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    Friday 12.03.2010
Local, regional and national sports news
   Local, regional and national sports news

Even the great Jack Dempsey refused to fight Greb The middle-weight division has generally been one of the sport’s most glamorous, second only to the heavyweights in fan appeal
24.02.2010 - ‘Sugar’ Ray Leonard – World Middleweight Champion 1988-1990: “Boxing is more than a sport, it’s a skill. In the ring your fists are like little snakes that strike before you can tell them to”. more...
Sports-News16.02.2010 - Barcelona’s Pedro Rodríguez has been chosen Sports Personality of the Year 2009 in the Canaries. more...
Take to the wind!Sports-News16.02.2010 - Despite financial concerns, El Médano is con­fident it will be able to stage a major world kitesurf championship event in the resort this summer. more...
The former Nº 1 will struggle to regain formSports-News15.02.2010 - Rafa Nadal’s chances of regaining the world number one spot in the near future look a lot ­slimmer due to the re­appearance of his knee injury, which his coach and uncle Toni Nadal thinks could be affecting him psychologically. more...
Tenerife Solicitors once again showed their strength against Dreamers HotspurFootball14.02.2010 - Big congratulations again to Ironcraft for winning the over 35s league and a very well done to Harley’s for finally putting a win on the boards. more...
BarÇa babies galoreSports-News13.02.2010 - Nine months after two very important Barcelona football club ­matches, local hos­pitals are noticing an unexpected bonus. more...
Bowling13.02.2010 - Tuesday Singles League
Week 31
No player (0) Dave Dixon (2) Forfeit
José Torres (0) Jacquie Gibb (6) Forfeit
Avril Capper (0) Jeff Lemm (2) Forfeit
No player (0) Duncan Wallace (8) Forfeit
Dave Simpson (2) Miguel Rodríguez (6)
Martin Gronvall (0) Ron Howling (8)
Rhianna Russell (2) Steve Carter (6) more...
Ricky could well be lined up against MárquezBoxing13.02.2010 - Tenerife is like a second home to Manchester’s boxing hero Ricky Hat­ton who has, over the years, spent numerous holidays in the south of the island. more...
Football13.02.2010 - Before the start of play all three teams that achieved pro­motion last season from the second division found themselves grasping for survival at the bottom of the Primera. Real Zaragoza had spent heavily in the mid-winter break bringing in seven new players and had replaced manager Toral with José Au­relio Gay. more...
Bowling04.02.2010 - Tuesday Singles League
Week 29
Jeff Lemm (3) Duncan Wallace (5)
Jacquie Gibb (8) Allan Billing (0) Forfeit
Dave Dixon (2) Miguel Rodríguez (6)
A superb 229 for Jeff and a 225 for opponent, Duncan more...
The side played well to beat JuventudBasketball04.02.2010 - Gran Canaria’s Euro Cup trip to Poland was a resounding success in terms of the result but the visit proved costly in other ways. more...
Dinsmore was in cracking form against TangoFootball04.02.2010 - Clear Blue Tenerife Sur A 1:0 San Martin
Tenerife Sur went into this game hoping to break a disappointing run of re­sults, against a San Mar­tin team whose season has not really got going but who always provide formidable opposition. more...
Oltra slams local criticsFootball04.02.2010 - Tenerife manager José Luis Oltra has slammed his critics on the island for being overly-negative about the team’s form and survival chances in the first division. more...
 
11.03.2010 - The 37 year old woman, Raquel Toledo, originally from Tenerife, who was jailed recently in Texas accused of failing to abide by custody orders, has been released.
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Berlin - 11.03.2010 - At the inauguration of the Berlin Tourism Fair regional Canarian president Paulino Rivero announced that he had reached an agreement with the national minister for development on a reduction in airport charges, something seen as vital to the tourism market for these islands. more...
Berlin - 10.03.2010 - The Berlin Tourism Fair, which opens today, is seen as crucial by the Canarian Department of Tourism in its bid to recoup almost 300,000 German holidaymakers 'lost' last year. more...
Santa Cruz - 10.03.2010 - Santa Cruz council is to be run once again by an alliance of the Canarian Coalition and the Popular Party, following yesterday's power-sharing deal between the two parties. more...
Los Cristianos - 10.03.2010 - Media revelations that the man who committed suicide in England last Saturday after killing his mother-in-law was from Los Cristianos have shocked the local community. Former soldier Sebastián Marcante flew to England on Friday intending to kill his estranged wife, Claire, whom he married five years ago after they first met in Tenerife. more...
Los Gigantes - 09.03.2010 - The Popular Party in Santiago del Teide has slammed the local and national authorities for their lack of action to remedy the problems which caused the tragedy on the Los Guios beach four months ago. more...
The future of the species

Guttering or Waterfall?
Have you noticed how few houses in Tenerife have guttering? When it rains you get a waterfall blocking your front door. more...
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