Madrid  - Troubled Spanish giants Atletico Madrid sacked coach Javier Aguirre, according to Spanish media reports Monday night.

The digital versions of AS and Marca claim that the sacking of Aguirre will be officially announced Tuesday, and that he will be replaced by former Atletico goalkeeper Abel Resino, currently at third division Castellon.

Abel, 49, played for Atletico from 1986-95. He has little top-line coaching experience, though he was assistant to Cesar Ferrando at Atletico during the 2004-05 season.

Madrid  - Spanish former golfer Severiano Ballesteros will have fully recovered from recent health problems within six months, his brother Baldomero was quoted as saying in Spanish media reports from Monday.

Ballesteros, 51, has been fighting a brain tumour for four months and has already undergone several instances of surgery and chemotherapy in that effort. However, his condition has improved considerably.

Madrid - Spain is backtracking on plans to nationalize tens of thousands of seaside residences in an attempt to protect the coastline from pollution, the daily El Pais reported Monday.

The Environment Ministry had intended to step up the application of a 1988 law prohibiting the construction of housing near the water line.

The owners of such houses, many of whom are British and German nationals, would have been granted the right to use them for up to 60 years without being allowed to sell them.

Malaga, Spain - A storm with winds blowing at up to 180 kilometres an hour injured 25 people overnight in the southern Spanish city of Malaga, the State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) said Monday.

The storm, which was accompanied by rain and which Aemet described as a tornado, uprooted trees, knocked over advertising billboards, tore off the roofs of a bus station and of a parking lot, and caused widespread damage to vehicles and urban property.

Madrid - The Spanish Cinema Academy was Monday seen as having made a bold choice in granting six Goya Awards to Javier Fesser's film Camino (The Road), which depicts the influential conservative Catholic organization Opus Dei in a critical light.

Spain's top movie awards, which were granted for the 23th time, were announced at a Madrid gala overnight.

Camino was "the riskiest and politically most uncomfortable" candidate, the daily El Mundo said, while El Pais described the movie as a "different" film on "spirituality, (and) on how Opus Dei manipulates the illness of a child."

Madrid - Spanish Liga club Betis announced late on Saturday night the signing of Ricardo Oliveira from second division Zaragoza.

The deal went through just minutes before the closing of the winter transfer window at midnight on Saturday.

Betis will pay 9 million euros (11.58 million dollars) to Zaragoza for the Brazilian striker.

Oliveira, 28, has signed a contract with Betis which runs until June 2013.