“In Portugal, Spain, Southern France and some Latin American countries, bulls are used in the sport of bullfighting.”

“The foot-and-mouth epidemic sweeping Europe and causing the cancellation of numerous race meetings will not affect Spain's bullfighting season.”

“Separatists see bullfighting as a cultural and ethnic marker to distinguish Catalonia from the rest of Spain.”

“The crowd loved this display of clowning bravery and the modern bullfight was born.”

“Each bullfight comprises six bulls and three matadors, each of whom fights two bulls.”

“Soon after, someone asked him to write a nonfiction account of the corrida de toros, or traditional Spanish bullfight.”

“Hence never would be waked in him the ambition to become a bullfighter.”

“Two years earlier he had made his debut in the bullring as a rejoneador, a bullfighter on horseback who carries a lance to kill the bull.”

“If a bullfighter goes in to kill his bull in his querencia, rather than to bring him out of it, he is almost certain to be gored.”