Granada host Manchester United in the Europa League quarter-finals
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Granada host Manchester United in the Europa League quarter-finals

March 22, 2021
Posted By: Luis Cobos

Granada CF, an Andalusian club in the Spanish Primera División, is making history in Europe. It is the first time that this humble club has played in European competition, and it is competing at the highest level. Granada will play in the quarter-finals of the Uefa Europa League in April after eliminating Napoli in the round of 32 and Molde in the round of 16. For this round, where the best eight teams of this competition will face each other, Granada will face the favourite to lift this trophy.

Marbella, a well-deserved tourist reputation
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Marbella, a well-deserved tourist reputation

March 22, 2021
Posted By: Luis Cobos

Marbella is unofficially considered the capital of the western Costa del Sol, and has, without a doubt, enough ingredients to be one of the most important tourist centres in Spain. Its privileged location, at the foot of the Sierra Blanca, on the coastline, provides it with excellent climatic conditions as well as great scenic beauty.

Carolina Marín, a Badminton pioneer
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Carolina Marín, a Badminton pioneer

March 22, 2021
Posted By: Luis Cobos

Carolina María Marín Martín is an Andalusian badminton player who competes in the women’s singles category and has reached number one in the BWF world ranking. She was born in Huelva and is 27 years old. She has been Olympic champion in Rio de Janeiro 2016, 3 three times world champion in 2014 (in Denmark),2015 (in Indonesia) , and 2018 (in China), and four times European champion, in 2014,2016, 2017, and 2018. Also, she has won four Premier Super Series, the All England and Malaysia Open in 2015, and two China Opens, in 2018 and 2019.

The Championship also breathes Andalusia
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The Championship also breathes Andalusia

March 15, 2021
Posted By: Luis Cobos

Iván Sánchez is an Andalusian footballer who was born in a small village in Jaén, Campillo de Arenas. Last season he played for Elche in the Spanish Second Division. With Elche he was promoted to the Primera División. His great performance with Elche caught the attention of Aitor Karanka, coach of Birmingham City, who play in the Championship. From there, Iván started playing in the Championship at the age of 28. In England, Iván is surpassing his numbers from last season. Unfortunately for the Andalusian player, Birmingham is struggling for relegation. They are twenty-first in the table and only three points clear of relegation. Fortunately for him, he is starting the vast majority of matches. Iván Sánchez plays as a right-winger, although under Karanka he is also playing as an attacking midfielder.

Juan Lebrón, the Andalusian athlete who dominates World Padel Tour
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Juan Lebrón, the Andalusian athlete who dominates World Padel Tour

March 15, 2021
Posted By: Luis Cobos

Juan Lebron was born in El Puerto de Santa Maria (Andalusia). At just 26 years old he is number two in the World Padel Tour World Ranking with 15,880 points. But he was ranked number one very recently. A player with sensational qualities, giving him a beastly power to his strokes. Lebron has 199 wins in 312 matches, according to the World Padel Tour. His record of victories is 18 in a row and his winning percentage is around 64%. The number one and number three in the world are also Spanish, both from Madrid, Alejandro Galan, and Paquito Navarro.

The beaches of Cádiz, jewels of nature
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The beaches of Cádiz, jewels of nature

March 15, 2021
Posted By: Luis Cobos

The province of Cadiz has 260 kilometres of coastline and 138 kilometres of beaches: coves, inlets, and sandy beaches stretching for several kilometres. There are beaches with history, such as Trafalgar, in front of which the famous battle was fought, and film beaches such as La Caleta, where scenes from the film Agent 007 were filmed. There are pioneering beaches in Europe, such as Victoria, which has achieved EU environmental management certification, and colourful beaches such as those of Tarifa, with the vertigo of fly-surfers and their kites. Beaches ideal for windsurfing; underwater fishing also enjoys many followers in the transparent waters of its numerous beaches: Los Lances, Bolonia, and Valdevaqueros among others. In total, 74 different beaches.

Laura Delgado, from Andalusia to England, reaching Rugby goals
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Laura Delgado, from Andalusia to England, reaching Rugby goals

March 7, 2021
Posted By: Luis Cobos

Andalusian Laura ‘Bimba’ Delgado became one of the first two Spaniards to become professional rugby players last summer. And they did it in England, signing for Exeter Chiefs, a club that plays in the UK Rugby Premiership 15s. A milestone for Spanish and Andalusian women’s sport, and rugby in particular.

Sierra de Grazalema, one of the green lungs of Andalusia
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Sierra de Grazalema, one of the green lungs of Andalusia

March 7, 2021
Posted By: Luis Cobos

The Sierra de Grazalema rises to the waters of the Mediterranean, like a gigantic wall dotted with small white villages. This is why it gratefully receives the generous squalls that arrive from the Atlantic, storms that make this massif the rainiest place in the whole of the Iberian Peninsula.

Footgolf, a sport that is growing and growing in Andalusia
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Footgolf, a sport that is growing and growing in Andalusia

March 7, 2021
Posted By: Luis Cobos

Footgolf is a sport that fuses goal and football in one. It was founded in 2009 in the Netherlands and is becoming more and more popular in Andalusia, where many of its golf courses are already practicing this new sport.

The footprint and the gitano soul of Flamenco
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The footprint and the gitano soul of Flamenco

March 7, 2021
Posted By: Luis Cobos

The transcendence of this art has crossed all international borders, universalising it and sowing seeds in every corner of the world, where it is considered one of the most precious jewels of music and dance. But we cannot ignore the fact that gitano hands were involved in the shaping of this treasure, giving it the status of paternity and upbringing