By Linda Hall • Published: 31 Oct 2020 • 17:30
SPORTS COMPLEX: No name change for Roquetas centre Photo credit: Roquetas town hall
SOCIALIST councillors abandoned a Roquetas council meeting after the local government annulled a 2016 decision to rename the municipal Sports Centre. The Pabellon de Deportes Infanta Cristina will remain as it is, despite a previous – and unanimous – vote to delete the name of King Juan Carlos I’s daughter. This came at a time when Cristina’s husband Iñaki Urdangarin had been found guilty of siphoning off money and the Infanta herself was questioned in court about her own possible involvement.
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