February 17 – In what must surely be a first of its kind, a top-flight game was postponed at the weekend not because of weather conditions, fixture congestion or fan disruption but for environmental reasons in the shape of air contamination.
Eibar’s home La Liga match against Real Sociedad on Sunday was called off because of “high levels of chemical compounds detected in the air” around the Ipurua Municipal Stadium.
A landfill site near Eibar collapsed on February 6 causing fires and trapping two workers,
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