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Spanish Basketball, Tennis Federations Name New Presidents

Former basketball player Jorge Garbajosa was elected as the new president of the Spanish Basketball Federation (FEB) after an extraordinary general assembly on Saturday in Madrid, according to LIBERTAD DIGITAL. He defeated Arturo Aguado in the second round of voting 61-54. The other candidate, Alfonso Cabeza, was eliminated in the first round. Garbajosa said after learning he had won the election, "Thanks to those who supported me and those who have not supported me. Today is an immensely happy day for me. I have worked for not only the last three months, but 25 years for this. You do not know the honor, the responsibility and the excitement that it means to be here today." He replaces José Luis Sáez (LIBERTAD DIGITAL, 7/9).

DÍAZ ROMÁN TAKES OVER RFET: LIBERTAD DIGITAL reported in a separate piece Miguel Díaz Román was named the new president of the Spanish Tennis Federation (RFET). Díaz Román, 55, is a Madrid-based businessman who has been the president of Int'l Club Tennis for eight years (LIBERTAD DIGITAL, 7/9).

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