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Madrid

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  Istanbul addresses protests in 2020 presentation

  As Turkey's prime minister lashed out at protesters, leaders of Istanbul's bid for the 2020 Summer Games sought to diminish the impact of the unrest ... 

• Pellegrini Fact Box

  Highlights in the career of Manuel Pellegrini, who has been hired as manager of Manchester City: 1953 — Born Sept. 16 in Santiago, Chile. 1973 — ... 

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  Malaga hires Bernd Schuster as coach for 5 seasons

  Malaga hired former German player Bernd Schuster to be its coach for the next five seasons on Friday. Schuster will replace Manuel Pellegrini, who is ... 

• Spain passes new anti-doping law

  Spain passed a new anti-doping law on Thursday that it hopes will clean up the country's tarnished image after the Operation Puerto case and boost ... 

• 'Longest-serving' cloistered nun dies in Spain

  A nun believed to hold the world record of 86 years cloistered in a monastery has died in Spain. Sister Maria Romero, abbess of the Buenafuente del ... 

• Zara owner sees lowest Q1 profit growth in 4 years

  Spanish clothes retailer Inditex, which owns the Zara store chain, is blaming currency fluctuations for its lowest first-quarter growth in four years. 

• Torres confident in future with Mourinho's Chelsea

  Fernando Torres doesn't think the return of manager Jose Mourinho to Chelsea will affect his future with the Premier League side. Speaking on a ... 

• Madrid midfielder Xabi Alonso has back surgery

  Real Madrid says midfielder Xabi Alonso has undergone surgery after missing several games at the end of last season because of back pain. 

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  Bayern coach Heynckes leaves future open

  Veteran coach Jupp Heynckes bid a teary-eyed farewell from Bayern Munich after a historic season on Tuesday and said he has no plans to take over ... 

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  Neymar signs 5-year contract with Barcelona

  Neymar became the eighth most expensive signing in football history by moving to Barcelona in a deal worth 57 million euros on Monday, uniting the ... 

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  Mourinho appointed Chelsea manager

  When Jose Mourinho left Chelsea in 2007 after falling out with owner Roman Abramovich, it looked like the divorce would be final. But less than six ... 

• Atletico signs Brazilian forward Leo Baptistao

  Atletico Madrid says it has signed Brazilian forward Leo Baptistao from Rayo Vallecano to try to fill the gap left by Radamel Falcao. The Spanish club ... 

• Leverkusen defender Carvajal return to Madrid

  Bayer Leverkusen right back Daniel Carvajal is returning to Real Madrid. Leverkusen says Real exercised its option buy back Carvajal's contract. 

• Xabi Alonso dropped from Spain for Confed Cup

  Spain coach Vicente del Bosque dropped midfielders Xabi Alonso, Javi Garcia and Benat Etxebarria from his final squad on Sunday for the Confederations ... 

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  Barcelona boosts squad, Madrid looks past Mourinho

  Barcelona is already aiming to build on its fourth Spanish league title in five seasons by pairing Lionel Messi with Brazil sensation Neymar, while ... 

• Perez re-elected president of Real Madrid

  Florentino Perez will continue as the president of Real Madrid for the next four years. The 66-year-old Florentino ran unopposed in club elections ... 

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  Barcelona equals point record; Mourinho farewell

  Barcelona polished off its Spanish league title by equaling the record of 100 points with a 4-1 win over Malaga on Saturday, the final day of the ... 

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  Anti-austerity protests: Spain, Germany, Portugal

  Anti-austerity protesters on Saturday took to the streets of dozens of European cities, including Madrid, Frankfurt and Lisbon, to express their anger ... 

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  Mourinho bids Madrid fans fond farewell

  Jose Mourinho bid farewell to Real Madrid's fans ahead of his last game on Saturday, and then received a mix of cheers and jeers hours later when he ... 

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  Higuain says he's leaving Real Madrid

  Argentina striker Gonzalo Higuain says he's leaving Real Madrid after seven seasons to join a club where he is truly "wanted." Higuain has been linked ... 

• Stanford wins first world series triathlon

  Non Stanford of Britain won her first world series triathlon in emphatic style when she headed off the Madrid field by 26 seconds on Saturday. 

• Mourinho leaves Casillas off squad for last game

  Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho has left goalkeeper Iker Casillas and forward Cristiano Ronaldo off his squad for his final game with the Spanish club 

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  Bon Jovi drops concert fee for crisis-hit Spain

  U.S. rock star Jon Bon Jovi and his band are waiving their performance fee for a concert in Madrid as a gesture to their Spanish fans hit hard by the ... 

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  3 bid cities make pitches for 2020 Olympics

  Less than four months before the IOC vote, the three cities vying for the 2020 Olympics took their campaign to a key international audience on ... 

• Real Madrid strikes sponsorship deal with Emirates

  Real Madrid has agreed with Emirates for the airlines to be its sponsor for the next five seasons. Madrid club president Florentino Perez announced ...