Spain

Spain

• Madrid Marathon enrollment up after Boston bombing

  Enrollment for next week's Madrid Marathon has risen following the deadly bombings at the Boston race. Entries increased fourfold the day after ... 

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  Barcelona beats Panathinaikos 70-60 in Euroleague

  Veteran guard Juan Carlos Navarro scored 17 points, including two decisive late 3-pointers, to lead Barcelona to a 70-60 victory over host ... 

• Aguilar in 3-way tie for lead of Spanish Open

  Chile's Felipe Aguilar led the Spanish Open in a three-way tie with Morten Madsen and Gary Stal after they all went 4-under 68 through the first round ... 

• EU examines Valencia's backing of football clubs

  The European Union is investigating the Spanish regional government of Valencia for its guarantee of loans taken out by local football clubs. 

• Interest rates down again in Spanish auction

  Spain's slow progress on its road to a more balanced economy continued Thursday as it successfully raised 4.7 billion euros ($6.2 billion) in a sale ... 

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  Rosell to run for 2nd term as Barcelona president

  Barcelona president Sandro Rosell says he plans to run for a second term in 2016. Rosell was elected president of the Spanish club in 2010. He had ... 

• Spanish clubs owe 670 million euros in taxes

  Spanish football clubs owe the government 670 million euros ($874 million) in taxes, Spain's Sports Council said Thursday. Council president Miguel ... 

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  Bayern travels to Hannover in Bundesliga

  Mario Gomez is back in the spotlight, after a season of playing second fiddle to Mario Mandzukic. Gomez was injured at the start of the season and ... 

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  Barca, Madrid to warm up for Champions semifinals

  Barcelona and Real Madrid both play at home on Saturday in the Spanish league looking to make their final adjustments while resting some weary legs ... 

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  Legendary horses latest victim of Spain's bust

  The southern Spanish region of Andalusia, famed for flamenco and Moorish castles, is also home to a legendary breed of horses that carried ... 

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  Bayern coach Heynckes heaps praise on Lionel Messi

  Bayern Munich coach Jupp Heynckes compared Lionel Messi to some of football greatest players. "He is a phenomenon. He is in the league of Zinedine ... 

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  Spain's Moreno wins Walloon Arrow

  Daniel Moreno of Spain left his rivals standing on the final steep climb to the finish line to win the Walloon Arrow WorldTour classic on Wednesday. 

• Spain plays down IMF negative forecast

  Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has brushed off dismal economic predictions from the International Monetary Fund that the country's economy will ... 

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  Bayern tops AP rankings; Ronaldo is best player

  Bayern Munich's players are used to scoring goals for fun, but this time it was the club netting a hat-trick as the German Bundesliga champion was ... 

• Spanish singer sentenced for money-laundering

  A Spanish court has sentenced popular Spanish folk singer Isabel Pantoja to two years in jail after convicting her of money laundering. Pantoja is not ... 

• Interest rates down as Spain sells $6.63 billion

  Spain continues to benefit from increasing investor confidence that it will be able to handle its debt as the government sold 5.07 billion euros ($6. 

• Mallorca beats Celta Vigo 1-0 in Spanish league

  A late goal by Giovani Dos Santos gave Mallorca a 1-0 win over fellow relegation struggler Celta Vigo in the Spanish league on Monday. Dos Santos ... 

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  Ex-HSBC worker: bank information is 'scandalous'

  A former HSBC employee fighting extradition to Switzerland for allegedly stealing and revealing confidential information about private Swiss accounts ... 

• Ronaldo hits 50 goals for season in win for Madrid

  Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 49th and 50th goals in all competitions this season as Real Madrid won 3-0 at Athletic Bilbao on Sunday, while Barcelona ... 

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  Spanish anti-monarchy rally attracts thousands

  Thousands of people demonstrated against the Spanish monarchy Sunday, demanding the return of a democratically elected head of state, another blow for ... 

• Deportivo escapes drop zone with win at Levante

  Deportivo La Coruna rolled to a 4-0 victory at Levante to provisionally escape the Spanish league's relegation zone for the first time in 18 weeks ... 

• Madrid midfielder Oezil to miss Bilbao match

  Real Madrid will be without midfielder Mesut Oezil and several other players for the Spanish league game at Athletic Bilbao. The German playmaker was ... 

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  Barcelona's Lionel Messi to sit out Zaragoza trip

  Lionel Messi has been left out of Barcelona's squad for the Spanish league game at Real Zaragoza as part of the leaders' plans to rest several ... 

• Real Betis rallies to 3-3 draw with 10-man Sevilla

  Real Betis stormed back to secure a 3-3 draw against 10-man Sevilla in a wild Seville derby on Friday, with Emmanuel "Nosa" Igiebor completing the ... 

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  Barca-Bayern, Madrid-Dortmund in Champions League

  It's a Spain vs. Germany double bill in the Champions League semifinals. Barcelona will play Bayern Munich in a clash of runaway league leaders who ...