And we’re on! The world’s biggest football party starts today, and hundreds of millions of fans all over the world will cheer on their favorite team. Spain is there – of course. This time with Germany, Japan and Costa Rica as its group stage competitors, together denominated Group E. AContinue Reading
It’s back! 12 August, one of the world’s premiere football championships kicks off. Popular at home and abroad, Spanish football’s scores of fans are right now awaiting the new season of La Liga, its 92nd year so far. While three of last season’s competitors won’t be returning, three new teamsContinue Reading
Déjà vu? Real Madrid and Liverpool face each other in the Champions League final once again. As they did four years ago. Two of Europe’s best and highest-scoring attacking teams will meet once more to decide which club is the best on the continent. Even though it is Europe’s bestContinue Reading
Winter sports are not what we primarily associate with Spain. But the country has actually been an extremely faithful trotter in the Winter Games. Did you know that Spain has sent athletes to every Winter Olympics since 1936? And this year a team of 14 athletes will compete against theContinue Reading
The World Chess Championship 2021 started today in Dubai. Reigning world champion, Norwegian Magnus Carlsen (30) meets Russian challenger Ian Nepomniachtchi (31). Chess is popular worldwide. It is estimated that as many as 600 million people are active players at one level or another – and interest among both theContinue Reading
Millions of fans, 38 matches, 20 teams and some of the biggest names in sports. Friday the 13th (9 pm) marks the kickoff of one of the most popular football (some call it soccer) leagues in the world, La Liga. The league’s correct name? The Campeonato Nacional de Liga deContinue Reading
Friday 23 July 2021, the 2020 Summer Olympics opened in Tokyo, about a year late. Spain sends a delegation of as many as 320 athletes who will compete in a total of 32 sports. The country has participated in most Olympic Games since the year 1900 and has won aContinue Reading
We’re already through the group stage! Millions of fans around Europe and the world are benched in front of a TV ready to almost choke on food and drink at every chance of a goal. Following a first uneventful couple of games, Spain finally found back to its goal-scoring selfContinue Reading
The 2018 football World Cup was over for Spain already in the first game of the knockout stage. Just minutes after the loss, our Spanish neighbor lowered his patio flag. The media describes people’s disappointment over their country’s defeat, a team which was among the favorites to win the wholeContinue Reading
Spanish football is extremely popular both at home and abroad. Domestically, some people jokingly call it a religion. La Liga’s actual and formal name is “The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División”. For sponsorship purposes it is named “La Liga Santander” after Banco Santander, Spain’s largest bank and originallyContinue Reading
