Spain

Spain

• Mallorca beats Real Betis 1-0 in Spanish league

  Mallorca's hopes of avoiding relegation from the Spanish league were kept alive by a 1-0 win against Real Betis on Monday. With two rounds left, ... 

• Lleyton Hewitt, Andreas Seppi beaten at Nice Open

  Former No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt of Australia and fifth-seeded Andreas Seppi of Italy lost Monday in the first round of the Nice Open. Hewitt, playing in ... 

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  Mourinho to leave Real Madrid at end of season

  Jose Mourinho will leave Real Madrid at the end of the season after three years at the Spanish club, paving the way for his expected return to Chelsea 

• 3 killed in blast at Spanish army base

  Spain's Defense Ministry says three soldiers have died and two others have been injured in an explosion at an army bomb disposal unit in southern ... 

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  Next EPL season could be most unpredictable ever

  Get ready for the Premier League like you've never seen it before. No Alex Ferguson. No Roberto Mancini. The expected return of Jose Mourinho. 

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  Ancelotti asks to leave PSG, Madrid an option

  Paris Saint-Germain coach Carlo Ancelotti wants to leave the club and says Real Madrid is a possible destination. The Italian had a meeting to discuss ... 

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  Barcelona toasts title with win over Valladolid

  Newly crowned Spanish champion Barcelona celebrated winning the league title in front of its home fans by easing to a 2-1 victory over Valladolid on ... 

• Elche earns promotion to Spain's 1st division

  Elche will play in Spain's first division next season after securing promotion on Saturday. Elche is guaranteed of a top-two finish in the second ... 

• Sociedad, Valencia win to stay in fight for 4th

  Real Sociedad came back to win 2-1 at Sevilla and Valencia beat Getafe 1-0 on Saturday as both teams remained locked on points in their fight for a ... 

• Marquez takes pole position for French MotoGP

  MotoGP championship leader Marc Marquez of Spain took pole position for the French Grand Prix ahead of defending world champion Jorge Lorenzo of Spain ... 

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  Vilanova returning to NY for more cancer treatment

  Barcelona coach Tito Vilanova will return to New York next week to "undergo further cancer treatment" after having a second tumor in two years removed ... 

• Mascherano, Valdes back from injury for Barcelona

  Defender Javier Mascherano and goalkeeper Victor Valdes have recovered from injury and are available for Barcelona's remaining three games of the ... 

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  Atletico beats Real Madrid 2-1 to win Copa del Rey

  The Copa del Rey trophy was supposed to be coach Jose Mourinho's parting gift for Real Madrid, or at least a consolation prize after a season that ... 

• UEFA lifts 2nd year of Malaga ban

  European football's governing body has revoked the second year of the ban it had imposed on Malaga for not meeting its financial fair-play regulations 

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  Top-ranked Djokovic beaten by Berdych in Rome

  Novak Djokovic can't seem to find any consistency on clay courts. And with the French Open less than 10 days away, he will enter Roland Garros on the ... 

• Coach Ancelotti still tight-lipped on PSG future

  Carlo Ancelotti has yet to decide whether he will stay on as Paris Saint-Germain coach — or even when to announce his decision — and is set to discuss ... 

• Spain's king sheds luxury yacht as crisis bites

  Spain's King Juan Carlos is getting rid of the luxury yacht he and his family used during holidays in an apparent belt-tightening measure as the ... 

• Spanish state prosecutor appealing Puerto verdict

  The Spanish state prosecutor's office appealed the verdict of the Operation Puerto blood-doping case on Friday, including the decision to destroy ... 

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  Beckham brought credibility, visibility to MLS

  Ask someone in Asia or Europe a decade ago what they knew about the Galaxy, and odds are the answer would have been limited to planets or stars. 

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  Madrid to play Atletico in Copa del Rey final

  With a return to England looking likely, Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho can go out a winner when his team plays crosstown rival Atletico Madrid on ... 

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  Beckham's role after retirement to remain global

  After David Beckham's long and distinguished football career ends on a remote plastic field in northwestern France, his life promises to be far more ... 

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  Coetzee tells Spain: Drop pro-bullfighting law

  Nobel Literature laureate J.M. Coetzee has called on Spain to abandon plans to protect bullfighting, making a rare public appeal against what he ... 

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  Beckham to retire from football at end of season

  David Beckham is retiring from soccer, ending a career in which he transcended the sport with forays into fashion and a marriage to a pop star that ... 

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  David Beckham career highlights

  Highlights in the career of David Beckham, who said Thursday he will retire from football at the end of the season: 1975 — Born May 2 in Leytonstone, ... 

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  Nasri, Gourcuff back for Uruguay, Brazil matches

  France coach Didier Deschamps recalled midfielders Yoann Gourcuff and Samir Nasri on Thursday for two friendly matches against Uruguay and Brazil next ...