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Ben Yedder hat-trick eases Sevilla past Maribor

Seville - Muslimchronicle

French forward Wissam Ben Yedder hit a hat-trick as Sevilla soared to the top of Champions League Group E by cruising to a 3-0 win over Slovenian champions Maribor on Tuesday. Ben Yedder produced clinical finishes from close range twice in 11 first-half minutes to put the hosts well on course for victory before completing his hat-trick with a penaltyRead more

Economic rebound bypasses Spain's poorest neighbourhood

Seville - Muslimchronicle

Elvira Montadas pushes her neighbour in a wheelchair along a badly paved sidewalk, past crumbling buildings, in return for some pocket change. This is one of the odd jobs allowing her to survive in Spain's poorest neighbourhood -- Los Pajaritos in Seville, the country's fourth largest city famous for its Alcazar palace. A divorced mother of two teenage daughters, 49-year-oldRead more

Spain heatwave breaks records and kills one

Madrid - Muslimchronicle

Spain baked in a record-breaking heatwave on Thursday which was blamed for the death of a road crew worker and is suspected of leaving another man in critical condition. The 54-year-old male victim died of suspected heatstroke late Wednesday while laying asphalt near the town of Moron de la Frontera in the southwestern province of Seville, emergency services said.Read more

60 guitars and family-style flamenco

Seville - Arab Today

He's won Latin Grammy awards, toured the world and played with flamenco's superstar "gods" Camaron de la Isla and Paco de Lucia. But at 58, Spain's famed gypsy guitarist Tomatito, who drew a standing ovation at Seville's Flamenco Biennial this week, remains modest and almost shy, wrapped up in his passion for an art form he learned early on asRead more

Solar plane completes first-ever Atlantic flight

Seville - Arab Today

The Solar Impulse 2 landed in Spain Thursday after completing a 71-hour flight from New York in the first "magical" solo transatlantic crossing in a solar-powered airplane. Applause broke out as the experimental plane set down at Seville airport in southern Spain just before 7:40 am (0540 GMT) where a team was on the ground to welcome Swiss pilot andRead more