Hints and tips:
...It was bombed by Gen Francisco Franco’s nationalist forces in 1936, after which its treasures were shipped to first Valencia, then Catalonia and ultimately Switzerland....
...Valencia’s training ground is a 20-minute drive north from the Spanish coastal city along roads lined by orange trees....
...Mendes certainly parked great players such as Sergio Agüero, Radamel Falcao and Diego Costa at Atléti. Gil calls him “the best agent”....
...But Diego Moya-Ocampos, political risk analyst for the Americas at IHS Global Insight, warns that this could make it hard for Venezuela to service its other debts....
...And Mr Mendes’s very first client, Nuno, this summer became coach of Valencia. Players represented by Gestifute soon joined the club....
...… US Rancho Valencia, a Relais & Châteaux spa resort in San Diego, California, is running a new year “performance camp” for cyclists....
...TXEMA SALVANS , Valencia, Spain b. 1971 Barcelona, Spain. Studied University of Barcelona, International Center of Photography, New York....
...… TXEMA SALVANS Valencia, Spain b. 1971 Barcelona, Spain. Studied University of Barcelona, International Center of Photography, New York....
...That excluded other eager claimants from around the world, but Mr Ellison’s victory in a bizarre two-boat contest off Valencia last year has finally cleared the way for a new start....
...He scored in the final, and, just as thrillingly, got to observe his teammate Diego Maradona from up close....
...BMW Oracle Racing, headed by US software billionaire Larry Ellison, won the cup off Valencia in February with a 90ft trimaran using a towering fixed wing-sail, against two-time Swiss winners, Alinghi, the...
...Titleholders Alinghi will face off against San Diego-based BMW-Oracle Racing in the 33rd edition of the event, which begins on February 8 with the first race in the best-of-three match....
...For example, the then little-known Peruvian Juan Diego Flórez, who was only the second singer in 2000-01’s opening season....
...As a result of winning the last America’s Cup in Valencia in 2007, Swiss-based Alinghi has the right to choose the location for the next race....
...It is hard to imagine a more exciting period than the past five years in which to have sailed and written about sailing: it included the America’s Cup contest in Valencia, the Indian Ocean tsunami in December...
...The mood in Valencia turns ugly whenever the Alinghi crew are towed from their base....
...Moving the other way is Manchester United striker Diego Forlan, who after two and a half years at Old Trafford on Friday night looked set to sign a five year deal with Villareal....
International Edition