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Alfredo Relaño takes a look at the Spanish former IOC chief who brought the Olympics to Barcelona, but whose fascist ties make him a controversial figure.
ByAlfredo Relaño
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The Real Madrid captain is yet another player who has achieved everything in his sport, but longs for the glory of having participated in the Olympics.
ByAlfredo Relaño
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It was 1965 and Manolo Santana had just won Roland Garros for the second time, a feat that passed largely unnoticed in Spain except among a ...
ByAlfredo Relaño
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He was so much more than a champion. He was a pioneer - one of those Spanish sportsmen who just came out of nowhere in the 1960s.
ByAlfredo Relaño
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