Sharapova, the reigning French Open champion, lost to Serena Williams in straight sets in the Spanish capital.
Earlier, Ronaldo successfully completed his medical with Madrid after landing in the Spanish capital just after midday.
Murray is in the Spanish capital for the Madrid Masters and he will play his third-round match on Thursday.
The Spanish capital will rename a street next to the site Avenida Rizal, which intersects the existing Avenida Filipinas.
Samaranch's emotional intervention was credited with being the main reason for the late surge in support for the Spanish capital.
Last year the Spanish capital's experiment with blue clay proved unpopular with most players, and it was banned for this season.
CNN: Nadal 'relaxed' as rivals struggle at Monte Carlo Masters
Liverpool's players and fans have a 1, 200-mile road trip to contemplate to reach Spanish capital Madrid for their match against Atletico.
But Venus' victory was overshadowed by a disappointing defeat for her younger sister in a match played in chilly conditions in the Spanish capital.
In the Spanish capital, Madrid, thousands of young people gathered at six indoor "macro-parties" the authorities had organised in big venues across the city.
In the Spanish capital Madrid and the country's second city, Barcelona, thousands of protesters marched with some displaying signs 'Bread and shelter at fair price!'
Leading 2-1 from the first leg in the Spanish capital, Atletico went further ahead in the tie as Adrian Lopez scored a fine individual goal.
Having clinched a fourth title in five seasons when second-placed Real could only draw with Espanyol on Saturday, Barca went behind five minutes after halftime in the Spanish capital.
MADRID, Spain (CNN) -- Spanish police vehicles topped with machine guns were standing guard outside the American, British and Israeli embassies in the Spanish capital as security was beefed up ahead of the likely war in Iraq, CNN observed Wednesday.
Samaranch, whose father was president of the IOC from 1980 to 2001, says the Spanish capital will look for a "combination of vitality and reliability" as the bid team aim to improve on their third place in the ballot to host the 2012 Games.
After all this, if you are worrying that British banks don't look as robust as you might like, I would direct your attention to Thursday's publication of how much capital Spanish banks may need to raise, as per the assessment of consultants hired by Spain's government.
The first would be to inject capital into Spanish banks at risk -- directly from the European Stability Mechanism, which comes into operation in July.
Caixabank has begun searching for a partner who would buy part of its Spanish credit- and debit- card business, the latest indication of a selling spree by Spanish banks to raise capital.
The Germans are not even allowing the new bailout fund, the European Stability Mechanism, to put money into Spanish banks - for example - without that capital simultaneously becoming a liability of the over-extended Spanish state.
The debate in the market is not about whether Spanish lenders will need more capital, but about how much.
Anti-austerity protesters are expected to march on the Spanish Parliament later Thursday in the capital, Madrid.
Anti-austerity protesters are expected to march on the Spanish Parliament later Thursday in the capital, Madrid, as part of an organized movement to bring political change to the country.
While foreign ships sucked up the oil at sea, and even some Belgian troops helped clear it from the beaches, last Sunday a crowd put at 150, 000 marched through Santiago de Compostela, Galicia's capital, calling for Spanish political heads to roll.
Well probably not that long, because Spanish banks are reining in their lending, and thus damaging the Spanish economy, in response to their capital deficiency.
But many Mayans are angry that Bush is visiting Iximche, founded as the capital of the Kaqchiqueles kingdom before the Spanish conquest in 1524.
For what it's worth, about 10 days ago I said on the Ten O'Clock News that Spanish banks may need around 85bn euros of additional capital, including the 23.5bn already requested by Spain's fourth biggest bank, Bankia.
They're rushing to get this done because Greece seems likely to implode whoever wins the 17 June election, and because a Spanish sovereign debt crisis would be massive: the capital flight of 100bn in January to March this year would look puny compared to the three trillion euros that could potentially leave the bond and stock markets of Italy and Spain.
"It is a gesture that provides a message of unity and repulsion, " Francisco Javier Ansuategui, the central government's Madrid representative, told Spanish news agency Europa Press at one gathering in the capital.
But perhaps the greater concern is how little additional capital, to absorb the potential losses, the Spanish government expects to have to inject into banks and also its chosen method for doing so.
The five nations' representatives will get round a table in the headquarters of the RFEF - the Spanish Football Federation - in las Rozas in the outskirts of the capital.
How long can the Spanish government prevaricate and fail to make sure the banks have all the capital they need?
应用推荐