Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar, El Cid Compeador, lies at rest in the center of the Cathedral of Burgos.

The oldest Spanish soccer stadium is El Molinon stadium, home of Sporting Gijon. It's been in use since 1908.

The games between Barcelona and Real Madrid are called El Classic o, The Classic. For these matches streets in Barcelona and real Madrid are deserted. Michael ladrup has won four la liga medals in a row with two different clubs , two with Barcelona and two with Real Madrid. Real Madrid are the leaders with 31 titles.

Sammy Sosa

Alex Rodriguez, Albert Pujols, Mariano Rivera, Jose Reyes, David Ortiz, Benji Molina, Robinson Cano, Jorge Posada, Jhonny Perales and many, many more.

The Head of the State is the king Juan Carlos I, and the Presidente del Gobierno (President of the Government) is Mariano Rajoy.

Spain mainly won the Euro 2008 , because it was combined effort. They had Casillas as the goalkeeper and captain. The defenders were Sergio Ramos and Puyol. Their Midfielders were Innesta , Fabregas , Xavi,Hernandes , and Xavi Alonso. Their main striker was Torres .

Bull fighting in its modern form has been around for about 300 years. However, forms of bullfighting have been around almost since the dawn of mankind.

The bullfight as we know it today developed back in the 1700s in Spain but some form of bullfighting has been around since ancient times. Roman Emperor Claudius is thought to have introduced a form of bullfighting to Spain in the first century when gladiator fights were outlawed. In about 1726 Francisco Romero became the first to popularize fighting the bull on foot and is considered the first 'modern' matador.

The Barcelona manager is the famous Barcelona player and captain in the 1990s he is Josep Guardiolla.

Soccer is the most popular ball sport in most countries, except the US.

It can be played anywhere. You don't even need a ball, a pair of rolled up socks will do.

Tthere was even a joky quiz show in Britain called "Jumpers for Goalposts" about soccer.

Translation

English Jumper = American sweater

Little boys (and big ones)playing pickup soccer put down their sweaters as goalposts, much to the disgust of their Moms who have to wash them.

Just the one: they are the defending champions, having won it in 2010.

Spain won 5 gold medals at the 2008 Games in Beijing:

1) Joan Llaneras - men's points race cycling.

2) Saúl Craviotto amd Carlos Pérez - men's 500 meter kayak doubles.

3) Fernando Echavarri and Antón Paz - tornado sailing.

4) Rafael Nadal - men's singles tennis.

5) Samuel Sánchez - men's individual road race cycling.

Someone can think in other way, but my list is the following:

Diego Armando Maradona, Johan Cruyjff, Lionel Messi, Pep Guardiola, Romario, Ronaldinho, Ronaldo, Kubala, Michael Laudrup, Hristo Stoichkov.

ofcours Lionel messi the god of football

It is believed that a form of bullfighting was introduced to Spain during the reign of Roman Emperor Claudius nearly 2000 years ago. Over the centuries the practice evolved into what we know today. When the Spanish conquered and colonized an area they introduced the spectacle, especially in parts of the Americas.

In Spain it is called the La liga.

Yes, Randy Orton is a Spanish person even though he doesn't look like he is . But guess what he is actually a Spanish guy. He speaks Spanish.

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Because the game was invented here, a long time before American "Football". Question really ought to be, why do you call football "soccer". Grrr!

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Soccer is an English coloquial version of the phrase 'Association Football' .The game is called Football NOT Soccer.

The word 'Soccer' was used to describe on particular form of league of football.

Mark Hughes - Barcelona

Steve McMannamon - Real Madrid

Michael Owen - Real Madrid

Jonathan Woodgate - Real Madrid

I'm sure there are more.

alot of people play sport in Spain

about 70%

they love tennis and soiccer

because they haven't been paid

To impress the indigenous people into converting to Christianity

Spain was able to establish colonies in large areas of both continents.
Spain was able to establish colonies in large areas of both continents.

The result was that Spain ended up controlling more of North and South America than all the other countries.