Real Madrid’s toxic targeting of referees is a symbol of the Spanish grandees’ decline | Jonathan Wilson

found 2025 › May › 03 (Sat) @ 19:40 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Super League patron Florentino Pérez sets the tone with his destructive acts of pettiness, dragging down a once noble club

Referees have never been so disdained and despised as they are now. Those who…

Barcelona win thrilling Copa del Rey and drive Madrid to red card fury

found 2025 › Apr › 27 (Sun) @ 08:45 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Final: Barcelona 3-2 Real Madrid (aet)
Pedri 28 Torres 84, Koundé 116; Mbappé 70, Tchouaméni

It was late, and they were tired, but with four minutes left and long after midnight in Seville, everyone p…

Real Madrid deny they considered Copa del Rey final boycott over referee

found 2025 › Apr › 25 (Fri) @ 21:50 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Real Madrid refuse to turn up for pre-match events
Club had previously demanded action from RFEF

Real Madrid have denied that they ever considered refusing to play the Copa del Rey final against Barcel…

Real Madrid may boycott Copa del Rey final over referee comments

found 2025 › Apr › 25 (Fri) @ 20:25 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Real Madrid refuse to turn up for pre-match events
Club not ruling out no-show for Saturday showpiece

Just 24 hours before kick-off, the Copa del Rey final was at risk of not going ahead after Real Mad…

Copa del Rey final referee breaks down in wake of Real Madrid TV criticism

found 2025 › Apr › 25 (Fri) @ 15:25 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

RMTV released video of De Burgos’s decisions in career
Official says: ‘It is not right what we are going through’

Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea, the referee for Saturday’s Copa del Rey final between Rea…

Copa del Rey final referee breaks down over Real Madrid TV pressure

found 2025 › Apr › 25 (Fri) @ 15:20 UTC

a story from Al Jazeera › Al Jazeera English

Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea emotionally responds to Real Madrid TV pressure before refereeing the Copa del Rey final.

Panama approves embattled ex-President Martinelli’s passage to Nicaragua

found 2025 › Mar › 28 (Fri) @ 06:07 UTC

a story from Al Jazeera › Al Jazeera English

Ricardo Martinelli has been convicted of money laundering in his native Panama and sentenced to 10 years in prison.

Celebrating Life and Death: Havana's Annual Mock Funeral Tradition

found 2025 › Feb › 06 (Thu) @ 17:15 UTC

a story from Euronews › Euronews

In Havana, Cubans celebrated life and death with a mock funeral for 77-year-old Ricardo "Pachencho" Herrera, a retired mechanic

Selena Gomez's family history revealed following tearful video about Trump's immigration policy

found 2025 › Jan › 28 (Tue) @ 06:04 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Selena's own grandparents, Mary and Ricardo Gomez, arrived in the United States illegally from Mexico in the 1970s and her father, also called Ricardo, was born in Texas soon after.