Spain's most celebrated matador is gored by bull just minutes after retirement comeback

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Spain's most celebrated matador is gored by bull just minutes after retirement comeback.

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One of Spain's finest living matadors has been seriously injured after a goring incident that has sent shockwaves through the bullfighting world.

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José Antonio Morante de la Puebla, 45, was attacked during what had been a celebrated return to the ring in Seville - where capacity audiences had flocked to witness his performances following an unexpected retirement last year.Medical professionals described the wound as "very serious," with the bull's horn having punctured his rectum.Surgeons operated for more than two hours to treat the injury.El Pais reported that the incident "shattered the corrida and perhaps even the bullfighter's season".ABC newspaper recounted how "the happiness of the Morante faithful ended" when the animal charged, threw him to the ground, and then "the horn drove in" while he lay in the sand.Born Jose Antonio Morante Camacho, the matador is regarded by many as the best artistic bullfighter of his era, with some considering him the greatest of all time.His...

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