19th Hole Golf Society
A SCORCHING hot day greeted the 19th as they played a Dusty Bin (3 - 2 - 1) competition at Valle del Este golf course.
After tackling the...
Stone storms to Scots win
SOUTH African Brandon Stone broke the Gullane course record with a final round of 60 to win the Scottish Open by four shots.
Stone, 25, almost became the...
120 cyclists compete in Huercal-Overa piglet race
THE sixth edition of the piglet race in Huércal-Overa has taken place, with 120 cyclists taking part in the annual event.
Cyclists from towns such Pulpi, Albox,...
€200,000 grant for football facilities
CUEVAS del Almanzora Town Hall has obtained a grant of €200,000 to restore the Andrés Soler Guerrero football field.
The improvement works, which will start next year, will...
The greatest goalscorers of all-time?
ARE current La Liga stars Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo the greatest ever football goalscorers?
Some say yes, some say no… but their personal records, without doubt, are...
Silvestre de Sousa: From factory worker to champion jockey
SILVESTRE DE SOUSA has been crowned Britain's champion flat jockey for a second time.
The 36-year-old Brazilian is mighty proud of his progress after initially arriving in Ireland...
Roquetas Half Marathon set for debut
THE FIRST City of Roquetas Half Marathon will take place later this month.
The race will start at 10am on Sunday, November 26 from the Juan Carlos I Avenue next...
Golfers donate final funds to charity
BOXERS Golf Society, the very first in the Albox area, has donated its remaining funds to charity Walk for Life Arbeoleas after they unfortunately closed.
The society was...
The World’s greatest sporting venues?
RECENTLY a survey (poll) involving referees, umpires, officials, players, supporters and reporters, was carried out to find the world’s best 20 sporting venues (inside and out) for quality,...
England’s longest cricket summer
ENGLAND'S 2017 summer cricket season covered 147 days and 24 matches.
It started in early May with a One Day International win in Ireland and ended in late...
Oldest former English professional footballer – George Haigh
GEORGE HAIGH, born in Reddish, near Stockport (now part of Greater Manchester) on 26 June 1915, is the oldest former English professional footballer alive today, aged 102.
Haigh...
The 1,000 British footballing appearance makers!
THE three players who have so far made the most appearances for British clubs in domestic League and Cup competitions and at international level, are surprisingly all...
Wayne Rooney to do community service for drink-driving offence
FOLLOWING his arrest, and subsequent two-year ban for driving under the influence, Everton’s Wayne Rooney was also fined £170 (plus two week’s wages by his club) and...
Six hundred runners compete in AguaCarbo 2017
MORE than 600 athletes gathered for the AguaCarbo 2017. The race runs for 10 km through the towns of Carboneras and Agua Amarga and is now in...
When Barcelona played St Mirren and Notts County in Spain
SOME ninety-five years ago, in 1922, Scottish League club St Mirren became the first “foreign” football team visit Spain.
They played seven matches during their three-week tour, starting...
Huercal-Overa adds a new climbing wall
THE Huercal-Overa town has added a new climbing wall in the new H20 sports facility.
The 20-metre high apparatus has an adjustable gradient, and it's hoped it will generate new...
Man against beast – Michael Phelps versus great white shark
FOLLOWING the unsuccessful attempt by 28-time Olympic medal winner Michael Phelps to beat a great white shark in a 100 metres swimming race, there have been several...
Albox celebrates night mountain bike memorial race
ALBOX celebrated the XI Mountain Bike Albox - El Saliente memorial race for Ginés Pérez Mateos last week.
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