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The Times of India summarizes the “Athletic model” for its readers

Athletic Bilbao’s Raúl García (22) after his team scored in a 5-1 victory over Partizan Belgrade. All of Athletic’s players have Basque ties. Credit Alvaro Barrientos/Associated Press
This article was translated by John R. Bopp In these six years that we’ve been doing this blog, we’ve made many references to information we’ve collected...

Real Sociedad is news around the world (and not because of...

El otro protagonista de esta historia solidaria de la Real Sociedad
This article was translated by John R. Bopp Our readers will know that we don’t talk about Basque sports news when it comes to who’s traded...

Olarticoechea: a book protagonist, Argentine, footballer, national team selector, and Basque.

Julio Jorge Olarticoechea, seleccionador del equipo olímpico de futbol de Argentina en las Olimpiadas 2016
  This article was translated by John R. Bopp A month ago, on this blog we talked about a biography about an Argentine footballer who was known...

Interest in the “Eibar model” reaches the US

Campo de la SD Eibar (fotografía de J.M Serrano Arce)
This article was translated by John R. Bopp Philly.com is the digital version of The Inquirer in Philadelphia, and a Basque soccer team, Sociedad Deportiva Eibar...

A book about a Basque from Saladillo, Argentina

Agustín Di Benedetto autor del libro sobre Julio Olarticoechea, el "Vasco de Saladillo"
This article was translated by John R. Bopp A while back, one of those “anti-Basque satellites” that occasionally pops up in the social network of this...

From India: the Basque economy, San Mamés Stadium, the London Olympic...

Una representación del Estadio Olimpico de Londres utilizado por el West Ham
This article was translated by John R. Bopp The New Indian Express is a newspaper published in India in English.  Today, this newspaper has £surprised us...

The AP writes about Iñaki Williams and we repeat yet again:...

In this Tuesday Nov. 24, 2015 photo, Athletic Bilbao's Inaki Williams, center, warms up with Ander Iturraspe, and Raul Garcia, left, during a team training session in Lezama, near to Bilbao, northern Spain, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015. Inaki Williams is not the type of soccer player you would expect to see at Athletic Bilbao, the traditional Spanish club that only fields players from Bilbao and its neighboring Basque regions. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)
This article was translated by Joseba Varela At the beginning of the year, we wrote a comment under the title: Is Iñaki Williams black? Well,...

First meeting of Athletic’s official fan club in New York

This article was tranlated by Iustrans   This month, About Basque Country covers the two most "important" events to take place in the "Big Apple". First, the...

Athletic’s official fan club (Peña Athletic) founded in New York

Peña Athletic New York
This article was tranlated by Iustrans On May 1, 2015, was the official announcement of the creation of the official fan club of the Athletic...

Will a Mexican team play against… Athletic? in Boise during the...

Un equipo vasco y uno Mexicano se enfrentarán en un partido de fútbol en el Jaialdi 2015
This article was tranlated by Iustrans Update (08/04/2015): the two teams, Athletic Club and Tijuana, have already confirmed their participation. We've been talking for some time...