Archive for May, 2009
Barcelona Extreme Sports Festival 2009
This is the second edition of The Barcelona Extreme Sports Festival. In the first festival last year in October over 40000 people showed up to watch 200 pros and up to 500 amateurs participate in a range of exciting extreme sports. This year you can expect an even bigger turn-out when the extreme festival takes [...]
27th International Comic Fair in Barcelona
Anyone interested in comics and super heroes should not miss the 27th International Comic Fair in Barcelona. It will take place on may 29th til June 1st and there will be a host of surprises.
Catalonia y FC Barcelona bajan los pantalones
Yes it’s official, Catalonia and FC Barcelona have dropped their trousers when it comes to supporting their views on Catalonia as a nation, free Catalonia and Catalonia is a country blah blah blah regarding playing the final of La Copa Del Rey. Basques and Catalans mingled together at the Mestalla stadium in Valencia and then [...]
TV1 chief sacked after Spanish anthem is booed
MADRID – Spain’s state television sacked its head of sports coverage on Thursday, saying it was a mistake not to have shown a football crowd from Catalonia and the Basque Country booing the Spanish national anthem during the country’s Cup final. The move by Television Espanola to break away from coverage at the stadium in [...]
On the Button – Jensen Button that is
Looks like Jensen Button is running away with the world championship so far. After another great performance by him and team mate Rubens Barichello (another double) with Aussie Mark Webber 3rd and team mate Sebastian Vettel 4th something is telling me McLaren and Ferrari are nowhere near fast catching up to Brawn’s rocket! This is [...]
Chelsea robbed by Barça
A last minute goal by Andrés Iniesta made sure Barcelona went through to the final of the champions League in Rome on May 27th. After watching the game last night and enjoying what looks like the only team this year who have managed to rattle Barça’s cage, I must admit I am a bit gutted [...]
