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 Spanish tennis star Rafael Nadal on Thursday announced the launch of a new hotel brand with Spain's Meliá group that is planning to open some 20 hotels across the globe in the next five years. https://www.thelocal.es/20221216/rafael-nadal-launches-hotel-brand-with-spains-melia-group Fri, 16 Dec 2022 10:10:50 +0100 rafael-nadal-launches-hotel-brand-with-spains-melia-group Rafael Nadal admitted that his record 12th Roland Garros title was one of his most special after an injury-hit start to 2019 had left him "down mentally and physically" and questioning his love for the sport. https://www.thelocal.es/20190610/i-was-down-mentally-and-physically-admits-rafa-nadal-after-winning-12th-roland-garros-title Mon, 10 Jun 2019 11:16:58 +0200 i-was-down-mentally-and-physically-admits-rafa-nadal-after-winning-12th-roland-garros-title Five-time champion Rafael Nadal acknowledged that he will be counting on his physical reserves when he makes his Madrid Open start Wednesday as he recovers from a stomach virus. https://www.thelocal.es/20190507/tummy-bug-wont-stop-rafa Tue, 07 May 2019 18:47:48 +0200 tummy-bug-wont-stop-rafa For more than a decade she has been cheering her champion on and after 14 years as his companion, Maria Francesca Perelló – known as Xisca – will now become his wife. https://www.thelocal.es/20190130/rafa-nadal-to-marry-xisca-the-woman-he-has-been-with-for-14-years Wed, 30 Jan 2019 14:18:50 +0100 rafa-nadal-to-marry-xisca-the-woman-he-has-been-with-for-14-years The tennis superstar is already a confirmed hero on his native Mallorca after pulling on Wellington boots and joining the clear-up operation in the days after Sant Llorenç was devastated by floods. https://www.thelocal.es/20181220/rafa-nadal-donates-1million-to-help-victims-of-mallorca-floods Thu, 20 Dec 2018 18:21:00 +0100 rafa-nadal-donates-1million-to-help-victims-of-mallorca-floods Rafael Nadal confirmed on Monday he will miss the ATP Finals in London this month and that his season is over due to injury. https://www.thelocal.es/20181105/rafa-nadal-confirms-season-finished-due-to-injury Mon, 05 Nov 2018 18:38:56 +0100 rafa-nadal-confirms-season-finished-due-to-injury Spanish tennis star Rafael Nadal, who is from area in Mallorca hit by floods on Tuesday evening, pledged to open up his sports centre and tennis academy to those displaced from their homes. https://www.thelocal.es/20181010/rafa-nadal-offers-refuge-to-those-displaced-by-mallorca-floods Wed, 10 Oct 2018 19:06:22 +0200 rafa-nadal-offers-refuge-to-those-displaced-by-mallorca-floods Rafael Nadal will miss Spain's Davis Cup semi-final against France next weekend due to the knee injury that forced him to retire at the US Open, the Spanish tennis federation said on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.es/20180909/injured-nadal-to-miss-davis-cup-semi-final-with-france Sun, 09 Sep 2018 04:36:05 +0200 injured-nadal-to-miss-davis-cup-semi-final-with-france Ten years after out-duelling Roger Federer to win the greatest Wimbledon final, Rafael Nadal returns to the All England Club still basking in the warm glow of that epic encounter. https://www.thelocal.es/20180701/ten-years-on-nadal-looks-back-on-emotional-wimbledon-win-over-federer Sun, 01 Jul 2018 04:38:24 +0200 ten-years-on-nadal-looks-back-on-emotional-wimbledon-win-over-federer Spanish tennis world number one Rafael Nadal has criticised plans for an independence referendum called by Catalonia's pro-separatist government for October 1st. https://www.thelocal.es/20170912/rafa-nadal-speaks-out-against-catalan-independence Tue, 12 Sep 2017 15:42:17 +0200 rafa-nadal-speaks-out-against-catalan-independence Rafael Nadal admits he doubted he'd ever win another Grand Slam title after a three-year drought at the majors and an ongoing battle with injuries and poor form. https://www.thelocal.es/20170612/rafa-nadal-breaks-records-with-10th-french-open-title Mon, 12 Jun 2017 11:42:28 +0200 rafa-nadal-breaks-records-with-10th-french-open-title Rafael Nadal will miss Wimbledon after failing to recover from the wrist injury which also forced his early withdrawal from the French Open, the Spanish star announced on his Facebook page. https://www.thelocal.es/20160610/rafael-nadal-to-miss-wimbledon-with-wrist-injury Fri, 10 Jun 2016 10:06:07 +0200 rafael-nadal-to-miss-wimbledon-with-wrist-injury 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 Spanish champion reveals what’s beneath his tennis whites in a sexy new underwear advertisement for Tommy Hilfiger. https://www.thelocal.es/20150826/rafa-nadal-bares-almost-all-in-steamy-locker-room-striptease Wed, 26 Aug 2015 16:52:22 +0200 rafa-nadal-bares-almost-all-in-steamy-locker-room-striptease Spanish tennis ace Rafael Nadal has hinted at retirement after his shock second-round defeat by German 102 seed, Dustin Brown. https://www.thelocal.es/20150703/nadal-doubts-future-after-wimbledon-loss Fri, 03 Jul 2015 13:01:02 +0200 nadal-doubts-future-after-wimbledon-loss Rafael Nadal did not look for excuses after a limp Australian Open exit to Tomas Berdych in the quarter-finals on Tuesday, one of the worst Grand Slam performances in his long career. https://www.thelocal.es/20150127/nadal-knocked-out-of-australian-open Tue, 27 Jan 2015 10:06:00 +0100 nadal-knocked-out-of-australian-open Spanish tennis star Rafael Nadal has been named the new face of US fashion designer Tommy Hilfiger, a role which will see him stripping for an underwear advertising campaign. https://www.thelocal.es/20141217/rafa-nadal-named-new-face-of-tommy-hilfiger-fashion Wed, 17 Dec 2014 13:33:00 +0100 rafa-nadal-named-new-face-of-tommy-hilfiger-fashion Reigning champion Rafael Nadal will miss the US Open later this month due to a right wrist injury, he announced on Monday. https://www.thelocal.es/20140818/rafa-nadal-pulls-out-of-us-open-tennis-spain Mon, 18 Aug 2014 17:50:00 +0200 rafa-nadal-pulls-out-of-us-open-tennis-spain Australia's world number 144 Nick Kyrgios caused one of the greatest Wimbledon sensations on Tuesday when he sent world number one and 14-time Grand Slam title winner Rafael Nadal crashing to a shock defeat. https://www.thelocal.es/20140701/nadal-bundled-out-of-wimbledon-by Wed, 02 Jul 2014 00:14:00 +0200 nadal-bundled-out-of-wimbledon-by