Madrid  - Spanish giants Barcelona, Valencia and Sevilla cruised into the quarter-finals of the Spanish King's Cup on Wednesday, knocking out Atletico Madrid, Racing Santander and Deportivo Coruna respectively.

A reserve-packed Barca side came from behind to beat Atletico 2-1, with goals from Bojan Krkic and Eidur Gudjohnsen. Atletico had taken an early lead through Florent Sinama Pongolle, but never looked capable of turning the tie around.

Bilbao, Spain - A Spanish burglar called police to inform them about the crime that he was just committing, Basque regional officials said Wednesday.

Bogota/Madrid - Gunmen have killed the brother of a Colombian drug trafficker who was shot dead at a Spanish hospital a few days earlier, Colombian and Spanish media reported Wednesday.

Fabio Vargas, 46, was brother to Leonidas Vargas, 59, once a powerful cocaine lord known as the King of Caqueta.

The body of Fabio Vargas was found on a roadside in a rural area in Valle del Cauca department, Colombian authorities said.

Vargas, who carried a fake identity document had been shot numerous times, as was his young actress girlfriend.

Copiapo, Chile - Spanish motorcyclist Cristobal Guerrero remains in a coma following his crash Tuesday on the 10th stage of the Dakar Rally through the Atacama Desert.

"The rider landed with full force on his head in the crash," Ana Quiroga, head of the Atacama regional health authority, told Chilean radio Wednesday.

Guerrero lapsed into a coma following the accident on his KTM motorbike after 160 kilometres of the 467km-long stage and was airlifted to a hospital in Copiapo.

Madrid  - Arjen Robben is the great light shining on Real Madrid these days, as the club appears to take off in La Liga based on the performances of the Dutch midfielder who has set aside for a few weeks his reputation as a "glass player."

Real Madrid beat Mallorca away 3-0 Sunday, to get their third consecutive win and climb to second place in the Spanish championship, albeit still 12 points behind a brilliant Barcelona.

Robben again met the expectations that he has generated in recent times and paved the way for the win with his team's first goal, just three minutes into the game. The winger led a swift counter-attack and scored a quality goal after a run from the midfield.

Madrid  - The number of undocumented immigrants known to have tried to enter Spain dropped by 24 per cent to about 37,000 people in 2008, Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba said Monday.