Everyone in Spanish Rugby has a nickname and Laura “Bimba” Delgado is no exception. An extraordinary career that has taken her from Spain , around the world to New Zealand, into the Premiership Women´s Rugby before finally bringing down the curtain as a Barbarian at Twickenham. It´s not a bad end for a player who […]
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From Spain´s third tier to a Madrid playoff derby versus Cisneros , Liceo Frances´ ascent up the leagues and journey has almost been as long as the one explosive Adriano Talemaisuva has been on. Since joining the club from Cáceres in 2023, the Fijian has seen the transformation of the club in its junior development.
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Members of staff at ACULCO were forced to close the building and call the police in Calle Albendiego in Madrid , after violence broke out between two men fighting in the extensive queue on Tuesday 21st April. Despite working past the scheduled hours to assist people who are seeking to claim regularisation after
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“That´s a very good question” was the response of Sir Bernard Jenkin MP , usually a sign in politics that there is no comfortable answer. The question was phrased slightly more delicately by myself (as can be heard in the audio below) but that is the crux of it. Sir Bernard was speaking alongside Graeme
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Alberto Feijóo attacked the Government of Pedro Sanchez and its continuing corruption scandals, pledging to recover what he termed “clean democracy”. Speaking at El Español´s Economic Forum “Wake Up Spain!”, Partido Popular Leader Alberto Feijóo took the opportunity to celebrate the victory in Hungary of Peter Magyar for moderate conservatives. In a speech heavy
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Spain´s international approach has drawn praise from the Republic of Türkiye´s co-ordinatator for Humanitarian Aid for Palestine, Mehmet Güllüoğlu. As part of his exclusive English interview to MetinMadrid in Círculo de Bellas Artes, after speaking at the Fundación Alternativas event España y Turquía: juntos por Gaza, Palestina y la paz regional, Mehmet also stated “The Prime
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From June 2026, Spain will close the fast track (via exprés) that entitled Venezuelans to recieve special privileges above other asylum claims on humanitarian grounds after the Government stated that the system was on the verge of collapse. As reported in El País on April 1st, Spain has permitted to enter and regularise over 240,000
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A stunning winning performance at their home SVNS2 tournament in Brazil gives their Women´s 7´s a ticket to the HSBC SVNS World Championship. Whilst Uruguay´s 7´s team also snatched the final male qualification spot away from Belgium after a third place finish in Brazil. After 6th and 5th place finishes in the previous two
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Spain kicked off their Women´s Rugby Europe Championship 2026 with a commanding win over Belgium in El Cantizal, Las Rosas (Home of Club de Rugby Ingenieros Industriales) on Saturday 28th March. With Spain having won eight championships in a row and Belgium recently promoted, the game was not expected to be close and the
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In a boost to the Spanish game and its commercial prospects. Spain´s Women 7´s team have secured a place in the HSBC SVNS World Championship stages after a second place finish in SVNS2 tournament held at Montevideo , Uruguay on the 21st-22nd March 2026. The three tournament stage SVNS World Championship will see its
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