Barcelona’s titles hopes were left hanging in the balance on Saturday as they crashed 3-2 away to Osasuna leaving Real Madrid the chance to open up a 10-point gap if they beat Levante on Sunday.

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The ranks of Spain's unemployed grew by 295,300 in the fourth quarter of 2011 to a record 5.27 million, the National Statistics Institute said on Friday in its latest workforce survey.

The jobless ra

Passengers were stranded at Spanish airports on Saturday after airline Spanair abruptly went bust, cancelling all its flights at short notice.

"Faced with the lack of financial visibility for the co

Cancer-stricken Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has between nine and 12 months to live, his doctors said.

Doctors have prescribed him a high dose of pain-killers, which account for his recent flurry

A Spanish navy ship on Thursday fought off a gun attack by pirates in the Indian Ocean, then chased and captured six of the attackers while one was reported killed, Spain's defence ministry said.

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Holders Real Madrid had to dig deep to come from two goals down and beat heavily-bankrolled Malaga 3-2 in their Spanish Cup Last 16 first leg clash here on Tuesday.

Malaga - who have been transformed

Cristiano Ronaldo smashed a hat-trick as 10-man Real Madrid crushed Sevilla 6-2 on Saturday to storm back to the top of La Liga and a three-point lead over bitter rivals Barcelona.

Jose Callejon, Ang

Barcelona overcame the shock of conceding a goal after just 23 seconds to defeat bitter rivals Real Madrid 3-1 on Saturday in the first El Clasico of La Liga season and take top spot.

French striker

Barcelona overcame the shock of conceding a goal after just 23 seconds to defeat bitter rivals Real Madrid 3-1 on Saturday in the first El Clasico of La Liga season and take top spot.

French striker

Barcelona will pay a tribute to the victims of the Fukushima nuclear disaster next week while in Japan for the Club World Cup, the Spanish giants said on Friday.

Barcelona players will wear commemora