LONDON -- Going for broke in the Champions League can inspire an athlete, like Didier Drogba, to the absolute limits of his formidable match-winning powers. It can also reduce the peace of mind of intelligent but partial bystanders to jelly. On a crisp, cold Tuesday night in London, where Chelsea simply had to beat Valencia in order to reach the...
VILLARREAL, Spain -- He walked off the field holding his lower back in the 65th minute, his hair not quite a shaggy mop top, but close to it. Applause rang out from the traveling English supporters and also from the fans of the home team, Villarreal, known as the Yellow Submarine. David Silva is not a member of the Beatles, but he and his...
On paper, the European Grand Prix in Valencia would seem to have all the characteristics of the great Monaco Grand Prix up the coast of the Mediterranean: the sea, a harbor, yachts, a street circuit and ancient buildings. But while Valencia has never delivered on glamour and glitz to the same degree as Monaco, this coastal city, the third-largest...
Valencia (catalansk/valenciansk València) er den tredjestørste by i Spanien, og er samtidig navnet på den provins og den region, hvor byen er hovedby.
Byen Valencia har 807.396 indbyggere (2006), og inkl. forstæder og omkringliggende byer udgør den en storby-region med over 1,6 mio. indbyggere.
Valencia ligger ca. midt på den spanske østkyst ud til Middelhavet, syd for Barcelona.
3. juli 2006 blev Valencias metro ramt af en voldsom ulykke forud for et besøg af paven. Over 40 mennesker mistede livet ved den alvorlige ulykke.