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Val Gardena Downhill Rescheduled For Bormio

December 22, 2019 4:12 pm

The cancelled men’s World Cup downhill in Val Gardena has been rescheduled to be raced on Bormio’s testing Stelvio course on December 27, organisers said Sunday.

The Stelvio is considered amongst the most technically difficult and spectacular pistes on the circuit alongside the daunting Streif in Kitzbuehel.

The piste has seen great champions such as Norway’s Aksel Lund Svindal, American Bode Miller and Austrian Hermann Maier take the honours, while defending champion is Italian speed specialist Dominik Paris.

The rescheduling of the December 21 World Cup event …

3,000 Police And Security For Rescheduled ‘Clasico’

December 13, 2019 4:59 pm

Some 3,000 police officers and private security agents will be deployed for the rescheduled ‘Clasico’ between Barcelona and Real Madrid next week, local officials said Friday, amid renewed fears of unrest around the fixture.

Protestors from the Catalan separatist movement Democratic Tsunami have called for a “massive” protest outside Camp Nou, where Barca are due to play the match against Real in La Liga on December 18.

Spain’s most prestigious fixture was originally scheduled for October 26 but had to be postponed following a wave of pro-independence demonstrations in Barcelona which saw protesters hurl rocks at security forces and …