The Basque Country accounts for 1.4% of Spain's territory, 4.9% of its population and 20% of its first-division teams. Twenty-five percent if you count Osasuna, which you probably should. It also ...

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 ...

Tradition and culture drew the local Basque community Saturday for the 80th annual Kern County Basque Festival. In between food and drinks there were demonstrations of the game pelota, along with a ...

The Spanish national team are to play in Vitoria and so end their exile from the Basque Country. Basque boost The RFEF has accepted a request to play a match in the area for the first time since 1967.

For much of the 20th century, the sport of jai alai was a big deal — not just in Basque Country, where it originated, but around the world. In the '60s, it was marketed to Americans as the next big ...

Some players in Spain better identify with their Basque background. La Liga is home to a wealth of Spanish players, but not all want to play under the same flag. Many from Bilbao, Pamplona and San ...