Maldonado win Spanish Grand Prix: explosion in Williams garage during post race celebrations

By On May 14, 2012 · Leave a Comment

The Barcelona Grand Prix provided plenty of excitement both on and off the track at the weekend after Williams’ victoey celebrations were soured by an explosion and fire inside their garage in which several members of both the Williams’ crew and others helping fight the blaze were treated for smoke inhilation and one for burns. [...]

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Betis hold Barcelona, Valencia lose [UEFA.com]

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Guardiola’s last league match as coach of FC Barcelona ended in a draw after Keita scored a last minute equailiser against Betis on Saturday. The Catalans struggled after Dani Alves was expelled in the second half. According to the UEFA website:

Guardiola is due to stand down when the season concludes and his ten-man FC [...]

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Guardiola celebrates last match at Nou Camp; Messi leads Cristiano

On May 7, 2012 By

While FC Barcelona beat RCD Espanyol 4-0 in the Spanish Derby on Saturday, Real Madrid struggled to beat lowly Granada 2-1. Barcelona’s goals were all scored by Leo Messi, putting him further ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo in the “golden boot” awarded to the league’s leading goal scorer in final home match of the season for [...]

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Madrid takes Spanish League title

On May 3, 2012 By

Real Madrid took the 2011/2012 La Liga title last night after playing away against Athletic Bilbao who they beat 3-0. Barcelona also beat Malaga 4-1, with a goal from Puyol and three from Messi, who is two goals ahead of Madrid’s Cristiano in the goal tally for the season.

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Barcelona eliminated by Chelsea

On April 25, 2012 By

Despite going two goals up in the first half, Barcelona were eliminated from Champions League 3-2 on aggregate. Just before the break Chesea clawed a goal back, which was enough to qualify them thanks to the away goal rule. Despite Barcelona’s insistence, they were unable to score again and while the last few minutes saw [...]

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Madrid beats Barça at Nou Camp – 2012 league title effectively over

On April 23, 2012 By

The la liga title was effectively decided on Saturday night when real Madrid beat FC Barcelona 2-1 at the Nou Camp.

Barcelona had managed to close up the gap with Madrid and stood four points behind going into the weekend. They had strong hopes to beat Madrid on home turf and close that gap to [...]

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Vettel takes first win for Red Bull in 2012

On April 23, 2012 By

The podium at Bahrain on Sunday looked very different from the previous races, with Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel winning the race and Räikkönen and Grosjean taking the other two spots for Lotus.

Red Bull showed that they had put the problems of the earlier races behind them, but the McLarens both suffered from bad luck. [...]

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Both Spanish Clubs in Champions League semis beaten in first round

On April 19, 2012 By

Real Madrid certainly struggled against Bayern Munich on Tuesday, which will put them at a psychological disadvanateg when they visit the Nou Camp on Saturday for “el clasico”. The final score was 2-1 so they will be giving it there all when they play the return leg next week.

On the other hand Barcelona easily [...]

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Rosberg wins Chinese GP

On April 16, 2012 By

The 2012 season is shaping up well for F1, with another thrilling race in China on Sunday. Nico Rosberg had his first ever pole position for Mercedes, with Schumacher second on the grid after McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton had a five place grid drop thanks to a gearbox change.

Rosberg got off to a good start [...]

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Madrid 4 points ahead of Barcelona with Nou Camp clasico next weekend

On April 16, 2012 By

Real Madrid ensured that Barcelona remained four points behind them after beating Sporting Gijon 3-1 at the Bernabeu. Sporting are close to the bottom of the league and so it was a result that could have been foreseen, unlike Barcelona, who played Levante.

Although on paper Levante should not be doing well at all, this [...]

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