London 2010: San Roque beach volley player heads for quarter finals

Adrián Gavira in action
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LONDON Adrián Gavira, a member of a well known San Roque family, is one half of Spain's Men's Beach Volley Ball doubles team. He and Pablo Herrera, from Castellón, beat their Czech opponents Kubala and Benes by two sets to love (25-23 y 21-16), in 40 minutes. It was Gavira who made the decisive moves in the match, according to the experts, in a match that was more even than shown by the score. But the Spaniards were playing at a disadvantage, after Herrera hurt his knee. Their next hurdle is against the USA's Rogers/Dalhausser, who beat Japan in their opening match.

London 2012: La Línea man aims for sailing gold

Trujillo training at Weymouth
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LONDON/Weymouth The full Spanish sailing team arrived on Thursday. Among them was Rafael Trujillo ('Rafa' to his friends, as might be expected), who had been training there since May 28. Trujillo, silver medalist in the Finn class at Athens 2004, is ready to sail, having spent all that time testing new his boat and sails against unfamiliar winds. He is very punctilious about getting ready; he had been worried about his equipment for some time, and indeed one of the masts split. That made him decide to use his old boat instead, as well as much of the familiar equipment. We wish him well.

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London, a mosaic of inequalities: how the Spanish media sees Britain's capital

Olympic Torch at Battersea Dog's Home

The Olympic city is full of contrasts between different and separate social classes and a diversity of cultural identities

LONDON The Olympic Torch was carried through 33 of London's boroughs this week, the idea being to show an image of unity and harmony. The reality is very different, however. London is full of contrasts and inequalities, although, together with Paris and Berlin, the capital of the old British Empire is one of Europe's popular cities, having welcomed over 15 million tourists in 2011. This is a generalization of some of the comments offered up by the Spanish media, where the diversity of opinion is as varied as the variety of cultures of London's inhabitants.>>>

Pau Gasol replaces Rafa Nadal as Spain's Olympic flagbearer

Pau Gasol

MADRID (Agencies) Spanish basketball star Pau Gasol has been chosen to replace Rafael Nadal as the flagbearer for the Spanish Olympic team at the opening ceremony of the Games on Friday next, July 27th. Nadal, the winner of the gold medal in tennis in Beijing four years ago, was forced to pull out of the Games on Thursday because of knee problems. It had been expected that yachtsman Xabi Fernandez would be given the honor of carrying the Spanish flag, but he declined and Gasol will lead the Spanish team into the Olympic arena. Gasol is perhaps the most famous Spanish basketball player of all time, helping his country to the silver medal four years ago, as well as the 2006 World Championship and the 2009 and 2011 European Championships. He currently plays for the LA Lakers. "There are no words to describe how emotional my phone call was with Rafael Nadal," explained Alejandro Blanco, the president of the Spanish Olympic Committee, "both in his case as with Pau Gasol, there was a unanimous decision taking over who should carry the flag." "Nobody represents us better than Gasol," he stated.