La Liga: Málaga find form
Manuel Pellegrini’s side push for a European place with a 2-1 win over Sevilla.
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Real Madrid’s Barça jinx leaves Mourinho facing wrath of Bernabéu
The Portuguese coach desperately needs to beat Barcelona in order to restore his reputation among fans and players.
It’s gonna be a love fest at the Goya awards
Expect few surprises when Spain’s film community gather to celebrate the best and the brightest. The main event will be a very public reconciliation between Pedro Almodóvar and the Spanish Film Academy.
La Liga: At Valencia, Soldado finally feels at home
The Valencia-born striker has made an impression at several clubs, but at the Mestalla he is now pushing for a place in the national team.
Wanted: absurdly rich tycoon to lend Spain’s La Liga intrigue
Is there any way of breaking Real Madrid and Barcelona’s increasingly tight grip on the Spanish league title?
Madrid’s new river
Madrid has a river running through it. Or, more exactly, around it. And, even more exactly, it’s not a fully fledged river. More of a tributary. And, while we’re being brutally honest, as far as waterways go it’s not that big on water either.
Mission: Impossible, the Valley of the Fallen
A religious shrine or a monument to hate? The Valley of the Fallen, which houses General Franco’s tomb, has loomed over the landscape outside Madrid and Spain’s collective memory for decades. Now, 36 years after the death of the dictator, the government has appointed a commission to decide the site’s fate.
Valley of the Fallen: “A symbol of the Franco dictatorship or a religious site?”
With the Spanish government now pondering what to do with the Valley of the Fallen, freelance journalist and Iberosphere contributor Nick Lyne visits the site of General Franco’s tomb outside Madrid and questions its status in modern Spain.
Floyd Patterson’s Spanish adventure
Fly to Madrid wearing a false beard, fake a limp, and eat bad soup: all in a week’s work for a recently dethroned heavyweight boxing champion.
Barça must cut theatrics if they want to go down in history
Barcelona’s 2-0 win against Real Madrid may underline the Catalans’ quality as a world football force, but its players are doing the club and the sport a disservice with their constant attempts to trick referees.
