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There will be many twists and turns yet but a hard earned, as well as controversial, victory over Wigan Athletic ensured Everton reached the halfway stage of the season with qualification for next season’s Champions League a realistic prospect.

Cycling fan Fernando Alonso returns to four wheels this weekend in a buoyant mood as he targets a third Formula One world title.

Red Bull Racing continued their unrivalled domination of qualifying this season as they locked out the front row for the third time in five Grands Prix.

Fernando Alonso is revelling in the passion, atmosphere and feeling being generated at Ferrari, in contrast to the “cold” he felt after arriving at McLaren.

BEING the son of a famous father can have its disadvantages, and it just may have worked against Nicolas Roche in Saturday’s Olympic road race.

Fernando Alonso has revealed he could be forced to leave Renault if the performance of his car does not improve before the end of the season.

Primark will open three new stores in Spain this week bringing its total number of stores to seven in the Spanish market.

PRIMARK, the British clothing retailer which trades in Ireland under the Penneys brand, is set to open three stores in Spain over the coming week — in Bilbao, Madrid and Oviedo — bringing the number of its stores to seven in the Spanish market.

FERNANDO ALONSO insists Spain is not a racist country in the wake of the abuse former McLaren team-mate Lewis Hamilton suffered there.

Fernando Alonso has insisted Spain is not a racist country in the wake of the abuse former McLaren team-mate Lewis Hamilton suffered there.

Seven-times world Formula One champion Michael Schumacher was awarded Spain’s prestigious Prince of Asturias award for sports today for his dazzling career in racing.

Fernando Alonso believes he can put the brakes on Michael Schumacher’s resurgence with a home victory in this weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix.

Heavy snow is blocking motorways and several major roads in Portugal and Spain.

Woody Allen is set to honour Spain after visiting a statue of himself in Oviedo by filming his next movie there.

Kimi Raikkonen was left cursing a second-corner mistake which denied him top spot in first qualifying for the Spanish Grand Prix at Barcelona today.

FERNANDO ALONSO yesterday celebrated his second win of the Formula One World Championship this season, pronouncing himself ready to end Michael Schumacher’s reign as F1 number one.

The first trial in connection with the Madrid terror bombing was due to begin today with prosecutors laying out their case against a Spanish teenager accused of helping transport dynamite used in the attack.

Moroccan middle-distance star Hicham El Guerrouj has announced he plans to retire in 2006.

Michael Schumacher equalled the best-ever start to a Formula One season today by winning his fifth consecutive race at a canter in the Spanish Grand Prix.

A Bosnian man wanted for questioning in the Madrid bombings surrendered to police as he arrived in Spain’s capital from what he called a vacation in Sweden, the Interior Ministry said today.

THE massive multinational probe into the Madrid bombings made significant progress yesterday, with police in Spain arresting five more suspects and bringing five others before a judge.

A three-year-old girl from Northern Ireland remained critically ill today after being knocked down in a hit-and-run during a holiday in Spain.

A three-year-old girl from Northern Ireland was in a coma in a Spanish hospital today after she was knocked down in a hit-and-run incident on a mountain road.