| Canny Pilot, Travelers Subdue Hijacker
TENERIFE, Canary Islands (AP) -- A fast-thinking pilot with passengers in cahoots fooled a hijacker by braking hard upon landing, then accelerating to knock the man down. When he fell, flight attendants threw boiling water in his face, and about 10 people pounced on him, Spanish officials said Friday. The Air Mauritania Boeing 737 carrying 71 passengers and a crew of eight was hijacked by a lone gunman brandishing two pistols Thursday evening shortly after it took off from Nouakchott, the capital of Mauritania, for Gran Canaria, one of Spain's Canary Islands, with a planned stopover in Nouadhibou in northern Mauritania. The hijacking alarmed Spanish officials because a trial of 29 people accused in the Madrid terrorist bombings of 2004 had begun the same day in Madrid.
Messi nets three in Barcelona's draw with Madrid
Lionel Messi scored his third goal of the game in injury time to rally FC Barcelona to a 3-3 draw with rival Real Madrid in the Spanish league on Saturday. The teenage forward received Ronaldinho's pass before darting through the defense and firing a low, angled left-footed shot past Madrid goalkeeper Iker Casillas to put the defending champion atop the standings at least for the day. .
Stage 2 - February 12: Cala Millor - Cala Bona, 159.4 km
Some of the world's top professionals will get their seasons underway over the next few days in the Challenge Volta a Mallorca, five 1.1 events linked by an overall classification. The format of the race allows the riders to pick and choose which races to ride, ensuring a huge pool of entrants from some of the biggest teams in the sport. The lineup is headed by last year's victor David Bernabeu, who will be fronting the Fuerteventura-Canarias team born out of the ashes of the Communidad Valenciana squad. Other big names include Alejandro Valverde and Oscar Pereiro (Caisse d'Epargne), Tom Boonen and Peter Van Petegem (Quickstep Innergetic), Oscar Freire (Rabobank), Erik Zabel (Milram), Stefan Schumacher and 2006 stage winner David Kopp (Gerolsteiner), David Millar (Saunier Duval-Prodir), Patrik Sinkewitz (T-Mobile) and Filippo Pozzato (Liquigas).
Barcelona brass elect not to punish Eto'o for comments
FC Barcelona's sports director Txiki Begiristain won't punish Samuel Eto'o for criticizing coach Frank Rijkaard and teammate Ronaldinho. Begiristain said Wednesday that Rijkaard had requested that Eto'o escape a sanction because he believes the players "can manage themselves." .
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