until 12th of Septembre. The big name missing from the current European Champions list is LA LAKER Spanish star poivot PAU GASOL who has voluntarily opted –out from participating after a long & exhausting NBA session that ended with his team winning the NBA Championship.

Spain will be in Group D along with France, New Zealand, Lituania, Lebanon & Canada

Here is the lista of players:

ASEFA ESTUDIANTES: Carlos Suárez.
BIZKAIA BILBAO BASKET: Alex Mumbrú.
CAJA LABORAL:Fernando San Emeterio.
GRANADA: Pablo Aguilar.
MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES: Marc Gasol.
PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS: Rudy Fernández.
POWER ELECTRONICS VALENCIA: Victor Claver & Rafa Martínez.
REAL MADRID: Sergio Llull, Jorge Garbajosa & Felipe Reyes.
REGAL FC BARCELONA: Juan Carlos Navarro, Ricky Rubio & Fran Vázquez.
TORONTO RAPTORS: José Manuel Calderón.

Three players will be dropped from this list closer to the start of the World Championships. Tweet

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U/17 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2009: SPAIN FINISHES IN THIRD PLACE

The Spanish U-17 National Team managed to lessen their
disappointment of losing to Nigeria in the u-17 World Championships
semi-finals after defeating today COLOMBIA 0-1 for the third place.



















The winning goal came from ISCO in the 75th min. Tweet

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U-17 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2009: SPAIN LOSE SEMI-FINAL 1 - 3 TO HOST NIGERIA

SPAIN lost 1-3 to host NIGERIA in the semi-final clash of the U/17
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS. The local team was just too strong & too
quick, as they took advantage of Spain’s weakness on the flanks to
enter & score their goals. Spain missed their chances & they reacted
too late. Nigeria are worthy & deserved winners.

(Nigerian Okoro got things going_ elmundo.com)



















Nigeria goes into the final & will play against Switzerland, while Spain
will meet Colombia to fight out the third place next Sunday.

More details with goal scorers:

Spain 1: Edgar; Dalmau, Gómez, Amat, Aurtenetxe; Koke; Muniaín
(Carmona, m.23), Isco, Sergi Roberto (Espinosa, m.65), Sarabia
(Morata, m.65); & Borja
Nigeria 3: Paul; Oliha, Chukwudi, Omeruo, Aliyu; Egbedi (Onazi,
m.79), Azeez, Ajagun, Envoh; Okoro & Ojabu (Emmanuel, m.48)

Goals: 0-1, m.30: Okoro. 0-2, m.61: Emmanuel. 0-3, m.71 Emmanuel.
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U/17 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2009: SPAIN DEFEATS URUGUAY IN Q/FINAL AFTER A PENALTY SHOOT-OUT

It was a grand & titanic struggle between the Spanish national team
& the Uruguayan national side in today’s Q/Final of the U-17 World
Championships being held in Nigeria.

The final result was a victory to SPAIN 4-2 in the penalty shoot-out
after the game finished in a 3-3 draw in the official period that
went into extra-time after URUGUAY dramatically scored to equalize
in the 84th min.It was end to end action with both sides playing the
majority of the time with 10 men each. Spain missed a penalty &
that complicated the game for them as it gave “wings” to the
Uruguayans who came back from 3-1 to finally equalize.

After the extra-time, where either team could have won, as both
had clear chances, they went into the dreaded penalty shoot-out
were Spain held out controlling their nerves to take the game.

Spain now moves onto the S/Finals scheduled for next Thursday.

Details & goalscorers:

Spain 3: Edgar; Dalmau, Sergi Gómez, Muniesa, Aurtenetxe;
Muniain (Edu Ramos, min.61 (Kamal, min.90)), Koke, Sergi Roberto
(Amat, min.46), Sarabia, Isco & Borja.

Uruguay 3: Ichazo; Sarraute, Silvera, Polenta, Pereyra; Rodríguez
(Laureiro, min.82), Prieto, Gallegos, Luna (Mezquida, min.69),
Brugman (Avilés, min.34) & Barreto.

Goals. 0-1, min.10. Luna. 1-1, min.17. Isco, de penalti. 2-1, min.49.
Borja. 3-1, min.50. Borja. 3-2, min.71. Mezquida. 3-3,
min.84. Gallegos.

