MADRID (AP) — A small sport popular in Spain’s northern Basque Country has stirred up a political controversy that triggered court action and fanned the region's long-held feelings of nationalism.

It’s a Wednesday night... game night for Ysabel Bilbao. She’s part of a women’s league that plays the Basque racket sport of pelota. "As we go downstairs, this is what I describe as the fight club ...

“Here, each village was its own universe, cut off from everywhere,” says Bernardo Atxaga. “San Sebastian is only a short drive away these days, but back then it was like another world.” Atxaga is one ...

Rural traditions are central to Basque identity, and to their claim to being a nation, different from the rest of Spain. One such tradition took place Saturday in the Basque village of Azpeitia: the ...

GUADALAJARA, MexicoGUADALAJARA, Mexico — Cricket is sure to stump a Chilean. Argentines are unlikely to understand American football. Baseball is bound to confound a Russian. And don’t expect a Greek ...

MUNGIA, Spain - Women lifted heavy stones up to their shoulders and swung axes during the Women's Championship of Herri-Kirolak - or Basque sports - as a new generation aims to change attitudes in the ...