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September 27, 2016

Barcelona tries to keep winning form without Messi

Neymar and Luis Suarez will lead the attack again when Barcelona visits Borussia Moenchengladbach in its first Champions ...

September 26, 2016

Spain: Police arrest 2 Moroccans for alleged jihad support

Spain's Interior Ministry says police have arrested two alleged pro-jihad activists, including one who allegedly attempted ...

September 26, 2016

Spain: Protesters jeer ex-IMF boss as bank card trial starts

Protesters shouted insults at Rodrigo Rato, the former head of the International Monetary Fund, as he and 64 others entered ...

September 11, 2016

Catalan separatists rally in Barcelona to support secession

Hundreds of thousands of separatist-minded Catalans rallied in Barcelona on Sunday to show their support for breaking away ...

September 09, 2016

Passenger train derails in Spain, killing 4 and injuring 48

A passenger train derailed Friday in Spain's northwestern Galicia region, killing at least four people, including an American ...

September 05, 2016

Telefonica eyes sale of minority stake in Britain's O2

Spanish telecommunications company Telefonica says it is considering selling a minority stake in its British mobile phone ...

September 04, 2016

Quintana extends Vuelta lead after Contador stuns Froome

A surprise attack by Alberto Contador helped Nairo Quintana boost his lead over Chris Froome to more than three minutes after ...

August 19, 2016

AP INTERVIEW: Ricky Rubio opens up about loss of his mother

There are few things in this world Ricky Rubio loves more than basketball, the electricity he feels when he's on the ...

August 17, 2016

US routs Argentina 105-78, moves into men's basketball semis

The nail-biters ended for the U.S. Olympic men's basketball team. So did a golden era of international basketball.

August 15, 2016

Did Usain Bolt Olympic dash trigger JFK airport scare?

Did boisterous celebrations over an Olympic victory by the world's fastest man lead to a false alarm about gunfire and a ...

August 14, 2016

Van Niekerk shatters world record in 400 to win Olympic gold

Exploding out of the blocks in lane eight, Wayde van Niekerk didn't see another runner during the entire Olympic 400-meter ...

August 14, 2016

Argentina, Belgium reach men's field hockey semis

Argentina and Belgium were breathing rarefied air in Olympic men's field hockey when they reached the medal rounds on Sunday.

August 14, 2016

The Latest: Klishina wins appeal to compete in Rio

The Latest on the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro (all times local): 2:10 a.m. The lone Russian track and field athlete at the ...

August 14, 2016

The Latest: Lochte describes robbery by armed men in Rio

The Latest on the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro (all times local): 3 p.m. Ryan Lochte says armed robbers posing as policemen put ...

August 13, 2016

Spain: Injured spelunker safe after 3-day rescue from cave

Spain's Civil Guard says it has rescued an injured French spelunker after a three-day rescue operation that required 50 ...

August 11, 2016

On long day, Nadal assures self, Spain of at least 1 medal

What was shaping up as a very long day of Olympic tennis for Rafael Nadal began shortly after 11 a.m., when he played the ...

August 11, 2016

The Latest: US men's volleyball hands Brazil first Rio loss

The Latest on the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro (all times local): 12:50 p.m. Matt Anderson and his U.S. men's volleyball ...

August 03, 2016

Brazil bets on talented trio to try to win first soccer gold

Brazil's men's soccer team is betting on a talented trio of attacking players to try to finally break through and win Olympic ...

July 15, 2016

The Latest: French author decries attack

The Latest on attack that killed 84 people in Nice (all times local): ___ 10:45 p.m. French author Jean-Marie Gustave Le ...