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It was again a case of what could have been at La Rosaleda on Saturday night as Malaga threw away their lead against title-chasing Valencia. Maxime Lestienne made his debut on the right-hand side and provided an element that the side has been ... Hernández rushed out to close him down. Malaga started the second half with more energy. First, Youssef En-Nesyri tried his luck from the half way line when keeping possession would have spared his blushes - the ball went out for a throw-in. Moments ... more men to the attack, the visitors forced Malaga onto the back foot for the first time in the game. The pressure eventually told with ten minutes to go when former Arsenal man Francis Coquelin headed home Dani Parejo's corner kick at the near post to

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Daryl Finch

It was a game that no one was looking forward to. With nothing to play for, and with the home crowd at La Rosaleda baying for blood, Malaga put in a performance that matched the atmosphere as they lost 3-0 to Deportivo Alavés in the Sunday lunchtime ... Víctor López's lay-off. Evidently enjoying their time on the Costa del Sol, the Basque side continued to create chances through forwards John Guidetti and Ermedin Demirovi?. Malaga defender Ignasi Miquel had two chances in the 35th minute; his first ... Borja Bastón replaced Brown Ideye at the break and this coincided with Malaga's best period of the game. Within seven minutes of the restart, the hosts carved out opportunities for Adrián, Maxime Lestienne and Diego Rolán. Quickfire double The

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Sheikh’s deal to run La Bajadilla is cancelled after broken promises

The Junta de Andalucía has cancelled the contract to run the La Bajadilla marina in Marbella that it awarded in 2011 to NAS Marbella, a company headed by Sheikh Abdullah Al-Thani, who also owns Málaga CF. According to the Junta statement, the

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What George left behind on the Costa del Sol

REGINA SOTORRÍO MALAGA

George Michael only performed once in Malaga but he certainly left his mark on the city. A poor turnout of 12,000 people went to his concert in La Rosaleda stadium, and the event turned out to be a major financial disaster for the city hall, with ... losses to the tune of 130 million pesetas (780,000 euros). His visit also left its mark in the form of a signed guitar used by the pop star in his Malaga concert. Today, the instrument is kept in a glass case in the municipal Youth Department. We need ... year and the aim was to earn Malaga a place on the international concert circuit. Top names included George Michael, Duran Duran, Paul Simon and Deacon Blue. But things did not go as well as expected. The first three concerts generated substantial

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Great festival of folk music bursts into life

ÁLVARO CABRERA

Every 28th December for the past 55 years the Malaga district of Puerto de la Torre has celebrated the Fiesta Mayor de los Verdiales. The festival is the most important of its kind in the province and despite being held on a working day, 26 bands ... rhythm going the longest. The festival, which started around midday and was attended by thousands of people, lasted more than twelve consecutive hours. It showcased true Malaga folk music and a jury selected the best couples dancing, the best singer and ... dancer as part of their group for five years but they weren't the winners in their category which was dominated by Raíces de Málaga. The Montes competition was won by the Montes del Guadalmedina. Malaga's mayor, Francisco de la Torre, attended the

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Courts start to order banks to fully refund clients with floor rate clauses

NURIA TRIGUERO

Just one day after the European Court of Justice announced that Spanish banks will have to refund their clients with all the money they have overpaid through mortgage floor rate clauses, courts in Malaga had already begun to comply with the ECJ's ... decision. The ECJ issued its decision on Wednesday 21 December and the following day the Malaga district court number 8 made decisions in two cases, finding in favour of the bank clients each time and ordering the banks - Unicaja and Catalunya Banc in ... these cases - to refund all the extra money they had been received since the mortgages were taken out. The government will draw up a Code of Good Practice with regard to the bank refunds On the same day, the Malaga provincial court also made two

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Torre del Mar's library project out to tender

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Last Friday the development of the new Torre del Mar library went out to tender, appearing on Malaga province's official bulletin for works (Boletín Oficial de la Provincia de Málaga or BOPMA). The project will reform the old bingo hall situated in

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Romero, appointed by the sheikh

ANTONIO GÓNGORA

In the end, when the 'white smoke' did appear at Malaga CF, it brought with it an enormous and unexpected surprise. In fact, there was almost shock when the announcement was made that Marcelo 'Gato' Romero had been appointed as the new head coach. ... indefinite period. Malaga CF needed a new head coach after Juande Ramos resigned last week. Romero, known in his playing days as 'El Gato', has the advantage of knowing the club both as a player and as a coach; the players know how he works because until ... this new appointment he was the assistant coach. The 40-year-old Uruguayan is now in his third year with Malaga: he was second coach under Javi Gracia for two years, and was kept on the staff as assistant coach under Juande Ramos, while the second

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The story so far

Rob Palmer

...developed from a soldier at Stoke into a sergeant-major at Sevilla. Alongside him Roque Mesa is the heart and soul of the spirited Las Palmas team. Pablo Fornals is my revelacion of the season so far: the Malaga youngster has matured with every game and he

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The story so far

Rob Palmer

...developed from a soldier at Stoke into a sergeant-major at Sevilla. Alongside him Roque Mesa is the heart and soul of the spirited Las Palmas team. Pablo Fornals is my revelacion of the season so far: the Malaga youngster has matured with every game and he