The Catalans were valued at $4.76 billion, edging out bitter rivals Real Madrid, who came in at $4.75 billion, by the narrowest of margins in the annual list put together by financial experts Forbes. Less than 48 hours after Lionel Messi and his teammates were beaten 2-1 at the Alfredo Di …
Read More »
For all the pre-match talk of the epic tie between Barcelona and Paris in 2017, when Barca overcame a 4-0 deficit from the first leg to win 6-1 in the return and go through, the task ahead of them seemed almost impossible after a 4-1 mauling at the Camp Nou three …
Read More »
Video footage posted Saturday on Twitter shows men in dark hoodies dousing a police van with flammable liquid to stoke a larger fire. El Mundo newspaper reported that a driver was inside the van as the rioters caused the fire to spread. Video shot from another angle near the same …
Read More »
After Tuesday’s Champions League bashing at home to Messi suitors Paris Saint-Germain, Barca could have expected some redemption at home to visitors who had spent 14 years outside of the top flight before being promoted last summer. Facing a side hovering three points above the relegation zone before kick-off, Messi …
Read More »
Protesters hurled projectiles and flares at police while setting fire to bins, which they then turned into flaming barricades. A fire was also started at the Barcelona stock exchange. Eyewitness video shared on social media purports to show some of the carnage. The violence erupted in the wake of a …
Read More »
“Don’t burn the tree,” said one young protester to another, as he pulled yet another big recycling bin into the flames, “Pau, Pau! You’re gonna burn the bloody tree!” A gang of maybe eight youngsters, all under the age of 25 or so, then started to move the perilously erupting …
Read More »
Messi’s future in Spain has once again been thrown into doubt after the Catalan side’s latest Champions League humbling, this time at the hands of oil-rich Paris Saint-Germain who savaged the five-time champions 4-1 at the Camp Nou earlier this week, once again stoking rumors that Messi could be moving towards the …
Read More »
As night fell over Barcelona on Wednesday, crowds of protesters rolled makeshift barricades down the central Via Laietana, before setting them on fire. The sound of breaking glass could be heard in videos filmed by onlookers, along with the crack of police weapons in nearby streets. Crowds of protesters turned …
Read More »
Lightweight champion Nurmagomedov first revealed that he would be attending the tantalizing round of 16 clash on the afternoon of the match, inviting his millions of fans to follow his journey on Instagram as he headed to the iconic Camp Nou in the Spanish city. Nurmagomedov had posted a message …
Read More »
Hasel, whose real name is Pablo Rivadulla Duro, was arrested earlier on Tuesday after barricading himself inside the University of Lleida in Catalonia. He is to serve a nine-month sentence handed down in 2018 over song lyrics and tweets regarding disgraced former monarch Juan Carlos I, and a social media …
Read More »
