Sánchez receives the feminine selection of basketball, which revalidated yesterday the title of champion of Europa

Madrid, 8 July 2019.- the president of the caretaker government, Fred Sánchez received this afternoon in the palace of the Moncloa to members and technical team for the feminine Spanish selection of basketball, that yesterday its proclaimed champion title in the Eurobasket 2019 held in Letonia Serbian and.

The event was attended by the vice president of the caretaker government, Carmen Balding, the minister of culture and sport in functions, José Guirao, president of the High Council of sports, María José Free, and the president of the Spanish Federation Real basketball, Jorge Garbajosa.

Spain proclaimed yesterday in Belgrado (Serbia) champion of Europa for the fourth time in its history after defeating France in the final, becoming the first country to revalidated that title since 1991. The team gets further its seventh consecutive medal to add metals obtained in Europeans, global and the Olympic Games.

In his speech, the president has approached the players to express “ the pride of Spanish society ” for his victory, product, has said, “ of a job well done and the dedication, sacrifice and companionship ” who distil inside and outside the court. Sánchez has claimed that Spain will believe in the team, to which he liked to get a new triumph in the Olympic Games of Tokio 2020, for which the selection is already classified.

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Photos: Pool Moncloa / Fernando Bald / Video: Pool Moncloa / Jorge Villar Mount Diego