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PERHAPS there's no honour that quite lives up to winning a Nobel Prize, but a small number of them come very close – and Spain's national version, the Princess of Asturias Award, is among these. Earning a...

BARCELONA tennis prodigy Paula Badosa Gibert has become the first-ever Spanish woman to win at Indian Wells, known as the 'fifth Grand Slam', after dispatching rival Victoria Azarenka in three tough sets.

A COUPLE buying an electric car so they can drive into Barcelona's emissions-free zone to do their shopping would not normally be newsworthy, even when it's a €102,000 Porsche – unless the couple in question...

MOTORSPORT 'pioneer' Álex Palou started out training and competing with the likes of Carlos Sainz and Max Verstappen, but at the career crossroads, he swerved off down a different path – that's why...

LOS NARANJOS Golf Club is getting ready for the Andalucía Costa del Sol Open scheduled for November, with changes to the layout having been announced and fewer competitors.

The sight of the great Rafael Nadal on crutches this week has yet again led sports journalists to wonder how much longer the Spanish superstar can carry on competing at the top of the game. Whilst nobody dares write him...

Autumn is going to bring about big changes for the youngsters of Seville this year, as the city council launches a new programme aimed at addressing the weekend "botellones" - kids gathering in the streets and...

MOST of Spain's Paralympic competitors arrived home this week after the long flight from the Japanese capital, many to a hero's welcome, although silver medallist Teresa Perales is still in hospital in Tokyo...

THE first FIFA World Cup qualifier kicks off for Spain on Thursday this week against Sweden, with a team that does not include Sergio Ramos or anyone from Real Madrid – mirroring the national side sent to the UEFA...

CAPTAINS of Afghanistan's national wheelchair basketball women's and men's teams have landed at the military airport of Torrejón de Ardoz (Madrid region) to start a new life.

TOP Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal has announced he will be taking the rest of 2021 off in order to recover fully from an injury that has been 'playing up' for more than a year.

IT IS not easy to stay anonymous when your car is clamped in a city-centre street and it just so happens to be a £150,000 (€172,500) Aston Martin Vantage – as Manchester United's David de Gea has just found out.