https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Double NBA winner and Europe's most successful basketballer Pau Gasol said on Tuesday he had made the "difficult decision" to retire, but at 41 was at ease with his choice. https://www.thelocal.es/20211006/spains-greatest-ever-basketball-player-pau-gasol-retires Wed, 06 Oct 2021 11:41:12 +0200 spains-greatest-ever-basketball-player-pau-gasol-retires Spain won a third European basketball gold on Sunday with a 80-63 win over Lithuania in the final at Villeneuve-d'Ascq. https://www.thelocal.es/20150921/spain-wins-third-eurobasket-gold Mon, 21 Sep 2015 11:13:50 +0200 spain-wins-third-eurobasket-gold An arena announcer at a recent basketball world cup game in Bilbao has apologized to cheerleaders after asking the crowd "Who wouldn't like to spend a night with one of the Dreamcheers?" during the break in the action. https://www.thelocal.es/20140904/commentator-canned-for-cheerleaders-gaffe Thu, 04 Sep 2014 12:10:00 +0200 commentator-canned-for-cheerleaders-gaffe Hosts Spain and the rest of the field must believe they finally have a decent shot at knocking off the mighty United States as the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup tips off on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.es/20140829/basketball-world-cup-spain-usa-preview Fri, 29 Aug 2014 11:28:00 +0200 basketball-world-cup-spain-usa-preview Spanish star Pau Gasol, a free agent center who won two NBA titles with the Los Angeles Lakers, announced Saturday that he will join the Chicago Bulls next season. https://www.thelocal.es/20140713/spanish-big-man-pau-gasol-to-join-chicago-bulls Sun, 13 Jul 2014 12:51:00 +0200 spanish-big-man-pau-gasol-to-join-chicago-bulls Jewish associations in Spain's Catalonia region have filed an official complaint after nearly 18,000 anti-Semitic messages were posted on Facebook and Twitter in response to Israeli basketball team Maccabi Tel Aviv's victory over Real Madrid. https://www.thelocal.es/20140520/spains-jews-condemn-anti-semitic-twitter-storm Tue, 20 May 2014 16:34:00 +0200 spains-jews-condemn-anti-semitic-twitter-storm The European Commission will on Wednesday launch a formal investigation into seven Spanish football clubs, including Barcelona and Real Madrid, after complaints they accepted illegal state aid, Spain's foreign minister said. https://www.thelocal.es/20131217/eu-to-probe-bara-and-real-over-illegal-aid Tue, 17 Dec 2013 10:39:31 +0100 eu-to-probe-bara-and-real-over-illegal-aid They’ve been labelled the biggest cheats in sporting history. Only days after Spain's fake Paralympics basketball team got off scot-free with all the fraud charges held against them, The Local analyses the shocking details of a case which has left Spain’s sporting reputation in tatters. https://www.thelocal.es/20131011/stop-playing-well-theyll-know-youre-not-disabled Fri, 11 Oct 2013 12:01:00 +0200 stop-playing-well-theyll-know-youre-not-disabled Two years after Spain broke their hearts in the final, France dethroned the two-time European champions on Friday and will meet Lithuania in the 2013 EuroBasket final. https://www.thelocal.es/20130921/france-dethrone-spain-in-overtime-euro-thriller Sat, 21 Sep 2013 12:15:00 +0200 france-dethrone-spain-in-overtime-euro-thriller Italy stunned two-time reigning champions Spain on Monday but Spain's national team still has a chance to redeem itself in a tough quarter-final match-up with top seed Serbia on Wednesday at the 2013 European Championships. https://www.thelocal.es/20130917/spain-stagger-into-eurobasket-quarter-finals Tue, 17 Sep 2013 17:23:16 +0200 spain-stagger-into-eurobasket-quarter-finals Two-time reigning champions Spain are still the favourites to win the 2013 European Basketball Championships despite the absence of some of their key NBA players. https://www.thelocal.es/20130904/pau-less-spain-still-eurobasket-favourites Wed, 04 Sep 2013 13:20:00 +0200 pau-less-spain-still-eurobasket-favourites