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    Friday 19.03.2010
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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...
 
La Orotava - 18.03.2010 - The La Orotava woman sentenced earlier in March to nine months in jail for refusing to hand back her foster daughter to her biological mother has appealed against her conviction. more...
Canary Islands - 18.03.2010 - After a series of alerts for wet and windy weather comes one of a different type for the Canaries today and over the week-end. more...
Arona - 18.03.2010 - The mayor of Arona is to collect a prestigious award today from Spain's Queen Sofía in recognition of the work done to make local resorts more accessible to disabled tourists and locals. more...
Canary Islands - 17.03.2010 - Resorts throughout the Canaries can expect a green day today, not to mention a very busy night, as thousands of Irish ex-pats and tourists celebrate St Patricks Day. more...
Lanzarote - 17.03.2010 - Moves by the Canarian government to legalise several hotels built in Lanzarote in breach of planning regulations could open the floodgates to more problems, warns the island's PSOE party. more...
El Médano - 17.03.2010 - Friends of the 36-year-old Russian woman who was killed by her Peruvian partner in El Médano on Monday say she had been afraid to report previous violence suffered due to fears she would be deported. 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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