Mikel Blanco

Entre Pamplona y Madrid. 📸🎥

[C. A. OSASUNA @Osasuna]

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#LaLigaHighLights

[Álvaro Montero @AlvaroMonteroYF]

“FAMILIA” 🇪🇸

Luis de la Fuente, por @mblancoar 📸

[C. A. OSASUNA @Osasuna]

COMUNICADO OFICIAL | Osasuna renueva a Kike Barja hasta 2028.

#KikeBarja2028

https://t.co/8T2O37aYpQ

[C. A. OSASUNA @Osasuna]

1⃣1⃣❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

#LALIGAHighlights

[Gersh Sports @TeamYouFirst]

You First & Gersh join forces to lead the global sports and entertainment industry.

https://t.co/z91DGdmIwI

#TeamYouFirst #Gersh

[Roger Federer @rogerfederer]

Vamos, @RafaelNadal!

As you get ready to graduate from tennis, I’ve got a few things to share before I maybe get emotional.

Let’s start with the obvious: you beat me—a lot. More than I managed to beat you. You challenged me in ways no one else could. On clay, it felt like I was stepping into your backyard, and you made me work harder than I ever thought I could just to hold my ground. You made me reimagine my game—even going so far as to change the size of my racquet head, hoping for any edge.

I’m not a very superstitious person, but you took it to the next level. Your whole process. All those rituals. Assembling your water bottles like toy soldiers in formation, fixing your hair, adjusting your underwear... All of it with the highest intensity. Secretly, I kind of loved the whole thing. Because it was so unique—it was so you.

And you know what, Rafa, you made me enjoy the game even more. 

OK, maybe not at first. After the 2004 Australian Open, I achieved the #1 ranking for the first time. I thought I was on top of the world. And I was—until two months later, when you walked on the court in Miami in your red sleeveless shirt, showing off those biceps, and you beat me convincingly. All that buzz I’d been hearing about you—about this amazing young player from Mallorca, a generational talent, probably going to win a major someday—it wasn’t just hype.

We were both at the start of our journey and it’s one we ended up taking together. Twenty years later, Rafa, I have to say: What an incredible run you’ve had. Including 14 French Opens—historic! You made Spain proud... you made the whole tennis world proud.

I keep thinking about the memories we’ve shared. Promoting the sport together. Playing that match on half-grass, half-clay. Breaking the all-time attendance record by playing in front of more than 50,000 fans in Cape Town, South Africa. Always cracking each other up. Wearing each other out on the court and then, sometimes, almost literally having to hold each other up during trophy ceremonies.

I’m still grateful you invited me to Mallorca to help launch the Rafa Nadal Academy in 2016. Actually, I kind of invited myself. I knew you were too polite to insist on me being there, but I didn’t want to miss it. You have always been a role model for kids around the world, and Mirka and I are so glad that our children have all trained at your academies. They had a blast and learned so much—like thousands of other young players. Although I always worried my kids would come home playing tennis as lefties.

And then there was London—the Laver Cup in 2022. My final match. It meant everything to me that you were there by my side—not as my rival but as my doubles partner. Sharing the court with you that night, and sharing those tears, will forever be one of the most special moments of my career.

Rafa, I know you’re focused on the last stretch of your epic career. We will talk when it’s done. For now, I just want to congratulate your family and team, who all played a massive role in your success. And I want you to know that your old friend is always cheering for you, and will be cheering just as loud for everything you do next.

Rafa that!

Best always, your fan, 

Roger

[C. A. OSASUNA @Osasuna]

El 4 de marzo, Kike Barja sufrió una grave lesión de rodilla.

Hoy, ocho meses después, regresa a los terrenos de juego.

¡Grande, Kike!

[Kike Barja @kike_barja]

𝐕𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐫

[Diario de Noticias @NoticiasNavarra]

Alta médica para Kike Barja
➡️El extremo de Osasuna es, desde este miércoles, uno más con el grupo
https://t.co/cP3l6ZNumv

[Real Sociedad Fútbol @RealSociedad]

¡𝗩𝗨𝗘𝗟𝗩𝗘!

[Mikel Blanco @mblancoar]

Vamos @Aihen11 !!! 🤘🤘🤘@TeamYouFirst

[Real Sociedad Fútbol @RealSociedad]

📋 La 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗮 para el partido de mañana. AUPA REAL!!!

#RealSociedadRayo

[nacho 📷 🏉 @_nachohernandez]

Más fotos de surf, estas bajo el agua (por el, al parecer, único fotógrafo acreditado bajo el agua en las olimpiadas).

📷Ben Thouard. Una locura. Su web:
https://t.co/DKTdoUkT1M

(Yo que pensaba que el rugby es el deporte más fotogénico que existe, empiezo a tener mis dudas).

[Mikel Blanco @mblancoar]

Jagoba.

📸🎥

Zorte on míster!

[DAZN España @DAZN_ES]

𝐴𝑛𝑓𝑖𝑒𝑙𝑑 𝑛𝑢𝑛𝑐𝑎 𝑡𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑗𝑎𝑟𝑎́ 𝑐𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑟 𝑠𝑜𝑙𝑜, 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑜 𝑡𝑢́ 𝑛𝑢𝑛𝑐𝑎 𝑑𝑒𝑗𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑙𝑜 𝑎𝑙 𝐿𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑝𝑜𝑜𝑙, 𝐽𝑢̈𝑟𝑔𝑒𝑛 ✨

El último YNWA de Klopp, el más especial ❤️

#PremierLeagueDAZN ⚽🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[Diario de Navarra @DiariodeNavarra]

Kike Barja: "Hay que escuchar más al aficionado, no le gusta el fútbol que tiene y me da pena" https://t.co/Vr7L7hqoCd

[Mikel Abete @abetem]

Zutaz harro @AsierOsambela ❤️💙💪

[Edu Monreal @CypherC1tyzlqt]

El fútbol no se lo ha puesto nunca fácil a Kike Barja. Nadie le ha regalado nunca nada y siempre ha tenido que dar lo mejor y más para jugar. Este es el bache mas gordo que está pasando y seguro que consigue salir de ahí. Animo kike! Uno di noi!

[Gersh Sports @TeamYouFirst]

Osasuna start their Spanish Super Cup adventure ❤️💙🏆

Good luck to Jagoba, David, Sergio and Kike in their club’s first ever appearance in the competition 🤞

[Álvaro Montero @AlvaroMonteroYF]

🇨🇴 De Pereira para el mundo, de Colombia a Columbus.

@CuchoHernandez 🏆 #MLSCup 🇺🇸

[Mikel Blanco @mblancoar]

Número 1️⃣🎖️🥇
@AdrianValles95

[Grupompleo Pamplona Atlético @PamplonaAt]

❤️ ¡Gracias por tanto @AdrianValles95! Ha sido un auténtico honor, gracias, gracias y más gracias

💛💚 #SoñemosSinLímites