The chance to play golf at the renowned El Prat while staying at the spectacular La Florida hotel in Barcelona is hard to beat, writes Ronan Bagnall.

Lionel Messi’s goal was enough for Barcelona to beat Atletico Madrid 1-0 and clinch the La Liga title for the Catalan club.

Sergio Garcia insisted he stood a chance of winning the Open de Espana after a third-round 67 saw him close to within five shots of the lead during Saturday.

Golf returns to the Olympic Games next year after more than a century in the wilderness but a ceremony conducted on the fifth tee at Ballybunion over the weekend served as a reminder that the game has made a small contribution to Irish sporting success on the world’s biggest stage.

A Spanish man is shedding his body fat for charity.

Simon Dyson double-bogeyed the last hole to throw the race for the Spanish Open wide open again with a round to go in Seville.

ESPANYOL coach Mauricio Pochettino has condemned the racist abuse aimed at Barcelona defender Dani Alves during the Catalan derby and said it needs to be “eradicated” from football.

South African Thomas Aiken won the Spanish Open by two shots in Barcelona today for his first European Tour title.

South African Thomas Aiken was in sight of his first European Tour title after doubling his lead to four shots in the first six holes of the Spanish Open final round at El Prat near Barcelona today.

Ryder Cup captain Jose Maria Olazabal, in floods of tears after being told his great friend and former Ryder Cup partner Seve Ballesteros had died this morning, shot a 75 in the third round of the Spanish Open in Barcelona today.

A SEVEN-WEEK break appears to have done South African Thomas Aiken no harm at all and he takes a one-shot lead into the third round of the Spanish Open in Barcelona.

SCOTLAND’S Scott Jamieson, playing just the 11th European Tour event of his career, tops the leaderboard after the first round of the Spanish Open in Barcelona.

Scotland's Scott Jamieson, playing just the 11th European Tour event of his career, tops the leaderboard after the first round of the Spanish Open in Barcelona.

Spain is to sell a 30% stake in its national lottery and partially privatise airports in Madrid and Barcelona to ease market worries about public finances.

Ryanair has announced the opening of a new base at Barcelona's El Prat airport.

Ryanair has announced that it will open one new route from Barcelona (El Prat Airport) to Fuerteventura and will increase frequencies on nine other routes to Brussels (Charleroi), Cagliari, Dusseldorf (Weeze), Edinburgh, Gran Canaria, Milan (Bergamo), Paris (Beauvais), Rome (Ciampino) and Venice (Treviso) from November 2010.

RYANAIR is to open its 42nd base at Barcelona El Prat in September, with five aircraft and 20 new routes.

Ryanair has announced it will open its 42nd base at Barcelona El Prat in September 2010 with five aircraft based at the ariport and 20 low fare routes.