Spain

Astonishing win leaves Real Madrid just three points behind Barca

Astonishing win leaves Real Madrid just three points behind Barca Madrid  - Defiant Real Madrid moved up to within three points of Spanish leaders Barcelona on Tuesday, with an astonishing 3-2 comeback win over naive Getafe.

With just four minutes remaining in the Estadio Bernabeu, with the score at 2-2, Getafe veteran Francisco Casquero missed a penalty in the most absurd fashion possible.

And in the very last minute of injury time, Gonzalo Higuain punished Casquero for his stupidity by making it 3-2 with a left-foot drive.

Ten Mediterranean countries urge Israel to stop settlements

Ten Mediterranean countries urge Israel to stop settlementsCordoba, Spain - Ten western Mediterranean countries Tuesday urged Israel to open the frontiers of the Gaza Strip and to stop illegal Jewish settlements.

"Israel may have rights, but above all, it has duties towards its neighbours and the rest of the international community," Moroccan Foreign Minister Taieb Fassi-Fihri said in the southern Spanish city of Cordoba.

Spain passes decree to prevent night-time doping controls

Spain passes decree to prevent night-time doping controlsMadrid - Spain's government has approved a royal decree allowing the nation's athletes to refuse anti-doping controls in the country between 11 p. m. and 8 a. m.

The decree also applies to foreign athletes training in Spain or resident in the country, El Pais daily reported Tuesday.

The ruling is in contravention of a World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) code which stipulates that athletes must in principle be available for doping controls 24 hours a day.

Gaudio ready to re-start his career with French Open wildcard target

Gaudio ready to re-start his career with French Open wildcard targetBarcelona - Argentine Gaston Gaudio fueled his optimism for a possible comeback in tennis as he defeated compatriot Diego Junqueira 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 at the Barcelona Open, winning his first match in nearly two years.

It was the French Open first round of 2007 that the Roland Garros champion of just three years previous last tasted a victory.

The 30-year-old said that he has sought a wild card into Paris as he makes his intended comeback.

Spanish police detain 22 Hell's Angels

Spanish police detain 22 Hell's AngelsBarcelona - Spanish police Tuesday detained 22 suspected members of the Hell's Angels motorcycle gang, seizing weapons and neo-Nazi propaganda material, police sources said.

The detainees were held in Barcelona, Malaga, Valencia, Madrid and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria on charges of belonging to an illegal organization, drugs and arms trafficking, extortion, coercion and threats.

Police searched more than 30 addresses, including homes and bars.

Morocco seeks European support to relaunch Sahara talks

Morocco seeks European support to relaunch Sahara talksCordoba, Spain - North African countries will seek European support for attempts to relaunch talks between Morocco and the Western Saharan independence movement Polisario Front in search of a solution to their three-decade conflict, Moroccan Foreign Minister Taieb Fassi-Fihri said Tuesday.

Fassi-Fihri was attending a meeting of foreign ministers or representatives of Western Mediterranean countries in the southern Spanish city of Cordoba.

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