Anyone who’s competed in a three-legged race will feel at home at the 2016 Smithsonian Folklife Festival. “It will look a lot like a field day,” says Mary Linn, one of the festival curators. That’s ...

Christian Jaureguy plays esku pilota (Basque handball) on the Folklife Festival Frontoia. Photo by Robert Friedman, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives When people play sports at the frontoia, the ...

MADRID — 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. There ...

The turf at Albertsons Stadium turns temporarily green for the first Basque Soccer Friendly, an international exhibition between Spain’s Athletic Bilbao and Mexico’s Club Tijuana. A huge platform was ...

BOISE - People from around the world will soon converge on Boise to celebrate the best of Basque culture. Jaialdi 2015 will feature traditional sports, music, dance, and food - all of which highlight ...

Mikel Arteta is big on positive manifestation and one thing he has said this season has already come through. In the build-up to Tuesday's opening-night Champions League match against Athletic Bilbao, ...

BILBAO, SPAIN - Most soccer clubs would give anything to sign superstars such as David Beckham, Ronaldo or Zinedine Zidane. Not Athletic Bilbao. Fans would consider it a betrayal. The oldest club in ...