Spain

Spain

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  Large Spanish protest against health privatization

  Thousands of Spanish medical workers marched through downtown Madrid on Monday to protest against budget cuts and plans to partly privatize their ... 

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  3 bid cities submit 2020 Olympic files to IOC

  Exactly eight months before the vote, the race for the 2020 Summer Games moved into a crucial phase Monday when the three candidate cities submitted ... 

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  Real Madrid hosts Celta Vigo in Copa del Rey

  Real Madrid has an opportunity to quiet recent fan criticism when it takes on Celta Vigo in a must-win Copa del Rey match at the Santiago Bernabeu ... 

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  Messi, Ronaldo score in prelude to Ballon d'Or

  Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo both scored to help their teams win in the Spanish league on Sunday, a day before the two stars and Andres Iniesta ... 

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  Vilanova back on touchline after throat surgery

  Barcelona coach Tito Vilanova returned to the touchline on Sunday for his first game since undergoing throat surgery to remove a second tumor from a ... 

• Ronaldo to miss Madrid's match at Osasuna with ban

  Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo will miss his team's next Spanish league game at Osasuna serving a one-game ban. Ronaldo picked up his fifth ... 

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  Spain's 'El Nino' lottery hands out $1.1 billion

  A lottery showered €840 million ($1.1 billion) on ticket holders in five regions of Spain on Sunday, in the midst of a deep recession and high ... 

• Deportivo beats Malaga 1-0 for 1st win in 2 months

  Deportivo La Coruna beat visiting Malaga 1-0 thanks to Luis "Pizzi" Afonso's second-half goal, giving new coach Domingos Paciencia a victorious debut ... 

• Ballesteros to play another year with Levante

  Levante defender Sergio Ballesteros says he plans to play another season with the Spanish club after reaching the number of games stipulated by his ... 

• Spanish cities, towns packed for 3 kings parades

  Thousands of children and parents are thronging sidewalks in cities and towns across Spain to watch parades marking the eve of the Epiphany — a ... 

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  Spanish police seize ancient plundered vase

  The owner of an antique shop in Spain was arrested after police investigators found a vase there dating back to the late second century B.C. 

• Mourinho won't attend FIFA awards gala

  Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho says he won't be attending the FIFA gala on Monday where he is a finalist for the coach of the year award. 

• Higuain to return for Madrid after 2 months out

  Striker Gonzalo Higuain has made Real Madrid's squad for the first time since being sidelined with a leg injury two months ago. The Argentina ... 

• Vilanova to coach Barca's 1st game since surgery

  Barcelona says manager Tito Vilanova will return to the touchline on Sunday for the first time since having throat surgery to remove a tumor 16 days ... 

• Betis wins 2-1 at Zaragoza to stay in 5th in Spain

  Strike pair Ruben Castro and Jorge Molina both scored to give Real Betis a 2-1 win at Real Zaragoza in the Spanish league on Friday. Betis' third ... 

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  Messi aims for historic 4th world player award

  Lionel Messi can break another footballing record on Monday by being named the world's best player for an unprecedented fourth time. The Barcelona and ... 

• Atletico gets Filipe Luis back from injury

  Atletico Madrid says defender Filipe Luis is fit to play after being sidelined for almost three weeks with a leg injury. The Brazilian left back ... 

• Only 1 Spanish Parador hotel to close instead of 7

  Only one of Spain's luxury Parador hotels will close, instead of seven, as earlier planned, following negotiations between the parent company and ... 

• Valencia signs forward Feghouli until 2016

  Valencia says forward Sofiane Feghouli has agreed to extend his contract with the club by two more years until 2016. The club did not release the ... 

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  Basque group announces it is dissolving

  The Basque nationalist group known as Batasuna — legal in France but banned in Spain — has announced that it is dissolving after 11 years. It leaders ... 

• Sevilla rejects offer for striker Alvaro Negredo

  Sevilla President Jose Maria del Nido says the club has no need to sell players and has rejected an offer of €18 million ($23.7 million) for Spain ... 

• Bilbao says Juventus wants to sign Llorente

  Athletic Bilbao says that Juventus will open negotiations with striker Fernando Llorente to lure him to Italy after this season. Bilbao released a ... 

• Fabregas, Adriano, Song back from injury

  Barcelona says midfielders Cesc Fabregas and Alex Song, and defender Adriano, have all recovered from their respective injuries and are fit to play.