The Local Spain https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Spanish court wrong to destroy blood: IOC The International Olympic Committee on Wednesday deplored a ruling by a Spanish court that bags of blood seized in a doping case be destroyed, preventing further probes into what has been described as the world's biggest doping network. https://www.thelocal.es/20130501/spanish-court-wrong-to-destroy-blood-ioc Wed, 01 May 2013 21:21:00 +0200 spanish-court-wrong-to-destroy-blood-ioc Spanish PM: 'We're ready for Madrid 2020' Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy on Monday opened the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) evaluation team's visit to Madrid by claiming the city deserves the right to host the 2020 Olympic Games. https://www.thelocal.es/20130319/spanish-pm-were-ready-for-madrid-2020 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 10:54:00 +0100 spanish-pm-were-ready-for-madrid-2020