Tag: Spain
Villarreal, Valencia give chase to Barcelona
Victories to Villarreal and Valencia in their respective fixtures overnight kept the pressure on leaders Barcelona in Spain's Primera Liga.[MORE]
Messi inspires Barcelona to victory, Real lose
Barcelona went six points clear at the top of the Primera Liga this morning with a 3-0 win away to Sevilla on Saturday after second-placed Real Madrid lost 3-1 at Getafe.[MORE]
Australia and Spain top World Cup leaderboard
The unheralded Australian duo of Richard Green and Brendan Jones will head into the final round of the Mission Hills World Cup in China tied for the lead with Spain after a gritty display in Saturday's fourballs.[MORE]
Brilliant Spain storm to four-shot World Cup lead
Spain's Miguel Angel Jimenez and Pablo Larrazabal stormed to a four-shot lead at the 54th World Cup of Golf after carding a remarkable nine-under-par 63 in the second round in China.[MORE]
Search for kidnapped journalists in Somalia continues
Police in the northern Somali region of Puntland have been combing the port city of Bosasso and its surrounding area for four kidnapped journalists, including a Spaniard and a Briton.[MORE]
Liverpool and Inter progress in Europe
Liverpool, Inter Milan and Atletico Madrid are into the Champions League second round.[MORE]
Real survives BATE, freezing conditions to qualify
An early strike from Raul earned a 1-0 win over BATE Borisov this morning as Real Madrid qualified for the last 16 of the Champions League.[MORE]
Fabregas leads Arsenal into last 16
Cesc Fabregas led by example as Arsenal booked its place in the Champions League second round with a 1-0 win against Dynamo Kiev this morning (AEST).[MORE]
Beltran banned from racing in France
Spanish cyclist Manuel Beltran has been banned from racing in France for two years after testing positive for the banned blood booster EPO at this year's Tour de France.[MORE]
Australia, Spain to boost defence cooperation
Defence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon and his Spanish counterpart, Carme Chacon, have signed an agreement that aims to boost cooperation between their defence industries.[MORE]
Barca scrambles to home draw
Seydou Keita has grabbed a second-half equaliser for Barcelona as the leaders were held to a 1-1 draw at home by Getafe in Spain's Primera Liga.[MORE]
Spain overcomes Nadal's absence to win Davis Cup
Spain has overcome the absence of world number one Rafael Nadal to beat Argentina and win the Davis Cup for the third time.[MORE]
Real squeezes past Recre
Wesley Sneijder has earned Spanish champion Real Madrid a 1-0 home victory over Recreativo Huelva, easing the pressure on coach Bernd Schuster.[MORE]
Spain in sight of Davis Cup triumph
Spain has gone 2-1 ahead in the Davis Cup final against Argentina with Fernando Verdasco and Feliciano Lopez beating David Nalbandian and Agustin Calleri in a fiery doubles encounter. Nalbandian and Calleri took the first set before the visitors hit back for a 5-7, 7-5, 7-6 (7-5), 6-3 win in three hours and 19 minutes in Mar Del Plata, Argentina.[MORE]
Comeback king Lopez levels Davis Cup final
Argentina and Spain were level after the opening day of the Davis Cup final, with Feliciano Lopez stunning an ailing Juan Martin del Potro in four sets in the second rubber.[MORE]
'Tribute to women' breast implant raffle axed
A Spanish nightclub has scrapped plans to stage a raffle for breast enlargement surgery after an uproar over the event.[MORE]
Landmark windpipe transplant uses patient's stem cells
The pioneering transplant of a windpipe stripped of its cells and seeded with recipient stem cells has given a 30-year old Colombian woman a new lease on life, according to a study released today.[MORE]
Ballesteros out of intensive care
Five-times golf major winner Seve Ballesteros has been moved out of intensive care and is continuing to recover from surgery on a brain tumour, his hospital said overnight.[MORE]
Spanish war investigation decision overturned
A Spanish judge has reversed a decision to hold a nation-wide investigation into the disappearance of thousands of people during and after the country's civil war. [MORE]
Real backs beleaguered coach Schuster
Real Madrid has given its backing to coach Bernd Schuster and his squad after a poor run of form had led to speculation over the German's future.[MORE]
Loeb impresses in F1 testing
Five-time world rally champion Sebastien Loeb has recorded the eighth-fastest time of the day while driving a Red Bull car at a Formula 1 testing session in Barcelona.[MORE]
Barca extends lead with Recreativo win
Barcelona has opened up a three-point lead at the top of Spain's Primera Liga after goals from Lionel Messi and Seydou Keita gave it a 2-0 win at struggling Recreativo Huelva.[MORE]
Schuster on the brink as Real falls again
Managers do not last long at Real Madrid and German coach Bernd Schuster could be heading for the exit door after the Spanish champion fell to a 1-0 defeat at Valladolid.[MORE]
G20 leaders agree six-point plan
G20 leaders agree to six-point plan for tackling slumping economic activity with stepped-up cooperation after Washington summit.[MORE]
Rafa and I still the best: Federer
Roger Federer says he and Rafael Nadal are still the main men in world tennis, even though the Swiss lost to Andy Murray for the third time this year at the Masters Cup.[MORE]
