With the country's economy in doldrums and the rest of Europe showing little sign of recovery, a Spanish company in Valencia has courted controversy by offering professional course in prostitution which it says 'guarantees a job offer on graduation'. "For just 100, students will be taught the history of the world's oldest profession, how to use erotic toys and the most popular positions contained within the Kama Sutra," the Daily...
02:17 PM, May 11, 2012
Barcelona: Atletico Madrid beat Valencia 4-2 while Sporting Lisbon remained undefeated in European home games this season after a 2-1 comeback win over Athletic Bilbao in the first leg of the Europa League semi-finals on Thursday. Atletico dominated fellow Spanish rival Valencia at Vicente Calderon Stadium in one of the 2010 champions' finest performances under coach Diego Simeone that featured Radamel Falcao netting his 31st and 32nd goals of the...
09:04 AM, Apr 20, 2012
Blackburn: Manchester United moved five points clear at the top of the Premier League after beating Blackburn Rovers 2-0 with dramatic late goals from Antonio Valencia and Ashley Young. The Old Trafford club dominated for long periods of the game, but had to wait until the last 10 minutes to score as Valencia hit a ferocious effort into the far corner from the wing, while Young hit another good effort...
02:36 AM, Apr 03, 2012
Barcelona: Cesc Fabregas scored one goal and set up another as Barcelona beat Valencia 2-0 on Wednesday to advance to the Copa del Rey final against Athletic Bilbao. Lionel Messi lobbed a long pass that Fabregas chased down and deftly chipped over goalkeeper Diego Alves for Barcelona's 15th-minute opener. And after Sofiane Feghouli left Valencia with 10 men late on after receiving his second booking, Fabregas set up Xavi Hernandez...
08:15 AM, Feb 09, 2012
Barcelona: Barcelona may finally be feeling the pressure that comes with being billed the world's best club, coach Pep Guardiola said on Tuesday. Guardiola spoke in rallying tones ahead of Wednesday's Copa del Rey semi-final at Valencia after the Spanish and European champions drew 0-0 at Villarreal to sit seven points behind league leaders Real Madrid. "Living with this constant pressure of having to win and win makes it hard,...
10:38 AM, Feb 01, 2012
Madrid: Spanish leaders Real Madrid will be wary of a surging Athletic Bilbao as they look to shake off another disappointing loss to Barcelona and focus on maintaining their five-point lead over the defending champions. Bilbao, who have won three straight and are unbeaten in seven matches, are fifth in the league and in the chase for a European place, maybe even a Champions League spot, under new coach Marcelo...
07:36 PM, Jan 20, 2012
Barcelona: Catalonia's regional government says Formula One's Spanish Grand Prix is "under question" due to economic difficulties. Spokesman Francesc Homs was quoted as saying on Tuesday that budget debts have forced a rethink about hosting the annual F1 race and MotoGP's Catalunya GP in the future. Homs says the regional government is ready to share its spot on the calendar with Valencia, which has hosted the European GP since 2008....
08:23 PM, Jan 12, 2012
Paris: Juan Martin Del Potro has withdrawn from the Paris Masters because of a shoulder injury. The tournament started on Monday and the Argentine's withdrawal ends his chances of qualifying for the ATP World Tour Finals. Del Potro said: "My shoulder started bothering me in Valencia and it got worse after each round." The 2009 US Open champion lost to Marcel Granollers of Spain in the semi-finals of the Valencia...
02:18 AM, Nov 08, 2011
Valencia: Marcel Granollers of Spain beat sixth-seeded Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina 6-4, 7-6 (4) on Saturday to advance to his second consecutive final at the Valencia Open. Del Potro started well on the indoor hard court, but Granollers took control with his serve-and-volley game to win the first set. In the second set, Granollers saved a set point to force a tiebreaker. The Spaniard then won six straight...
11:05 PM, Nov 05, 2011
Valencia: Top-seeded David Ferrer of Spain beat Russia's Nikolay Davydenko 6-3, 6-4 on Friday to advance to the semi-finals of the Valencia Open, while Gael Monfils' bid for a berth at this month's ATP World Tour finals suffered a setback when the third seed was upset by unseeded Marcel Granollers in the quarter-finals. The defending champion used a combination of speed and deep ground strokes to force Davydenko into costly...
