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Mark Knopfler to perform in concert in Malaga in July

January 12, 2013
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As part of his European summer tour, Mark Knopfler will be performing on Saturday 27^th July at the Malaga bullring, starting at 22.30 h.

Prior to this, he will also be in Barcelona on the 25th, Madrid on the 26^thand afterwards at Gijón, on the 29^th, and San Sebastián on the 30^th July. In total, Mark Knopfler will be playing 72 destinations in 25 countries this summer.

Tickets are on sale now at www.ticketmaster.es (902 150 025), Halconviajes.com, www.malagaentradas.com at Centro Comercial Málaga Plaza, and El Corte Ingles. Prices are between 28€ and 95€.

Mark Knopfler will be on stage with Richard Bennet (guitar), Jim Cox (piano), Guy Fletcher (keyboard), John McCusker (violin) y Mike McGoldrick (flute), Glenn Worf (base) y Ian Thomas (drums). The songs will be a mix of some of his classics from when he was with Dire Straights such as ‘Money For Nothing’, ‘Sultans Of Swing’, ‘Romeo And Juliet’ or ‘Walk Of Life’, as well as new compositions from his latest album, Privateering. It’s now twenty years since he performed his last concert together with them in London. He last played in Spain in 2010.

Travel High Speed from London to Malaga

January 8, 2013
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The new and latest link in the Spanish AVE high speed train network was opened today between Barcelona and Figueres on the Spanish/French border. So now you can catch the high speed train from London to Paris, change for a train to the Spanish border, hop on the next stage to Barcelona, and finally change for the non-stop AVE link right the way though to Sevilla, Cordoba and Málaga in southern Spain.

The AVE is a very comfortable, clean and efficient way to travel and offers an alternative to flying and definitely to driving. With speeds up to 300 kms an hour, it’s a wonderful way to see the countryside whilst travelling in style. All comforts can be found on board with full catering facilities, Wi-Fi and PC computer connections, newspapers and magazines, in-train videos and music, 2 and 4 berth sleepers, private toilets and showers, and for business and first class passengers breakfast, a full 3-course lunch or dinner and drink service brought to your seat.

Travelling times:

Paris – Barcelona in six and a half hours.

Paris – Madrid in 10 hours.

Barcelona – Málaga (without changing in Madrid): five and a half hours.

The AVE service has been in operation in Malaga since 2007 and connects to Sevilla, Cordoba, Madrid, Valladolid, Valencia, Barcelona and Girona. There is also a section open in La Coruña which will eventually link up with Madrid as well as an extension from Málaga to Granada, currently under construction. Spain has today the biggest network of high speed trains in Europe.

Malaga FC continues to make football history

October 26, 2012
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Malaga football club seem to have no limits this season as they continue to break records in the Champions league and in the Spanish football league.

They have played 5 unbeaten games so far in Champions, two against Panathinaikos in order to qualify (1 draw and 1 win), and three games in the championship. They have won all 3 group games, scored 7 goals without receiving one!… and are clear leaders with 5 points difference to 7 times European champions, Milan! Malaga is only one of four teams ever to achieve such an impressive debut in the Champions league.

They are third in La Liga in Spain, only behind Barcelona and Atletico de Madrid, and ahead of Real Madrid.

Only three months ago Malaga was facing a very uncertain future as their owner Abdullah Al Ahmed Al Thani sold off some of their star players and threatened to sell the club as well. Since then, with the fantastic results that Malaga has achieved, the owner was present at La Rosaleda this week to witness Malaga’s historic 1-0 win over Milan. With probably just one more point from the three remaining group games, Malaga can qualify for the last sixteen.

All of their homes games are a sell-out. The local merchandisers outside of the ground now report record sales of Malaga’s kit, scarves and souvenirs, well ahead of Barcelona and Real Madrid!

Malaga fans can’t believe it as they see their team having the most successful season ever in their history. It’s also good for the image of Malaga… Spread the word!

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Rumours abound that David Beckham could become president of Malaga FC

September 10, 2012
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A strange exchange of shares could make David Beckham the new president of Málaga football club. It is well known that the current owner wants to offload his shares in the club and could have offered them to the ex-Real Madrid player in exchange for shares that Beckham owns in two Arab football clubs.

Malaga fans could have a world famous president. According to a report in the Los Angeles Times David Beckham could acquire 75% of the shares together with the American ex footballer and former president of Los Angeles Galaxy, Alexia Lalas.

However, Moayad Shatat, executive vice president of the Malaga club, said he is not aware of the operation, although the news has spread like wildfire over the Internet on fan forums.

It has also been reported that the initials MFC, apart from standing for Malaga Football Club could have been confused with MFC in America, a financial corporation called Malaga Bank.

All of this may come to absolutely nothing, but if there is any truth in the rumours, Beckham certainly would be the person to put Malaga club definitely on the map, especially in the light of Malaga’s up and coming season in the Champions League.

Malaga draw Milan, Anderlecht and Zenit in the Champions League

August 30, 2012
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The draw for the Group stage of the Champions League, 2012/13, took place this afternoon in Monaco.

