. Flowers To Spain

Masters Diary: Ballesteros retains pride of place in affections at Augusta
Severiano Ballesteros turned 54 on Saturday, meaning he has featured even more predominantly in the narrative here. At the Champions Dinner on Tuesday, Phil Mickelson chose a Spanish menu to honour the dual Masters champion and, before his third round, Rory McIlroy tweeted: “Happy birthday Seve. You are in everyone’s thoughts at Augusta this week.”
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Villarreal dreams of European success
Spanish BBVA Primera Liga club Villarreal took a huge step towards the semifinals of the Europa League on Thursday night with a 5-1 thrashing of FC Twente in the first leg of their quarterfinal tie.
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Spain says banks healthy while Berlin warns its laggards
Spain’s finance minister said on Saturday that the results of stress tests on Spanish banks would reassure investors, contrasting with Germany which said any failing lenders would get no help from Berlin.
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