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Maya Moore leaving mark on Chinese basketball
Maya Moore has excelled everywhere she's played, winning championships from college to the WNBA and Europe. Now she's leaving her mark on the Chinese ...
Column: Only 1 athlete of the year in 2012, Messi
'Tis the season for making merry and for choosing our top sports men and women of the year, two distinctly separate annual rituals that in fact ...
Spain arrests woman with cocaine breast implants
Spanish authorities say they have arrested a Panamanian woman arriving at Barcelona airport with 1.38 kilograms (3 pounds) of cocaine concealed in ...
Bank aid money arrives in Spain
The Spanish government said Wednesday that the €39.5 billion ($51.3 billion) in bailout funds approved by European authorities for the country's ...
Zara owner Inditex sees 9-month profit up 27 pct
Spanish clothes retailer Inditex, which owns the Zara store chain, has posted a 27 percent increase in net profit for the first nine months of 2012 ...
Messi edges Falcao at top of AP soccer rankings
Lionel Messi narrowly stayed on top of AP's Global Soccer Rankings this week despite breaking the record for goals in a calendar year. The Barcelona ...
Nadal confirms he'll return to action in Abu Dhabi
Rafael Nadal is ready to return to tennis, confirming Tuesday that he'll play in an exhibition tournament in Abu Dhabi at the end of the month ...
Spain raises $5 billion in healthy bond sale
Spain has raised an above-target €3.9 billion ($5 billion) in a successful debt auction that saw interest rates drop sharply despite renewed concern ...
Spain's Iberia unions cancel pre-Christmas strikes
Labor unions representing a majority of workers in Spain's Iberia airline have called off six days of strikes they had planned to stage before the ...
Spaniards hope for eviction reprieve amid crisis
Irene Gonzalez is desperately waiting to hear if she'll benefit from an emergency government decree that protects Spaniards such as her from being ...
Italian election means new stress for eurozone
Until last weekend, Europe seemed headed for a quiet Christmas and New Year's. Then Italy's Prime Minister Mario Monti unexpectedly announced he was ...
Spanish state universities protest cutbacks
Rectors from about 50 state-run universities across Spain protested Monday that government spending cuts were choking third-level education and would ...
Messi breaks 40-year record with 86th goal of 2012
Lionel Messi broke German great Gerd Mueller's 40-year-old record for most goals in a year by scoring for the 86th time in 2012 on Sunday.
Messi sets goal record for a year; Falcao scores 5
Barcelona's Lionel Messi and Atletico Madrid's Radamel Falcao were unstoppable Sunday on a night when both stars again demonstrated why their teams ...
Spain's luxury Parador hotels hit by 2-day strike
Employees at Spain's luxury Parador hotels, which are set in some of the country's most picturesque castles, monasteries and palaces, began a two-day ...
ECB cuts growth outlook for eurozone, holds rates
The European Central Bank warned of another gloomy year for the 17 European Union countries that use the euro, cutting its forecast for economic ...
ECB holds rates, may be done with euro stimulus
The European Central Bank left its key interest rate unchanged at a record low Thursday, holding off on further stimulus even as the economy across ...
Barcelona soccer club defends use of Catalan
Long a symbol of Catalan identity, Barcelona soccer club added its voice Wednesday to a simmering political dispute between the region of Catalonia ...
Survey: Greece seen as most corrupt in EU
The countries worst hit by the European financial crisis are also perceived as being among the most corrupt in Western Europe, and those perceptions ...
Class of 2012: Young Europeans trapped by language
Maria Menendez, a 25-year-old caught in Spain's job-destroying economic crisis, would love to work in Germany as a veterinarian. Germany, facing an ...
Spain pays mostly lower rates in debt sales
Spain has raised €4.2 billion ($5.5 billion) in debt auctions at mostly lower interest rates, indicating improving investor confidence as the ...
Spain's jobless near 5 million as banks await cash
The number of people officially registered as unemployed in Spain has edged up toward 5 million as the country's recession shows few signs of abating ...
Louvre comes to poor French city, raising eyebrows
The Louvre has embarked on an ambitious quest — opening a €150 million ($196 million) extension in an abandoned coal mining town in northern France ...
AP launches Spanish stylebook in Latin America
When writing in Spanish, it is perfectly acceptable to use the word "sandwich" to describe a tasty snack held together with two pieces of bread, to ...
Spain tax amnesty brings in less than hoped for
Spain's finance Minister says a tax amnesty aimed at raising money for the recession-hit country only raised about half of what is was supposed to.