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Spain Olympic Games Roundup
The Spanish ended this year’s Olympics with a total number of medals similar to what they have been reaching in the past 30 years,...
Spanish History 101, EP 39. The Bourbon Restoration 1 (1874-1902)
After 6 crazy years of Spain suffering from huge political identity crisis, the Bourbons return and the political situation stabilizes under a faux-democratic process...
Franco, Football and the Scotsman
The year is 1964. Spain is hosting the Eurocup finals, which it will win. Lurking in the background is a small group of anarchists...
Miracle on Grass: Spain 12 – 1 Malta
On December 21, 1983, the Spanish national football team needed to win its final game of the qualifying round to go through to the...
30 Years of Spain’s National Football Team. An emotional rollercoaster
Or soccer team, if you prefer. Spain’s Selección has seen it all. Up until 2008 they were the perennial underachievers of world football. Then...
Spanish History 101, A stab at Democracy. 1868-1874
This is a six-year period is known as the Sexenio Democrático, and it was a frenetic stretch of more changes than most countries would...