Spanish museum reveals earliest Mona Lisa copy

Spanish curators identified Wednesday what they think is the earliest ever copy of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa.

Rio, Chicago favoured in IOC's 2016 evaluation

Rio de Janeiro and Chicago's chances of hosting the 2016 Olympics were boosted on Wednesday as they appeared to come out tops in the IOC's evaluation.

'Obama factor' might give Chicago Olympic edge

Spain's IOC representative thinks US President Barack Obama has the chance to get the 2016 Olympics for his home city, Chicago.

Margin of Barcelona victory 'excessive', says Ramos

Real Madrid did not deserve to lose by two goals against leaders Barcelona at the Nou Camp on Saturday, says coach Juande Ramos.

Ballesteros's health worsens, says hospital

Seve Ballesteros's state of health worsened on Thursday, with the golf legend undergoing fresh surgery to ease a build-up of fluid in the brain.

Flawless Schwartzel wins in Madrid

South Africa's Charl Schwartzel produced another flawless display of golf to secure his third European Tour victory at the Madrid Masters on Sunday.

Madrid bans human billboards

The Spanish capital on Thursday banned the use of human billboards, calling them an "assault on people's dignity".

Madrid air disaster traced back to co-pilot

The Spanair MD-82 jetliner that crashed in Madrid on August 20 was started by the co-pilot, press reports said on Thursday.

World saddened by Spain air disaster

Messages of support and sympathy flooded into Spain after the country's worst air accident in decades killed 153 people on Wednesday.

Dozens dead as jet crashes at Madrid airport

A Spanish tourist jet carrying more than 160 people skidded off a Madrid airport runway and broke up in flames on Wednesday.

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