bullring news
Your Search Returned 104 tagged news reports
Deadly bull dies peacefully in Spain
Sueca :: Spain | 3 months ago
Credibility
Spain's deadliest bull, which gored 30 people and killed three, has died in Sueca, the bull's breeder said. Breeder Gregorio de Jesus said the bull, named Raton (Mouse), died peacefully Sunday, The Local in Spain reported. "He was 13 and half years
Tags:
Olympics: Madrid 2020 bid better than previous efforts - IOC
Madrid :: Spain | 3 months ago
Credibility
News Analysis & Opinion Related Topics Members of the IOC walk near the Las Ventas bullring in Madrid March 18, 2013. Madrid's bid to host the 2020 Olympic Games is an improvement on their failed efforts to secure the 2012 and 2016 editions which
Tags:
Bull fighting in Spain
It was the end of more than 600 years of history. On this Sunday evening 2011, amid the cheers of fans and the bloody death throes of fighting bulls, Barcelona hosted its last-ever bullfight. Philip Cottrell who is based in Spain
Tags:
The tradition of the bullfight
Mexico City :: Mexico | 4 months ago
Credibility
Many think that a fight between a bull and a professional matador is a horrible and sickening show...However, others are convinced that the show is an artistic performance on the same level as a play, dance or ballet performance. Spain is one of the
Tags:
H Samuel attack: Shopper launches bizarre baseball bat attack on jeweller H Samuel after row over Valentine's Day ring for girlfriend
London :: United Kingdom | 4 months ago
Credibility
11 February 2013 An angry customer walked into jewellery shop H Samuel and told staff to take cover before smashing up the store with a baseball bat over a ring he bought his girlfriend for Valentine's Day, according to police. Shoppers reported
Tags:
What's happened to Catalonia's bullrings after the bullfighting ban?
Olot :: Spain | 7 months ago
Credibility
Bullfighting in Catalonia is now history, after a regional ban, but the beautiful old bullrings have been put to good use by architects and developers David Vajda Las Arenas shopping mall in Barcelona was a bullring between 1900 and 1977. In 2000,
Tags:
More parents fight school places
London :: United Kingdom | 9 months ago
Credibility
More parents contest primary places Education correspondent, BBC News More parents of young children in England have challenged decisions not to give them their school of choice. The number of appeals lodged against primary school allocations has
Tags:
Mexico City weighs bullfighting ban
Mexico City :: Mexico | 9 months ago
Credibility
Tucked away in the countryside of the central state of Tlaxcala, the 1,000-hectare (2,500-acre) hacienda is reached by a dusty road dotted with nothing but cactus and cattle. Despite the arid ground under foot and the punishing sun above, the air
Tags:
Spain weekend breaks: Pamplona is more than the bullish city of San Fermin
Pamplona :: Spain | 9 months ago
Credibility
Gourmet grub, grand buildings and Goya in a city that is more than a festival of drunken bravado It is hard to miss. As statement buildings go, this one shouts its cause loudly. Three tiers of seating rise in a high arc, a wide entrance gives onto
Tags:
Bullfighter Jose Tomas elevated to pantheon of greats after 'perfect night'
Barcelona :: Spain | 9 months ago
Credibility
Madrid Bullfighter Jose Tomas prepares to perform in the final Catalonian bullfight in Barcelona, which took place on 25 September 2011. Photograph: Manu Fernandez/AP When Spain 's star bullfighter, Jose Tomas, took on six half-ton bulls in the Roman
Tags:
