Your support helps us to tell the story
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.
At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.
The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it.
Your support makes all the difference.Natalia Dorado, Spain's captain, scored with three well-struck penalty corners to send Great Britain tumbling to a 3-1 defeat in Madrid yesterday - their worst defeat at the hands of the Olympic champions since they lost 5-1 in Santander in 1988 just prior to departure to the Seoul Olympics, writes Bill Colwill.
It was a disappointing result for their coach, Sue Slocombe, as the team completed their extended preparation programme of international matches prior to departure a week today to North Carolina for acclimatisation before moving to Atlanta.
Yesterday Britain pinned the Spanish into their own half for long periods without looking like scoring and it was not until the 67th minute that they won their only penalty corner, which Scotland's Sue Fraser converted.
Spain, fielding eight Olympic gold medallists, looked dangerous on the break and even more dangerous at set-pieces, Dorado scoring from three of their six penalty corners.
SPAIN: M Gonzalez; E Urkizo; S de Ignacio, M Telleria, C Gonzalez; N Dorado (capt), C Barea, B Larzabal; T Motos, S Barrio, N Gabellanes. Substitutes used: S Manrique, M Rueda, L Lopez and M Seito.
GREAT BRITAIN: J Thompson (Ipswich); J Atkins (Bradford Swithinbank, capt), S Fraser (Bonagrass Grove), K Brown (Slough), K Johnson (Balsam Leicester); P Robertson (Bonagrass), M Davies (Sutton Canada Life), T Miller (Clifton); J Sixsmith (Sutton), M Nicholls (Slough), T Cullen (Hightown). Substitutes used: C Cook (Hightown), J Mould (Balsam Leicester) and A Bennett (Slough).
Umpires: M Martos (Sp) and G Clarke (Eng).
Join our commenting forum
Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies
Comments