Hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets of barcelona to protest against spains plans to sack the Regional Government and hold fresh elections. The spanish Prime Minister said hed been left with no choice but to restore the rule of law. Carles puigdemont, catalans leader, compared the actions of madrid to the fascist regime of general franco. Tom burridge reports from barcelona. Angrier than ever before, catalans who want independence digesting madrids unprecedented move to temporarily scrap their devolved government. Theyjust want to crush us down, and weve got dignity. Weve got our dignity. Weve fought for it for years. We couldnt speak catalan only, like, 40, 50 years ago. Are we going to go back to that . I want to see the army here. Were going to see it at this rate. I dont want that. Im young and i dont have that much knowledge but i have enough knowledge to know that that isnt normal and it shouldnt be happening in our country. We are a developed country. This i
Double gold medalist Peder Fredericson is the World's No.1 showjumper, and has captured the FEI's Best Athlete Award; while team-mate Henrick von Eckermann and King Edward have been crowned the €1.25 million Longines Global Champions Tour Super Grand Prix Champions.
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Repeat winners were the order of the day in the latest edition of the FEI Awards, with dressage star Semmieke Rothenberger claiming the Longines FEI Rising Star Award for the second year in a row, and eventing legend Ingrid Klimke also taking back-to-back wins as Peden Bloodstock FEI Best Athlete.
With the FEI Awards Gala cancelled this year because of the Covid-19 pandemic, the winners were revealed online in a video narrated by British Paralympic champion Natasha Baker.
This year the task of choosing the best of the best from the past decade’s previous awards winners was entirely in the hands of the public who cast their votes for the 55 nominees from 19 nations. Over 70,000 votes were cast on FEI.org and on the Chinese social media platform WeChat. Podiums in each of the five categories were occupied by a global spread from Germany, Great Britain, Australia, China, Ireland, Palestine, South Africa, The Netherlands and Zambia.
Ingrid Klimke and Semmieke Rothenberger Take Top Honours in 2020 FEI Awards Fri, 12/11/2020 - 18:00
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Winners in the FEI Awards 2020 five categories were revealed today, with Eventing legend Ingrid Klimke taking back-to-back wins as the FEI Best Athlete and multi-medalled young Dressage star Semmieke Rothenberger claiming the FEI Rising Star Award for the second year in a row.
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This year the task of choosing the best of the best from the past decade’s previous awards winners was entirely in the hands of the public who cast their votes for the 55 nominees from 19 nations.
Over 70,000 votes were cast on FEI.org and on the Chinese social media platform WeChat. Podiums in each of the five categories were occupied by a global spread from Germany, Great Britain, Australia, China, Ireland, Palestine, South Africa, The Netherlands and Zambia.