32 teams were drawn from 4 pots including 4 teams from Spain – Real Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, and for the first time in their history, Malaga.

The matches of the first phase will be played 18-19 September, 2-3 October, 23-24 October, 6-7 November, 20-21 November and 4-5 December.

The final will be played in Wembley stadium on 25th May 2013, which coincides with the 150th anniversary of the English Football Association’s (FA) foundation.

RESULT OF THE DRAW

GROUP A	GROUP B	GROUP C	GROUP D
Porto	Arsenal	Milan	Real Madrid
Dynamo Kyiv	Schalke	Zenit	Manchester City
PSG	Olympiacos	Anderlecht	Ajax
Dinamo Zagreb	Montpellier	Málaga	Borrusia Dortmund

GROUP E	GROUP F	GROUP G	GROUP H
Chelsea	Bayern	Barcelona	Manchester United
Shakhtar Donetsk	Valencia	Benfica	Braga
Juventus	Lille	Spartak Moskva	Galatasaray
Nordsjælland	BATE	Celtic	CFR Cluj

Malaga FC to play Panathinaikos in the play-off for Champions

August 10, 2012
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This morning’s draw for the Champions league play-off sees Málaga pitched against Panathinaikos in a 2-way leg starting in Málaga with the return match in Athens.

Given all the bad and unsettling news coming out of the club in recent days, this is by no means an easy match. Santi Cazorla has gone to Arsenal and their main forward, Rondon, to Rubin Kazan and Mathijsen may be transferred to Feyenoord. Furthermore, players have not been paid and their manager, Pellegrini, has stated that he will stay on for another season only if all players get paid what’s owed to them.

Málaga had a great end to last season, finishing in a Champion’s place in the Spanish league, and looking forward to what could be the best possible season in the history of the club. However, things have not gone well for the owner of the club who apart from his 5 year project to make Málaga a championship winning side, has had disappointments with other projects in the province including a new sporting complex and stadium for the club and a marina project in Marbella. Local planning laws and permissions have been slow in coming through together with reported personal financial problems for the owner of Málaga football club.

Certainly, the fans will feel that they have been let down, but let’s hope that reported new signings around the corner come to fruition and Málaga can approach the new season with confidence.

UPDATE:

Tickets for the Champions game are on sale from August 17th at the Rosaleda. Non-season ticket holders may purchase them from Saturday for prices ranging between 35 and 90 euros.

Malaga FC warms up for Champions with pre-season match against Everton

July 1, 2012
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Malaga’s historic entry into the Champions League for next season is subject to a 2 leg qualifying game at the end of August.

To prepare for these games, Everton football club have announced a pre-season friendly with Malaga here on the Costa del Sol at the Rosaleda stadium on August 11th.

Supporters of Malaga are looking forward to matches with the European football elite this coming season and this is a perfect warm-up for things to come.

UPDATE: Tickets for the Costa del Sol Trophy are now available at the Rosaleda ground from today 13th July, or online at ticketmaster.com, ranging from 15 – 70 Euros.

Malaga airport inaugurates its second runway

June 29, 2012
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Malaga airport’s second runway has finally opened, which will increase the capacity to deal with 65 flights an hour instead of 37, with just one runway.

The runway was opened on Tuesday by the government minister, Ana Pastor. She pledged that this investment in Malaga and the Costa del Sol was capable of generating 15 billion Euros in the surrounding areas. There is no doubt that this now makes Malaga’s airport one of the finest on mainland Spain, only behind those of Madrid and Barcelona.

The airport authorities will only use the second strip when required, especially in summer, but may be used much less in winter until demand picks up.

The mayor of Malaga, Francisco de la Torre, also reminded the minister of the pending AVE high speed train link from Malaga centre to the airport, which would make Malaga one of the best transport hubs in southern Spain.

The High Speed AVE now links Málaga and Valencia bypassing Madrid

May 17, 2012
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The AVE, the Spanish high speed train now runs non-stop from Málaga to Valencia without having to change in Madrid.

A new 7 kilometer link around the capital has just been opened and ensures a direct route that saves an hour on the previous journey via Madrid, and which now takes just 4 hours and 35 minutes. This is good for travellers between the Costa del Sol and Costa Blanca.

Apart from the AVE travelling to both Cordoba and Sevilla, on route to Madrid, there also exists a direct connection already in service to Barcelona.

Antonio Banderas to play Pablo Picasso in a new film “33 Days”

February 25, 2012
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Antonio Banderas, the Spanish actor from Malaga, will star in a new film “33 Days” about the life of Pablo Picasso.

Both artists from Malaga were born just four blocks away from each other’s birthplace. The film will be about Guernica, one of Picasso’s most famous works. Banderas is today about the same age as when the artist painted it.

Banderas will play the part of Picasso and Gwyneth Paltrow will play Dora Maar, a French photographer, poet and painter, known for being Picasso’s lover and muse who took photographs of the various stages of the art work in Rue des Grands Augustins in Paris.

The film will be shot in Paris and Guernica (Euskadi), starting in August.

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