MADRID (AP) — Álvaro Alarcón plays out the moment when he will enter Madrid's Las Ventas bullring for his final challenge as a “novillero,” or apprentice bullfighter. The 24-year-old has been training ...

The “bull world” is not just about bullfights. The “bull world” is not just about bullfights. There is a whole range of traditions and customs for tourists to explore in Madrid – a world inhabited by ...

MADRID (Reuters Life!) - Just days after he was hailed as a triumph in Madrid's Las Ventas bullring, matador Jose Tomas again dazzled fans with a daring performance that won him wild applause and ...

The typical image of the Las Ventas bullring in Madrid is sand splattered with fresh blood. The same venue is set to host a Davis Cup semifinal tie between Spain and the United States from Friday. A ...

MADRID, Spain — Courage, according to the nose of Ernest Hemingway, smells like smoked leather or a frozen road or the sea when the wind rips the top from a wave. Fear, on the other hand, carries a ...

MADRID (Reuters) - Usually at this time of year Madrid's Las Ventas bullring is packed as matadors take on lethal half-tonne bulls in daily fights during the annual San Isidro festival. But plazas ...

Mehdi Savalli eschews the rituals that bullfighters typically use to ward off gorings and other misfortunes. He doesn’t pray to the Virgen de la Estrella; he doesn’t stand in front of a homemade ...