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Confederations Cup: Spain, Italy, and Brazil Start Strong
COMMENTARY | After two days, three teams have turned up in Brazil to give life to the tournament. Spain, Italy, and Brazil each won their respective 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup openers, and all three teams did so playing their own unique brands of the beautiful game.
Spain's obsession with high-speed trains runs into budget reality
By Julien Toyer ONBOARD MADRID-ALICANTE HIGH-SPEED TRAIN (Reuters) - A one-track dirt road used by local farmers is the main access to a magnificent glass-and-steel train station in the small city of Villena, on Spain's latest high-speed rail route. It is a spanking new 4,500 square meter building - essentially in the middle of nowhere. The central government financed the rail route, inaugurated ...
Spain might have found new star striker in Brazil
Spain has everything else, and now it seems to have a genuine striker - the one thing the World Cup champions have had trouble finding.
Soccer-Spain show that tiki taka is alive and kicking
By Andrew Downie RECIFE, Brazil, June 17 (Reuters) - Spain's domination of Uruguay in their opening Confederations Cup match suggested that reports of tiki taka's demise are premature, regardless of what happened in the Champions League this season. First half goals from Pedro and Roberto Soldado put Spain in complete control and the final 2-1 scoreline, after Luis Suarez pulled one back with a ...
Roberto Soldado stars for Spain at Confederations Cup
Spain has everything else, and now it seems to have a genuine striker - the one thing the World Cup champions have had trouble finding.
Spain's La Seda de Barcelona files for insolvency
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's La Seda de Barcelona, LSB, which makes plastic bottles in Europe, Turkey and North Africa, said on Monday it would begin insolvency proceedings after failing to reach a deal with creditors. A record 2,500 Spanish companies squeezed by a deep recession filed for insolvency in the first three months of this year, hurting lenders as they take ever bigger provisions ...
Spain's Mango takes on retail fashion rivals Inditex, H&M
By Sarah Morris BARCELONA (Reuters) - Shoppers in the 109 countries where Spanish fashion chain Mango has stores recognize its celebrity faces well, but few know much about the company behind the clothes modeled by Kate Moss, Gerard Pique and Scarlett Johansson. "Mango is from Spain, part of the Inditex group, isn't it?" said Maria Lekae, 29, a Russian shopper browsing in the branch on Barcelona ...
Spain's power industry overhaul to hit companies, banks
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's latest overhaul of its dysfunctional energy sector, due this month, will inflict pain on renewable power companies and utilities and force losses on banks and investors. Reform ...
Spain cruise to win over Uruguay in Confederations Cup
By Andrew Downie RECIFE (Reuters) - Goals from Pedro and Roberto Soldado helped Spain cruise to a 2-1 victory over Uruguay in the Confederations Cup in Recife on Sunday and reinforced their position as tournament favourites. Luiz Suarez scored a late consolation for Uruguay but the World and European champions dominated the game from start to finish and could easily have won by more. "We were ...
De Bosque criticizes Spain for not scoring more vs. Uruguay
RECIFE, Brazil, June 16 -- Spain coach Vicente Del Bosque criticised his players for not scoring more goals during a sublime first half against Uruguay and said that profligacy caused some heart flutters at the end of their 2-1 Confederations Cup victory on Sunday.
De Bosque criticizes Spain for not scoring more
RECIFE, Brazil, June 16 -- Spain coach Vicente Del Bosque criticised his players for not scoring more goals during a sublime first half against Uruguay and said that profligacy caused some heart flutters at the end of their 2-1 Confederations Cup victory on Sunday.
Sunday's soccer roundup: Italy, Spain grab Confederations Cup victories
The Spain midfielder had only one problem with Sunday's result. The game wasn't as close as the score looked, and Spain should have scored at least one more goal. In the Italy-Mexico match, Mario Balotelli scored the winner in Italy's 2-1 victory.
Spain beats Uruguay 2-1 in Confed Cup opener
Andres Iniesta repeated several times that Spain deserved its 2-1 victory over Uruguay in their Confederations Cup opener.
Soccer-Del Bosque urges Spain to be more ruthless
By Andrew Downie RECIFE, Brazil, June 16 - Spain coach Vicente Del Bosque criticised his players for not scoring more goals during a sublime first half against Uruguay and said that profligacy caused some heart flutters at the end of their 2-1 Confederations Cup victory on Sunday. "We dominated at all times with the exception of when we struggled and let in a goal," del Bosque said. "At the end ...
Spain dominates Uruguay 2-1 to win Confed opener
RECIFE, Brazil (AP) -- Andres Iniesta repeated several times that Spain deserved the 2-1 victory over Uruguay in their Confederations Cup opener.
Spain 2-1 Uruguay | Confederations Cup match report
• Spain 2-1 Uruguay Goals from Pedro and Roberto Soldado helped Spain to a 2-1 victory over Uruguay in the Confederations Cup in Recife on Sunday and reinforced their position as tournament favourites. Luis Suárez scored a late consolation for Uruguay but the European champions dominated the game from start to finish and could easily have won by more. "We were really tired towards the end of the ...
Spain 2-1 Uruguay | Confederations Cup match report
• Spain 2-1 Uruguay Goals from Pedro and Roberto Soldado helped Spain to a 2-1 victory over Uruguay in the Confederations Cup in Recife on Sunday and reinforced their position as tournament favourites. Luis Suárez scored a late consolation for Uruguay but the European champions dominated the game from start to finish and could easily have won by more. "We were really tired towards the end of the ...
Pedro, Soldado score; Spain dominates Uruguay
RECIFE, Brazil (AP) -- Spain dominated its Confederations Cup opener against Uruguay, winning 2-1 on first-half goals by Pedro and Roberto Soldado.
Spain dominates Uruguay, wins 2-1 in Confederations Cup
RECIFE, Brazil (AP) -- Spain dominated its Confederations Cup opener against Uruguay, winning 2-1 on first-half goals by Pedro and Roberto Soldado.
Spain off to flyer against Uruguay
World champions Spain got their Confederations Cup campaign off to a winning start with a 2-1 win over South American champions Uruguay in the northern Brazilian city of Recife.
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ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish labor groups fanned a wave of defiance against Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's authority, leading rallies and a one-day strike to support activists whose two-week standoff with the government has shaken the country's secular democracy.
ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland (AP) — Deep differences over Syria's fierce civil war clouded a summit of world leaders Monday, with Russian President Vladimir Putin defiantly rejecting calls from the U.S., Britain and France to halt his political and military support for Syrian leader Bashar Assad's regime.
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The Greek government has avoided collapsing over a dispute stemming from Prime Minister Antonis Samaras' move to close the state-owned television broadcaster after a high court ruling offered a way out of a week-long impasse that drew international criticism.
ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin told President Barack Obama on Monday that their positions on Syria do not "coincide" but the two leaders said during the G-8 summit that they have a shared interest in stopping the violence that has ravaged the Middle Eastern country during a two-year-old civil war.