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Spain’s Dani Pedrosa claimed his third win of the season with victory in the Indianapolis MotoGP.

Pedrosa, who fell while leading at the Brickyard 12 months ago, started in fifth place on the grid but by lap four he was up to second place. more »

Not a good start to the season for the Blue and Whites, going down 1-3 to Valencia. more »

Europa League winners Atletico Madrid added the European Super Cup to their trophy cupboard with a 2-0 win over Champions League holders Inter Milan. more »

Barcelona overturned a two goal deficit against Sevilla to lift the Spanish Super Cup for a ninth time. Lionel Messi helped himself to a hat-trick as Barcelona won the second leg 4-0. more »

Spain’s Jorge Lorenzo clocked up his seventh race victory of the season at the Czech Grand Prix to extend his overall championship lead to 77 points. more »

The North Korean football team has been shamed in six-hour public inquiry into their failure in the World Cup, deemed a ‘betrayal’ of the country’s leader. more »

Midfielder Guti is set to leave Real Madrid after 15 seasons with the Spanish club and is said to be considering an offer from Turkish club Besiktas. more »

Fernando Alonso ‘won’ a rather processional German Grand Prix after Ferrari blatantly ordered Felipe Massa to let his team-mate past, an action which will no doubt be a talking point for some time to come. more »

Disgraced former Tour de Drogue France winner Floyd Landis has stepped up the ante in his ongoing crusade against seven-time winner Lance Armstrong by claiming: ‘I saw lance Armstrong using drugs‘.

Whether this is sour grapes, a vendetta, publicity seeking or a total change of character to want a clean sport (?) remains to be seen. Whatever the reason, the saga continues. Many have tried to discredit Armstrong but until he is actually caught doing wrong then he should probably be given the benefit of the doubt.

Spain’s Dani Pedrosa was first over the line in the German MotoGP at Sachsenring, ending compatriot Jorge Lorenzo’s three-race winning streak . Casey Stoner was third and Valentino Rossi, making an amazing comeback after breaking his leg just six weeks ago, was fourth. more »

Spain have overtaken Brazil, as have Holland, in the latest FIFA world rankings following the World Cup in South Africa. England, despite going out in the last 16, have risen one place to seventh. Italy have dropped to 26th and France to 29th. more »

Football was the real winner in the end as Spain eventually overcame the animals Holland by a single goal, scored by Iniesta in extra time. more »

Spain played their best football of the World Cup so far, starting with mucho gusto and dominating the play as the Germans sat back and waited for the opportunity to counter-attack. The winning, and only goal of the match, came from a corner in the 73rd minute and it was scored by, of all people, Carlos Pujol. more »

Jorge Lorenzo extended his World Championship lead as he won his third consecutive race from pole position at the Catalunya MotoGP in Barcelona. more »

Rafael Nadal claimed his second Wimbledon title, and eighth Grand Slam title overall, with a convincing win over twelfth seed Tomas Berdych 6-3 7-5 6-4 in just two hours 13 minutes. more »

Rafael Nadal, a seven-time Grand Slam winner, is through to the final at Wimbledon after defeating Britain’s Andy Murray in straight sets, the score 6-4 6-6 6-4. Nadal now meets Tomas Berdych in the final after the Czech saw off Novak Djokovic, also in straight sets.

Much hooting in the streets as Spain overcame Portugal 1-0 to reach the quarter finals of the World Cup and a meeting with Paraguay who, earlier in the day, beat Japan on penalties. more »