Members of the North Korean under-20 women’s soccer team greet people from a vehicle upon arrival in Pyongyang. Photo: AFP – KIM WON JIN The soccer players of the North Korean U-20 team received a triumphant welcome in their country after having won the World Cup of the category held in Colombia. North Korean women’s … Read more
Enlarge Image × Bogotá, September 11, 2024. A deep pass from Sintia Cabezas left Linda Caicedo alone in front of South Korea’s goalkeeper, Seobin Woo. A shot with an inside edge, which crashed off one of the goalkeeper’s legs and scored. That was the goal with which the national team beat the Asian team 1-0 … Read more
Marc Bernal, the surprise at Hansi Flick’s Barcelona at the start of the campaign, is out for the season. The 17-year-old has a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee and also has an injury to the external meniscus. Bernal, according to the Catalan club, will undergo surgery in the next few days. A … Read more
Barceloneta was born from a massive expropriation. In 1719, the first Spanish Bourbon, Philip V, recently installed on the throne, decided to convert a large part of the Ribera neighbourhood into a huge new-style barracks, the Ciudadela. To do so, he ordered the eviction and demolition of the homes of several hundred residents, mostly fishermen … Read more
The Spanish swimming federation announced in a statement on its website the early termination of Mayu Fuyiki’s contract as artistic swimming coach and the appointment in her place of Andrea Fuentes, a legend of aquatic sport who since 2018 has been the coach of the United States, a team with which she won a silver … Read more
In history, in the skies, Emil Zatopek; on earth, in Paris, now, Sifan Hassan. Or, better yet, Sifan Zatopek Hassan, the Dutchwoman who, by winning the marathon (2h 22m 55s, Olympic record) alongside the Invalides, not invalids, completed a feat very close to that of the legendary and rebellious Czech, winner of the gold medal … Read more
“I’m Spanish, what do you want me to beat you at?” In the last two decades, this phrase has become popular due to the good work of our sportsmenThe football team, winner of a World Cup and three European Cups; the 26 Grand Slam won by Rafa Nadal and Carlitos Alcaraz; the multitude of medals … Read more
They are Sydney McLaughlin, a Californian who turned 25 this Wednesday, and Femke Bol, a Dutch woman who is six months younger. Her competitions have the charm of the unusual. And they always have an extraordinary result, like the 50.37s with which the American set a new world record, lowering by 28 hundredths the mark … Read more
Osmar Olvera (Mexico City, 20 years old) is an extraordinary athlete. The Mexican has won his second medal at the Paris Olympic Games after dazzling in the individual springboard final. The Mexican’s fine and energetic diving helped him to win the bronze medal, behind the unstoppable Chinese Siyi Xie and Zongyuan. Mexico thus adds its … Read more
He cinema and the Olympic Games are closely related, not only because of the number of films that have been made about the Games, but also because there are numerous Olympic athletes throughout history who have also appeared on the big screen. Some of the films most famous about the games are Olympicsby Leni Riefenstahl, … Read more