Spain

Spain

• Pole position, not tire wear, crucial at Moncao GP

  The Monaco Grand Prix should be less about tire degradation and more about pole position, as Formula One returns for its showcase race on a street ... 

• Colombia officials look for missing Spanish couple

  Colombian authorities say a middle-aged Spanish man and woman are missing in a northeastern border region where a car they rented three weeks ago was ... 

• Struggling Spain offers engineers to Brazil

  Spain's development minister is urging Brazil to hire some of the engineers that her own economy doesn't have room for. Brazil is beefing up its ... 

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  Spain backs sending defensive arms to Syria rebels

  Spain favors a partial lifting of sanctions against Syria that would allow the delivery of "defense material" to rebel groups to help protect the ... 

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  Chelsea tops AP poll after winning Euro title

  Chelsea surged to the top of the weekly Associated Press global football poll after winning the Europa League and qualifying for the Champions League ... 

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  AP Global Football 10 Quotebox

  Quotes from voters in this week's AP Global football poll: Mike McGrath (The Sun/Wardles Agency) "Gareth Bale showed again what a player he is, rising ... 

• 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 ...