Alicante, Spain
City: AlicanteCountry: Spain
News from Alicante
Messi completes purchase of second Spanish club
Argentine football great Lionel Messi becomes the owner of Spanish second division club CD Eldense.
October 1, 2026Messi agrees to buy second Spanish club
Spanish second-division side Eldense say Argentina great Lionel Messi has reached a "preliminary agreement" to become the club's majority shareholder.
September 9, 2026Destination unknown - A goalkeeper's 2000-mile van trip to find a new club
Goalkeeper Milo Beimers is undertaking a 2000-mile journey across Europe with one goal - to find a new club from the back of a transit van.
August 11, 2026Spanish police arrest 78 people in bust of 'one of largest' smuggling networks
The group moved synthetic drugs from Spain to Algeria, then used the return journey to smuggle migrants and weapons.
August 7, 2026Tourist hotspot at 'end of the world' denies causing hantavirus outbreak
The BBC reports from the city of Ushuaia, where experts have been sent to investigate the origins of the outbreak.
May 10, 2026