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 Reigning European 5000m champion Ilias Fifa was arrested in Barcelona on Wednesday as part of a doping probe, sources from the investigation confirmed. https://www.thelocal.es/20171025/european-5000m-champion-arrested-in-spanish-doping-raid Wed, 25 Oct 2017 16:17:52 +0200 european-5000m-champion-arrested-in-spanish-doping-raid Spain arrested 14 people and seized more than three million doses of banned growth hormones in a crackdown on trafficking of performance-enhancing drugs in sports, officials said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.es/20170324/spanish-police-arrest-14-and-seize-massive-doping-stash Fri, 24 Mar 2017 09:57:28 +0100 spanish-police-arrest-14-and-seize-massive-doping-stash A Spanish court ruling has overturned an order to destroy bloodbags seized in a major doping probe. https://www.thelocal.es/20160614/sportsmen-could-be-identified-through-seized-blood-in-doping-probe Tue, 14 Jun 2016 15:10:07 +0200 sportsmen-could-be-identified-through-seized-blood-in-doping-probe Fourteen-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal believes his call for all his anti-doping tests throughout his career to be released to the public is the only way to end the scourge of doping accusations in tennis. https://www.thelocal.es/20160501/transparency-can-prevent-stupid-accusations-nadal Sun, 01 May 2016 18:55:59 +0200 transparency-can-prevent-stupid-accusations-nadal Fourteen-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal asked for the results of all drugs tests he has taken in his career to be released to the public in a letter to the International Tennis Federation (ITF) on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20160427/rafa-nadal-wants-to-publicly-release-doping-drug-test-results Wed, 27 Apr 2016 11:19:00 +0200 rafa-nadal-wants-to-publicly-release-doping-drug-test-results Spanish tennis superstar Rafael Nadal said on Monday he had filed a lawsuit in Paris against former French sports minister Roselyne Bachelot after she accused him of covering up a failed drugs test. https://www.thelocal.es/20160426/rafael-nadal-drugs-tennis-france-minister-french-spain Tue, 26 Apr 2016 10:15:45 +0200 rafael-nadal-drugs-tennis-france-minister-french-spain The head of the Spanish Olympic Committee, Alejandro Blanco, has admitted Spain remains a "negative reference" when it comes to doping after failing to comply with the World Anti-Doping Agency's (WADA) code. https://www.thelocal.es/20160331/spain-failing-to-comply-to-world-anti-doping-code Thu, 31 Mar 2016 11:29:07 +0200 spain-failing-to-comply-to-world-anti-doping-code The Spanish state has been ordered to pay over €720,000 in damages to former cyclist Roberto Heras for his reversed suspension for doping between 2006 and 2008, according to a court decision obtained by AFP. https://www.thelocal.es/20160202/spain-to-pay-cyclist-720000-for-overturned-doping-ban Tue, 02 Feb 2016 09:48:34 +0100 spain-to-pay-cyclist-720000-for-overturned-doping-ban 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 The man who was responsible for sending a team of 'fake' disabled basketball players to the Sydney Paralympic Games has been fined — 13 years after the fact. https://www.thelocal.es/20131007/spains-fake-paralympians-escape-cheating-charges Mon, 07 Oct 2013 18:18:00 +0200 spains-fake-paralympians-escape-cheating-charges The United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) has confirmed they do not consider Tour of Spain winner Chris Horner to have missed a drug test after Spanish anti-doping authorities turned up at the wrong hotel to carry out a test on Monday. https://www.thelocal.es/20130917/vuelta-winner-horner-cleared-over-missed-drugs-test Tue, 17 Sep 2013 11:30:00 +0200 vuelta-winner-horner-cleared-over-missed-drugs-test The International Olympic Committee on Wednesday deplored a ruling by a Spanish court that bags of blood seized in a doping case be destroyed, preventing further probes into what has been described as the world's biggest doping network. https://www.thelocal.es/20130501/spanish-court-wrong-to-destroy-blood-ioc Wed, 01 May 2013 21:21:00 +0200 spanish-court-wrong-to-destroy-blood-ioc A lawyer representing the International Cycling Union (UCI) has said that Doctor Eufemiano Fuentes should be made an example of for running possibly "the biggest doping network the world has ever seen". https://www.thelocal.es/20130320/cycling-union-calls-wants-fuentes-blackballed Wed, 20 Mar 2013 18:20:00 +0100 cycling-union-calls-wants-fuentes-blackballed Former Tour de France winner Alberto Contador will not testify at the Operacion Puerto trial in defence of Manolo Sainz, his former manager at the Liberty Seguros cycling team, the defendant's lawyer confirmed on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20130220/cyclist-contador-avoids-court-in-doping-case Wed, 20 Feb 2013 17:02:00 +0100 cyclist-contador-avoids-court-in-doping-case Spanish former cyclist Jesus Manzano told a court on Wednesday he was given the blood-booster EPO and other animal medicines by a doctor accused of masterminding a vast blood-doping network. https://www.thelocal.es/20130214/cyclist-forced-to-take-dog-medicines Thu, 14 Feb 2013 19:01:00 +0100 cyclist-forced-to-take-dog-medicines