Spain calls for Israel, Russia to be banned from international sports competitions

https://www.reuters.com/sports/spain-calls-israel-russia-be-banned-international-sports-competitions-2025-09-15/

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  3. Sanchez is only in power thanks to the support of the far left. He is willing to sell himself and cater to the far left so that they don’t remove their support. He knows he is done in the next elections and that is why he is trying to avoid new elections at all cost.

  4. Ahh yes the spanish prime minister. using Israel as a scapegoat to distract from the rampant corruption in his party that’s causing his country to lose standing and respect on the world stage. What an absolute scumbag. Dude basically said he would nuke israel if he could.

  5. The protests at La Vuelta España were so dumb because they were insisting the race org kick out Israel PremierTech, but there’s only 1 Israeli on the whole firkin team, and the team itself is not funded, supported, or sanctioned by the government of Israel…

  6. Why doesnt this jer*off send his goons to all other sporting events, and let them fuck it all up like they fucked up Vuelta?

  10. I can’t wait for next chants after Israel falls to Free Andelusia.

    > 🎶Down with Portugal n’ Spain, Al-Andelus will rise again🎶

  11. correct me if I’m wrong, but doesn’t Spain still occupy two northern ports in Morocco? is everyone OK with that?

  13. The guy who said they can’t stop Israel as they don’t have nuclear weapons, so the implication being that they’d use them against Israel if they had them …

  14. Sanchez has absolutely gone off the deep end this week.

    Pro-Palestine protests in Madrid disrupted the Vuelta a España, a globally famous sports event, to the point that a part of the race was cancelled entirely, and the response of the Spanish PM was to…compliment the protestors for disrupting the event.

    Whatever his opinion on Palestine is, it’s an insane stance to take for someone who is ultimately supposed to be representing his country and promoting its best interests.

  15. It’s time for us to start the reparations movement against Spain!

  16. Country that banned Jews from 1492 *until 1968* back at it.

  17. If Spain succeeds they will celebrate by drinking matar judíos.

  18. Why Israel? They didn’t invade a sovereign country. They didn’t even invade a territory. They were invaded and are now trying to squash the invaders to secure their people, as any nation should.

  19. **Ah yes, nothing solves global conflict like banning cyclists and tennis players.**

  21. I watched the Vuelta, and some moments stood out to me:

    – Stage 5 TTT, protestors block the path of team IPT (Israel Premier Tech) during their turn
    – Stage 20, a crowd decides to lie in the street seconds before the peloton arrives

    I don’t think the protesters really understand how fast these guys are going, possibly 60 km/h or more. Especially on stage 20, lying in the street is like asking to be run over by a bunch of vehicles, including the team cars behind the pack. It put their own lives as well as those of the riders in danger. Other stages were shortened or cancelled, and rightfully so. People could have gotten killed.

    I believe people should have the right to protest – there are problems with sportwashing and they have a right to be against it, but they shouldn’t do it in a way that puts people’s lives in danger.

  23. Spain has a track record with telling Jews to get lost…

  24. Where the f are all the other countries in this…oh wait, receiving back handers for political power

  25. I wish people would stop vacationing in Spain so they would fade into obscurity and no one would be subjected to their terrible opinions on anything anymore

  26. I think all sports should be free of politics in general. Banning athletes does absolutely nothing to stop any war. Plus if they used the same metric on every country so many nations would be banned because they all have rocky modern history. Just leave politics out of sports.

  28. Why not afghanistan for the taliban? There is an endless list of innocent people one could punish for the crimes of their goverment. Its just stupid.

  29. Not China? Iran? North Korea? At least be consistent if you will pretend to care about human rights

  30. You know what I think? I think Pedro Sanchez should stop talking for a while…thats what I think. A bit of retrospection would do him good.

  32. This is the same Spain that had to be strong armed into increasing their defense spending to 2% GDP because they claimed Russia wasn’t a problem for Western Europe. Their political theater means little when their actions portray otherwise.

  33. Is Iran banned already for sponsoring attacks against Israel?

  35. this corrupt official will say anything to stay in power

  36. How about China and Iran? Frankly the United States is looking pretty grim these days, too.

  38. I agree if you can’t play nice with your neighbors, you should not be invited to the party.

  40. Also ban that country that clamped down on the Basques independence, and chased their leader across Europe. The name of that country currently escapes me, but I’m sure the Spanish PM would know.

  45. Love how it’s only ever high profile war crimes that price give a shit about.

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