ARLES, August 2, 2008 (AFP) - A 10-year-old Franco-Mexican boy who has become a star child matador had his hopes crushed again Saturday when his 'beginner's' bullfight with calves was banned for a second time in southern France.

ARLES, August 2, 2008 (AFP) - A controversial event in the French city of Arles, in which a child matador was to participate in a so-called beginner's bullfight with calves, was banned by authorities hours before it was set to take place on Saturday.

FONTVIEILLE, August 1, 2008 (AFP) - A row over a 10-year-old Franco-Mexican bullfighter's planned appearance saw a French village on Friday ban a competition gathering matadors from France, Spain and Latin America.

MARSEILLE, July 31, 2008 (AFP) - French prosecutors said Thursday they had opened an enquiry to determine whether a 10-year-old Franco-Mexican torero's planned appearance at a bullfight is legal.

Bullfighter Michelito is due to take part Saturday in a competition in the southern town of Fontvieille between youngsters from French, Spanish and Latin American bullfighting schools.

PAMPLONA, July 12, 2008 (AFP) - Five people were injured on the sixth day of the running of the bulls in Pamplona in northern Spain on Saturday, bringing to 33 the total injured in the annual festival, organisers said.

PAMPLONA, July 10, 2008 (AFP) - The fourth day of the running of the bulls through Pamplona in northern Spain on Thursday left an American man briefly unconscious and six other people injured, including a Spanish man who was gored by a bull, organisers said.

PAMPLONA, July 9, 2008 (AFP) - A 22-year-old California man was gored in the abdomen and a Greek citizen suffered a broken nose Wednesday on the third day of the annual running of the bulls in Pamplona, northern Spain, organisers said.

Both men were taken to hospital where the gored American was conscious and in stable condition, the organisers said in a statement.

MADRID, July 8, 2008 (AFP) - The muse of many of Spanish film director Pedro Almodovar's movies has written to French President Nicolas Sarkozy demanding an bar on under-16s attending bullfights, an animal rights charity said Tuesday.

PAMPLONA, July 8, 2008 (AFP) - Five men were injured, including one who was gored, on the second day of the annual bull running festival in the northern Spanish town of Pamplona on Tuesday, organisers said.

PAMPLONA, July 7, 2008 (AFP) - Spanish police on Monday identified an Irish national who died after falling from a 30-metre (90-foot) high wall during the first day of the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, northeast Spain.

Aidan Holly, 23, died Sunday after he fell from the ancient wall that encircles the ancient centre of Pamplona.