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Rooney's future under scrutiny after Madrid snub
Emboldened by comparisons with Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, Wayne Rooney was in such a position of strength at Manchester United in 2010 that ...
Fire breaks out at hospital holding Spain's king
Spain's royal palace says a small fire broke out at a Madrid hospital where King Juan Carlos is being treated but that the monarch is fine and does ...
Simeone extends deal as Atletico coach until 2017
Atletico Madrid has extended coach Diego Simeone's contract for the next four seasons. The Spanish club said Tuesday in a statement that the two ...
AP Global Football 10 Quotebox
___ Mike McGrath, Wardles news agency/The Sun, England. "Gareth Bale produced two key moments for Spurs within the space of a week and that is why he ...
Real heads AP rankings after Clasico wins
Two victories in four days over archrival Barcelona propelled Real Madrid to first place in the AP's latest global football rankings.
Sevilla beats Celta Vigo 4-1 in Spanish league
Spain striker Alvaro Negredo scored a hat trick to lead Sevilla to a 4-1 win against Celta Vigo in the Spanish league on Monday. Celta goalkeeper ...
Ronaldo returns to United, Giggs hits 1,000 games
As if there wasn't enough at stake when two of Europe's biggest teams go at it for a spot in the Champions League quarterfinals, there are even more ...
Spanish football wasn't always beautiful Tiki-Taka
The two goals that finally confirmed Spain's rise as a football superpower, scored a couple of years apart, were demonstrations of a system that has ...
Spain's Iberia cancels flights as strikes resume
Spanish airline Iberia says some 1,300 flights will be canceled this week as workers begin a second round of strikes to protest the loss-making ...
Spain's jobless hits record 5 million in February
Spain now has a record five million people registered as unemployed as the country remains stuck in recession. The Labor Ministry said Monday that the ...
Atletico wastes chance to close on Barca with draw
Atletico Madrid squandered a chance to reduce the gap with Spanish leader Barcelona to single digits after being held to a 0-0 draw at Malaga on ...
Spain's king gets spine surgery
King Juan Carlos of Spain successfully underwent surgery for herniated discs in his lower spine at a Madrid hospital on Sunday, the royal palace said.
Mercedes' Rosberg closes F1 tests with fastest lap
Mercedes appears poised to make a good start in the Formula One season after Nico Rosberg clocked the best lap time in testing in Sunday's final ...
Madrid beats Barca for 2nd time in a week
Real Madrid beat Barcelona for the second time in five days, a 2-1 win on Saturday which will do little to prevent its fierce rival from reclaiming ...
Hamilton fastest in penultimate day of F1 testing
Lewis Hamilton clocked the fastest lap of the entire Formula One preseason Saturday in his new Mercedes, then quickly brushed off talk of being an ...
Aregawi easily wins European indoor gold in 1,500
Abeba Aregawi won the women's 1,500 meters by nearly half a lap at the European indoor championships Saturday, just three months after switching ...
France to seek change for Benzema's court date
France will ask to change Karim Benzema's court day because it coincides with a World Cup qualifier against Spain. France coach Didier Deschamps told ...
US seizes 2,200 pieces of artwork in US
A federal prosecutor in New Jersey says the government has seized a massive trove of works of art that were used to launder money raised through fraud
Companies struggle to popularize mobile money
Mobile money may seem like a hot concept, but consumers aren't warming to it. At the world's largest cellphone trade show, here in Barcelona this ...
Getafe beats struggling Real Zaragoza 2-0 in Spain
Getafe beat Real Zaragoza 2-0 in a game both teams finished with 10 men on Friday, pushing the struggling side to the brink of the Spanish league's ...
F1 team Marussia replaces Razia with Bianchi
One day after thinking his dream to race in Formula One would have to wait at least another year, Jules Bianchi was hired as Marussia's second race ...
Real Madrid to train at stadium of United's rival
Real Madrid will prepare for its decisive Champions League match with Manchester United by traveling a day earlier than usual and training at the ...
Grosjean puts Lotus on top in F1 testing
Romain Grosjean impressed in his Lotus on the third-to-last day of testing for the new Formula One season with the fastest lap time, while Ferrari's ...
Barca's Xavi to miss Madrid trip, doubt for Milan
Barcelona says midfielder Xavi Hernandez has a right thigh injury that will rule him of Saturday's game at Real Madrid and put him in doubt for the ...
Benzema to face court on day France plays Spain
France striker Karim Benzema will appear in a Madrid court on charges of reckless driving on the same day his side hosts Spain in an all-important ...