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86-year-old Briton among injured as San Fermín bull-running festival draws to a close

News Desk15th July 202620th July 2026

15th July 202620th July 20261018

Spain’s world-famous San Fermín festival in Pamplona (Navarra) came to an end on Tuesday, after its eighth and final bull run left 10 participants injured, including...

Vatican audience disrupted by anti-bullfighting activists before pope’s Spain trip

News Desk4th June 20267th June 2026

4th June 20267th June 2026956

Two anti-bullfighting activists were removed from St Peter’s Square in Rome on Wednesday after briefly disrupting Pope Leo’s popemobile during a public audience at the...

Spain’s leading matador ‘stable but in pain’ after goring to groin area in Seville

News Desk21st April 202627th April 2026

21st April 202627th April 20266744

Spain’s leading matador, José Antonio Morante de la Puebla, is ‘stable but in pain’ according to the EFE news agency, after being gored by a...

Disgraced ex-king Juan Carlos flies by private jet to Seville bullfight from Abu Dhabi, drawing cheers and backlash

News Desk6th April 202613th April 2026

6th April 202613th April 20261761

Spain’s disgraced former king Juan Carlos I made a rare return to the country over the Easter weekend, attending a high-profile bullfighting event in Seville...

Bull kills former matador during preparations for Malaga’s Easter bullfight

News Desk4th April 20267th April 2026

4th April 20267th April 20262956

A former bullfighter has died after being gored by a bull while helping to prepare a traditional Easter weekend bullfight in Málaga (Andalusia), organisers said. Ricardo...

Spain advances legal reform to ban minors from attending or taking part in bullfighting

News Desk28th January 20262nd February 2026

28th January 20262nd February 20261908

The Spanish government has presented a draft proposal that would prevent children and teenagers from attending or taking part in bullfights and other events involving...

One man gored, 7 others injured on second day of Pamplona’s bull-running festival

News Desk8th July 202514th July 2025

8th July 202514th July 20252698

One man was gored and seven others sustained minor injuries on Tuesday, during the second day of the San Fermín festival in Pamplona (Navarra), where thousands pack...

Bullfighting documentary wins top prize at San Sebastian Film Festival

News Desk30th September 202410th October 2024

30th September 202410th October 20246459

A documentary about bullfighting, ‘Tardes de Soledad’ (‘Afternoons of Solitude’), has picked up the top award at the San Sebastián Film Festival, its graphic nature...

Bull kills 74-year-old man and injures three others at village festival near Toledo

News Desk26th September 20243rd October 2024

26th September 20243rd October 20242660

A bull on a rampage caused the death of one person and left three others injured during a village ‘bull-running’ festival in Spain on Tuesday....

Spanish government scraps €30,000 national bullfighting prize, sparking debate

News Desk4th May 20248th May 2024

4th May 20248th May 20244634

Spain’s coalition government said on Friday that it would be scrapping a national prize for bullfighting, prompting anger from supporters of the controversial spectacle –...

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