MADRID, SPAIN | Xinhua | Real Madrid reached the halfway point of the season as leaders of La Liga with 48 points after a hard-fought 1-0 win at home to Mallorca on Wednesday night. Antonio Rudiger’s header from Luka Modric’s 78th minute corner gave Madrid the points as they struggled …
Read More »Villarreal closes to loan Real Madrid’s Takefusa Kubo
Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | Real Madrid’s Japanese international forward Takefusa Kubo is on the verge of agreeing to a one-year loan deal with Villarreal, with the agreement likely to be made official in the coming hours according to reports in the Spanish press. The 19-year-old impressed last season in …
Read More »Tensions rise as Germans clamour to return to Mallorcan homes
Berlin, Germany | AFP | Germans with holiday homes in Mallorca are clamouring to return to the sun-soaked island as the coronavirus lockdowns ease, but Spanish authorities are pushing back. Several hundred Germans have in recent weeks sent pleading, sometimes angry letters to the regional government of the Balearic Islands asking …
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