Penalty: Spain 4 – Uruguay 2.
Sergi Gómez (Sp): 1-0. Gallegos (Uru): 1-1. Borja (Sp): 2-1. Barreto
(Uru): 2-2. Aurtenetxe (Sp): 3-2. Laureiro (Uru): miss. Sarabia (Sp):
miss. Mezquida (Uru): miss. Isco (Sp): 4-2. Tweet

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U/17 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2009: SPAIN MOVES ONTO QUARTER FINALS

The Spanish U/17 National Team put on the magic to defeat 4-1
Burkina Faso & in doing so qualify for the Q/Finals at the U/17
World Championships being held in Nigeria.

Spaniard SERGI ROBERTO scored a HAT TRICK ( 19th, 56th &
67th min) with fellow team-mate CARMONA scoring a penalty
in the 83rd min. For Burkina their player IBRANGO managed a
goal in the 26th min.

DETAILS:

Spain 4: Edgar; Dalmau, Sergi Gómez, Muniesa, Aurtenetxe; Muniain,
Koke, Sergi Roberto (Espinosa, m.88), Sarabia (Carmona, m.80);
Isco (Ramos, m.66); & Borja.

Burkina Faso 1: Sanou; Haiki, Dalhata Soro, Zagre, Ouattara; Zidane
(Nikiema, m.74), Derra, Barry, Sido, A.S. Traore (Bertrand
Traore, m.46); & Ibrango (Louckmane, m.46).

Goals: 1-0, M.19: Sergi Roberto. 1-1, M.26: Ibrango. 2-1,
M.56: Sergi Roberto. 3-1, M.67: Sergi Roberto. 4-1,
M.83: Carmona, penalty.

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U/17 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2009:SPAIN 2-USA 1

The Spanish U-17 National Team got of to a good start against USA
with a well fought 2-1 victory in the U/17 World Championship
Group E opener being held in Nigeria. The match had to be stopped
twice due to cuts in the power that shut the lights, this added 15 mins
more of "tension" to the official 90 minutes.



















The win was full of merit & praise for the Spaniards who found
themselves down with 10 men from the 2ºnd minute after Sergi
Gomez received a red card. The Spanish team then received the
first goal from USA two minutes later when MCINERMEY scored.
Spain did not lose their composure & managed to regain control
the game with goals from BORJA in the 22nd min & SARABIA in
the 30th min, to hold out the Americans for the rest of the game.

BRIEF DETAILS:
Spain 2: Edgar; Dalmau, Sergi Gómez, Muniesa, Aurtenetxe, Edu
Ramos, Koke, Sarabia, Isco (Jordi Amat, m.7), Muniain (Morata,
m.84), Borja (Kevin, m.62).

USA 1: Edwards; Polak, Watts, Herold, Kitchen (Zavaleta, m.46),
Shinsky, Duran (Sarle, m.88), Jerome (Chávez, m.46), Palodichuk,
Gil, McInermey.

Goals: 0-1. Min.4: McInermey; 1-1. Min.22: Borja; 2-1.
Min.30: Pablo Sarabia.

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U/20 FIFA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: SPAIN 8 - TAHITI 0

Great start by the SPANISH U/20 National Team defeating TAHITI
8-0 in its Group B match of the U/20 FIFA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
being held in Egypt.

Spain dominated from start to finish against an expected weaker team
with goals from AARON ( 10th & 15th m), N´SUE (17th & 32nd min),
FRAN MERIDA ( 74th min),KIKE ( 79th & 85th min) & HERRERA
(89th min).

(photo: as.com)

















With this victory SPAIN begins the tournament in Top spot of Group
B. The other group game saw Nigeria lose 0-1 to Venezuela.

Line-up details:
Spain 8: Asenjo; Azpilicueta, Botía, Gullón, José Ángel, Jordi Alba
(De Marcos, min.73), Parejo, Fran Mérida, Aaron Ñíguez (Ander
Herrera, min.46), Fontas & Nsue (Kike, min.66).

Tahití 0: Teheipuarii Hauata; Stephane Faatiarau, Teheivarii
Ludivion, Ariihau Teriitau; Rochette (Atani, min.55) Heimano
Bourebare (Benson, min.83), Lorenzo Tehau, Alvin Tehau,
Warren, Chong Hue & Tehau (Kamoise, min.49).

Next game for Spain - 28/09 - against Nigeria.

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