Sport
Rob Palmer
It's quite a contrast to a cool January day when he heard about Barcelona's interest as he walked through a serene field in the company of cows. Now he's running with a bunch of angry bulls in the intense heat of July.
Opinion
ANDREW J. LINN
We all know someone who is about to complete January without having had a drink, and to we who are accustomed to having a few glasses of wine on a daily basis, a sudden cessation of activity requires some effort. WINE OF THE WEEK Bardos Romántica ... However, unless you are a regular wine-with-lunch and wine-with-dinner sort of person, you probably would not think of having a Dry January anyway. What would be the point? The aim is to reduce alcohol consumption for those five weeks in the blissful hope ... that somehow it will help your vital organs recover from the onslaught of the other eleven months. It is not recorded who conceived Dry January, although rumour has always held it to be a UK invention. Unlike most contrived occasions, there are no
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Tony Bryant
Pioneering civil engineer and pilot Juan de la Cierva y Codorniu made aeronautical history on 31 January 1922 when he made the first flight in an autogiro. The event took place at the Getafe Air Base (Madrid), one of Spain's oldest military
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Jennie Rhodes
As Spain started to make its first steps as a democratic and open country after 36 years of Franco's dictatorship, the treaty of friendship and cooperation with the USA was signed on 24 January 1976. Diario SUR's front page headline the following ... the treaty showed Spain the "support of the USA" as it entered a new era. While the treaty signed on 24 January 1976 was the seventh of its kind between the two countries since the USA gained independence in 1776, both men considered it to be the
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FRANK GAVURIN
On 17 January 1966, four atomic bombs fell near Almeria, three on land and one in the sea. The bombs were being carried by a US Air Force B-52 bomber, which was flying alongside a refuelling aircraft. The two planes collided, killing all four crew
Sport
BORJA GUTIÉRREZ
Malaga's sporting director, Manolo Gaspar, offered an extensive press conference last Thursday in which he gave a detailed take on all of the club's activities during the winter transfer window. "My evaluation is positive," he said. "We couldn't ha
Sport
ANTONIO GÓNGORA / BORJA GUTIÉRREZ
Despite more pressing concerns regarding the direction of the club, interim sporting director Manolo Gaspar is hard at work preparing for the opening of the January transfer window next Wednesday. With a shortage of goals (17 from 21 games), it is
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Jennie Rhodes
On 10 January 2014 two sisters, both by then in their 70s, met for the first time. Josefa Campos Fernández, 78, was born in Antequera and her sister, Remedios Campos Cantador, 74 was born in Córdoba. They have the same father but different mothers. ... The sisters never got to meet each other as children as their father, Joaquín Campos Fernández (Antequera, 3 January 1911), who had fought during Spain's Civil War, was shot on 8 January 1941 and so the two sisters had no link to unite them. The day
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Tony Bryant
Born on 3 January 1974, Francisco de Asís Rivera Ordóñez - Fran, as he is affectionately known to his fans - is a matador who was born into one of the most distinguished bullfighting families in Spain. Rivera's great-grandfather on his mother's
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SUR
The Galeón Andalucía has arrived in Malaga, docked at Muelle Uno where it will remain over the Christmas period. It has just completed a year-long European tour and its doors will be open to the public until 12 January. This is a unique