10:10 AM, Nov 05, 2011
Valencia: Sam Querrey beat Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7-6 (5), 6-2 to reach the Valencia Open quarter-finals on Thursday, dealing a blow to the second-seeded Frenchman's hopes of qualifying for the ATP World Tour Finals. The American player secured his first back-to-back ATP match wins since June to leave Tsonga relying on his performance at next week's Paris Masters to clinch one of the final three places for the season-ending event in...
02:43 PM, Nov 04, 2011
Valencia: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga was given a scare by Spanish teenager Javier Marti before rallying to win their first-round match at the Valencia Open 4-6, 7-5, 6-2 on Tuesday. The second-seeded Frenchman had won 11 of his last 13 matches coming in, including titles at Metz and Vienna. But Tsonga trailed early due to unforced errors and the smooth backhand of the 19-year-old wildcard, who was playing his first match against...
01:00 PM, Nov 02, 2011
Valencia: India's Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi of Pakistan on Tuesday advanced to the men's doubles quarter-finals of the Valencia Open. The fourth-seeded India-Pakistan pair defeated Spaniards Nicolas Almagro and Pablo Andujar 6-3, 7-5. The duo took merely 67 minutes of play to wrap up victory in straight sets, to reach the quarters of the ATP World Tour 500 event. Bopanna and Qureshi now await the winner of the match...
11:00 AM, Nov 02, 2011
Valencia: Nikolay Davydenko beat fifth-seeded Gilles Simon 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 on Monday in the first round of the Valencia Open. Davydenko controlled the match at the City of Arts and Sciences despite dropping the second set. The 36th-ranked Russian rallied in the decisive set with a forehand winner for a break point and 2-1 lead. Davydenko saved a break point through a drop shot in the sixth game before breaking...
10:24 AM, Nov 01, 2011
Valencia: Honda Gresini have pulled out of the season-ending Valencia Grand Prix following the death of Italian MotoGP rider Marco Simoncelli in Malaysia on Sunday. Simoncelli, 24, was killed during the race at Sepang when he lost control of his bike and was struck by fellow riders Colin Edwards and Valentino Rossi. "The only certainty is that my team won't participate in the upcoming Valencia Grand Prix and in the...
01:23 PM, Oct 26, 2011
Valencia: Red Bull's Mark Webber returned to the scene of last year's spectacular airborne crash on Friday and set the fastest time in first practice for Sunday's European Formula One Grand Prix. The Australian, still without a win in seven races this season, lapped the Mediterranean street circuit in one minute 40.403 seconds. Webber's team mate and reigning world champion Sebastian Vettel, who has won five times this year already...
05:55 PM, Jun 24, 2011
Barcelona: Roberto Soldado and Juanma Mata scored two goals apiece to lead Valencia to a 5-0 rout of Villarreal on Sunday, strengthening their hold on third place in the Spanish league. Soldado scored Valencia's first-half opener at Mestalla stadium, while Mata scored two, Ever Banega added another and Soldado capped the demolition of their provincial rivals in the second half. "We knew that we could lose this game, but not...
08:54 AM, Apr 11, 2011
Valencia: Back behind the wheel of a Formula One car after a hiatus of four years, Narain Karthikeyan impressed at 2011's opening pre-season test and the ace Indian driver said he was "extremely satisfied" with his three-day outing at the Circuito Ricardo Tormo here. Karthikeyan, who was signed by Spanish outfit Hispania Racing Team (HRT) for the 2011 season, completed 63 laps and finished 11th fastest on the final day...
05:27 PM, Feb 04, 2011
Valencia: A title win continued to elude Mahesh Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi as they lost the Valencia Open final to Andy and Jamie Murray of Britain. The third seeded Indo-Belarusian pair lost the summit clash 6-7 (8) 7-5 7-10 to the wild card pair. It's for the fourth time in the season that Bhupathi and Mirnyi have lost a title clash. They ended runners-up at the ATP World Tour Masters...
06:16 PM, Nov 08, 2010
Valencia: Mahesh Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi stunned top seeds Lukasz Kubot and Oliver Marach in straight sets to storm into the doubles final of the Valencia Open here. The third seeded Indo-Belarusian partner recorded a 7-6(3) 6-4 win in the semifinals over the Polish-Austrian combination continuing the quest for their first title of the season, having lost three finals before. They were finalists at ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournaments...
07:30 PM, Nov 07, 2010
