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106-year old cyclist Robert Marchand set the world record for centenarians in the over 105-year old category last year after he rode an impressive 14 miles (23km) in an hour.
Almost 40 years ago – on October 10, 1983 – Audi Sport GmbH, as it is known now, was founded as quattro GmbH. Today, it shapes the sporty and exclusive image of the brand with the four rings. At Audi, the vehicles with the red rhombus stand for performance and sportiness. The birthday celebrations begin at the Nürburgring 24 Hours next weekend (May 18–21).
Barcelona, Oct 5 (EFE).- The Spanish international pivot Pau Gasol announced this Tuesday, at the age of 41 and after 21 active seasons, his retirement from professional basketball, a moment for which he had been preparing for "years" and which comes after playing one last season with Barça and one of the Olympic Games for the national team because he wanted to end his career "playing and enjoying himself."FOOTAGE AND SOUNDBITES FROM THE PRESS CONFERENCE BY PAU GASOLTRANSLATIONFortunately, I have been preparing for this moment for years, it is never sufficiently prepared, but I have invested in a professional team to position myself, explore projects, settle them, thanks to my work teams, such as my Foundation, for their professionalism and for helping me to cement that present . I've always said, "The price of greatness is responsibility." Many tell me that I am great. I have tried to be my best. If you assume the role of leader, if you are great, you have to assume certain responsibilities, I want to do it, give back to sport and to society everything they have given me. Representing the IOC. Barcelona advisor. Basketball Academy. Provide values to children. Philanthropy is very important to me. UNICEF ambassador. Mission to eradicate childhood obesity worldwide. I will continue with those projects. Hopefully we want in Spain a national plan against childhood obesity. It is one of our great projects. Beyond titles and medals, for me the important thing is to enjoy the present with those we love.
Sant Andreu de la Barca (Spain), Oct 1 (EFE) .- The local police of Sant Andreu de la Barca (Barcelona) made official on Friday the retirement of its canine agent Kènia, which has put an end to her career after 11 years of service.Kenia, a 12-year-old German shepherd, was a pioneer in the Canine Unit of Sant Andreu de la Barca, which is a benchmark in Spain.FOOTAGE OF THE RETIREMENT CEREMONY.
Montevideo, Sep 5 (EFE).- Since the confinement in 1971 that deprived more than 100 guerrillas of the National Liberation Movement-Tupamaros (MLN-T) of their freedom, a tunnel contructed by efforts in calculations and rods transformed into drills allowed a historic escape in a key year in recent Uruguayan history. (Camera: RAÚL MARTÍNEZ).B-ROLL OF THE PUNTA CARRETAS NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE THE PUNTA CARRETAS PRISON USED TO BE, IN MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY.SOUND BITES: MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL LIBERATION MOVEMENT-TUPAMAROS (MLN-T) JORGE ZABALZA (IN SPANISH).TRANSLATIONS: The important thing was the decision that we all had, the awareness that we had to get out some way because the fight had to continue. That was the point of the escape. We were in jail thinking about what was happening outside, about our comrades that were fighting, with all the news that came to us.