Globo Madrid - The latest news from Madrid, Spain and around the world, 24/7

Madrid -

IN THE NEWS

La Rochelle stunned as Brive relegated from Top 14

La Rochelle stunned as Brive relegated from Top 14

La Rochelle slumped to a 42-31 defeat against Montpellier in the Top 14 on Saturday, just a week before they meet Leinster in the Champions Cup final, while Brive were relegated.

Read more
Prabhsimran, Brar shine as Punjab end Delhi's IPL hopes

Prabhsimran, Brar shine as Punjab end Delhi's IPL hopes

A maiden IPL century by Prabhsimran Singh and four wickets for Harpreet Brar powered Punjab Kings to a 31-run win and ended Delhi Capitals' hopes of making the play-offs on Saturday.

Read more
Hundreds of thousands flee as cyclone thunders towards Myanmar, Bangladesh

Hundreds of thousands flee as cyclone thunders towards Myanmar, Bangladesh

Hundreds of thousands of people were evacuated from the coasts of Myanmar and Bangladesh on Saturday as the region's most powerful cyclone for over a decade churned across the Bay of Bengal.

Read more
Flooding in Somalia displaces 200,000 people: official

Flooding in Somalia displaces 200,000 people: official

Around 200,000 people have been displaced due to flash flooding in central Somalia, a regional official told AFP on Saturday, as the Shabelle River burst its banks and submerged roads.

Read more
Back in from the cold, Russian judokas eye Paris Olympics

Back in from the cold, Russian judokas eye Paris Olympics

After returning to international competition at the world championships in Doha following a ban in the wake of the invasion of Ukraine, Russian and Belarusian judokas are now eyeing next year's Paris Olympics.

Read more
Defiant Pakistan ex-PM Imran Khan calls for more protests

Defiant Pakistan ex-PM Imran Khan calls for more protests

Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan on Saturday called for supporters to hold nationwide neighbourhood protests, days after clashes between his followers and security forces triggered by his arrest.

Read more
Saracens storm into Premiership final after Maitland controversy

Saracens storm into Premiership final after Maitland controversy

Saracens surged into the English Premiership final on Saturday but a 38-15 victory over Northampton was tinged with controversy after Sean Maitland plundered two tries having escaped an early card.

Read more
'Fantasy land': Mueller shuts down Bayern exit rumours

'Fantasy land': Mueller shuts down Bayern exit rumours

Bayern Munich captain Thomas Mueller shot down talk he is on his way out of the club as "fantasy land" after his side's 6-0 rout of Schalke on Saturday.

Read more
Express Diallo hauls Strasbourg away from trouble

Express Diallo hauls Strasbourg away from trouble

Senegalese forward Habib Diallo scored inside the opening minute of a Ligue 1 game for the third time this year as he got both goals in Strasbourg's 2-0 win over Nice on Saturday.

Read more
Alcaraz marks return to world number one with victory on Rome debut

Alcaraz marks return to world number one with victory on Rome debut

Carlos Alcaraz marked his return to the world number one ranking by comfortably seeing off fellow Spaniard Albert Ramos-Vinolas in his first ever match at the Italian Open on Saturday as the women's draw lost its fourth top 10 player.

Read more