Madrid  - The Spanish government Friday denied allegations that the United States had illegally flown terrorist suspects via Spain to its military base in Guantanamo, Cuba.

"There has not been nor will there be violations of human rights on earth, sea or air" under the current Socialist government, Deputy Prime Minister Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega said.

The conservative opposition earlier claimed that nine out of 11 flights organized by the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) took place under current Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, who took office in 2004.

Madrid  - Spanish football has always taken pride in avoiding the kind of match-fixing scandals that have so afflicted Italy and other countries.

No major players have ever been banned, let alone jailed, and no clubs have ever been relegated for fixing results.

There have occasionally been rumours and whispers of attempted bribery, but practically nothing has ever reached the public domain.

Until now, that is.

This week La Liga has been shaken up by two separate allegations of match-fixing.