King Juan Carlos of Spain a man of sacrifice

The Guardian - Sunday 19th May, 2013

Such as last April, when the king - then the honorary president of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) in Spain - was caught jetting off to Botswana for a secret elephant-hunting safari at an estimated cost of 8,000 a ...

Dutch volleyball star missing in Murcia

Think Spain - Sunday 19th May, 2013

The 36-year-old Dutch woman, and Lodewijk Severin, 57, were due to attend an appointment at a private hospital in the Murcia area on Tuesday in relation to their desire to become parents, but did not turn up and did not return to their hotel in a beach resort in the region the night ...

Moto GP Spectacular win for Pedrosa in rainy Le Mans bad day for Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi

Think Spain - Sunday 19th May, 2013

SPAIN'S Dani Pedrosa roared to victory in the Moto GP in Le Mans today during a rain-soaked race, and was joined on the podium by the UK's Cal Crutchlow and Pedrosa's team mate Marc ...

Rafael Nadal dispatches Roger Federer for 7th Italian Masters title

Middle East Times - Sunday 19th May, 2013

Roger Federer in straight sets in the Rome final. Nadal reeled off nine straight games against the second-seeded Swiss superstar to seize control, and then closed out the dominating match with a love service game to notch is sixth title of 2013. Nadal improved to 41-2 all-time on the clay courts of Foro Italico while appearing in his eighth consecutive final since returning from a knee injury ...

Spain jobless restaurant customers work rather than pay the bill

Euro News - Sunday 19th May, 2013

09/11/2012 16:41 CET People who cannot afford to eat out are being offered an alternative menu by a Spanish restaurant: do an hour’s work rather than pay the bill. In a move echoing similar initiatives elsewhere during the recession, the Troboda in Catalonia caters partly for the long-term unemployed who live below the poverty line. In return for a free meal they give up some time ...

Real Madrid will face Blusens Monbus in the first round of the la Liga play-offs

Real Madrid - Sunday 19th May, 2013

Real Madrid’s first opponent in the play-off for the Liga Endesa title will be Blusens Monbus, who finished the regular season in eighth place with 18 wins and 16 defeats. The Whites will face the Galician team from 23 or 24 May in the quarter finals in a round decided over the three matches and where they will have home advantage. If classification is ensured, Laso’s team will face ...

Spanish Egg and Cheese Ole

Fox News - Sunday 19th May, 2013

The Torrada de Jamon y Huevo offers diners a Spanish twist on a classicAmerican breakfast dish: the bacon, egg and cheese sandwich. Our versionis made with a mixture of mahon and tetilla cheese that is melted ontoasted brioche bread and topped with piperrade, fried egg, and severalslices of Serrano ham. It makes for the perfect, satisfying breakfastsandwich with an upgraded and Spanish ...

Spains Vinales wins French Moto3 Grand Prix

General Sources - Sunday 19th May, 2013

LE MANS, France (AFP) - Maverick Vinales led home a Spanish 1-2-3 in the French Moto3 Grand Prix at Le Mans on Sunday.The KTM rider beat his compatriots and teammates Alex Rins and Luis Salom to follow up his win in the Spanish GP and consolidate his place at the head of the Moto3 world championship ...

Spain court charges 22 policemen

General Sources - Sunday 19th May, 2013

A court in Spain has formally charged 22 Spanish riot police officers with causing serious harm to a man when they fired rubber bullets at protesters in Barcelona. Judge Josep Majo, who is leading the investigation, has filed charges of grievous bodily harm against the officers, who are accused of injuring the man during a general strike on March 29, 2012. Judicial sources say the protester was ...

Spanish Fork baseball finishes third in state tournament

General Sources - Sunday 19th May, 2013

OREM -- The Spanish Fork baseball team ended another great run through the state tournament Saturday afternoon as they lost to Snow Canyon 5-2 in the consolation final at UVU's Brent Brown Ballpark to take third place in Class 3A.The teams each scored all of their runs in a single inning, but the Warriors just got more than the Dons were able to do. Each squad stranded eight runners in the ...

Atletico de Madrid beat Real Madrid to win the Kings Cup

Typically Spanish - Sunday 19th May, 2013

40,000 Atleti supporters crammed into the centre of Madrid on Saturday night after beating Real Madrid in the King's Cup 2-1. The team toured the centre of the city in an open top bus. It's the tenth time that Atleti have done so, and it means that they will open the next season against Barcelona in the Supercup. The Atleti player Simone told the fans that they had the strength ...