Olympic Gold For Mallorcan Athlete
Joan Llaneras from Porreres won Spain’s second Gold medal in the Beijing 2008 Olympics, yesterday, the day when the Mallorcan pueblo celebrated its summer Festes de Sant Roc. Llaneras won […]
XXIV Trofeo Almirante Conde de Barcelona
Palma de Mallorca stages the Trofeo Almirante Conde de Barcelona, an annual Vintage Boats regatta now in its 24th year. The trophy race is organized by the Real Fundación Hispania de Barcos and […]
Mallorca and the Olympics 2008 in Beijing
Joan Llaneras, Margalida Fullana, Rudy Fernández, Rafael Nadal and Nuria Llagostera are amongst the 15 athletes that represent the Balearic Islands during the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, Beijing (China). Joan Llaneras from Porreras […]
Real C. D. Mallorca
Rumours have it that Mallorcan First Division football club, Real Club Deportivo Mallorca, has been sold. The club was originally founded in 1916. In 1945, the club moved to its […]
Palma Arena
You may have heard of the Palma Arena, a new sports venue in Palma de Mallorca. Palma Arena was built as a velodrome for indoor cycling races. It was inaugurated in 2007 […]
Local Hero
Mallorca’s local hero Rafael Nadal, Wimbledon Champion 2008, is now back on the island, via Stuttgart, where he had to withdraw from the Mercedes Cup due to an injury sustained […]
Polo in Mallorca
One does not hear a lot about Polo being played in Mallorca. That is Polo as a team sport played outdoors on horseback. Yes, there is professionally played Polo in Spain, on the […]
Nadal Won Wimbledon on Third Bid
Rafael Nadal is this athletic 22-year old tennis player from Mallorca. Rafa crowned his best season ever by finally winning The All England Tennis and Croquet Club (AELTC) championships in Wimbledon, […]
Coliseo Balear
Bullfighting is more of a Spanish affair, rather than a Mallorcan one. Thus, there remain only five active arenas in Mallorca for bullfights, with less than a dozen bullfights per […]
Four Wins at Roland Garros
Rafa Nadal yesterday won the French Open Championship at Roland Garros in Paris for the fourth consecutive year. Only Björn Borg ever achieved that feat before the 22 year old […]
World Champion From Felanitx
Guillem Timoner Obrador is a friendly man of 82 years. He lives in Felanitx. He was born in Felanitx and he has always lived in Felanitx. Señor Timoner is a […]
Four Times, Rafa Nadal
Rafa Nadal may not be Number One in the Tennis world, but he managed to claim a fourth successive Masters title yesterday, in Monte Carlo, Monaco, the first man to complete […]
Mallorca Challenge 2008
The XVII Volta Ciclista a Mallorca is held from February 10th to 14th, and yesterday, the cyclists whizzed through Felanitx. Belgium Philippe Gilbert had taken the surprise lead during Day […]
Rock Climbing and Abseiling
Last Sunday we headed to Cala Magraner on the east coast, not far from Porto Cristo, to do some abseiling. A good rock wall can be found in the Xorics […]
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