BARCELONA (Reuters) – Barcelona forward Lionel Messi will have tests on Monday on a possible muscle injury sustained in Sunday’s 6-0 La Liga victory at home to Athletic Bilbao, coach Luis Enrique said. Messi, who scored Barca’s opening goal from the penalty spot, was replaced by Arda Turan at halftime at the Nou Camp and […]
MADRID (Reuters) – Barcelona forward Lionel Messi did not sustain a hamstring injury in Sunday’s 6-0 La Liga victory at home to Athletic Bilbao as initially feared, tests showed on Monday. Messi, who scored Barca’s opening goal from the penalty spot, was replaced at halftime and coach Luis Enrique told a news conference the decision […]
BARCELONA (Reuters) – Barcelona will be looking to avenge the reverse they suffered to Athletic Bilbao in the Spanish Super Cup when they host the Basque side in La Liga on Sunday, coach Luis Enrique said. Bilbao crushed Barca 4-0 at their San Mames stadium in the first leg of the competition last August and […]
MADRID (Reuters) – Holders Barcelona will continue their bid for a fourth King’s Cup triumph in eight years with a quarter-final tie against Athletic Bilbao, the team they have beaten in the final three times since 2009, including a 3-1 success last season. Friday’s draw pitted the record winners, who lost to Real Madrid in […]
MADRID (Reuters) – With a fifth world player of the year award safely tucked away in the trophy cabinet, Lionel Messi can set his sights on one of the next milestones in his remarkable career: reaching 500 goals for club and country. The Barcelona and Argentina forward can add to his jaw-dropping tally of 479 […]
ZURICH (Reuters) – Real Madrid and neighbours Atletico Madrid have been banned from registering players for two transfer windows for breaching rules on signing non-Spanish under-18 players, world soccer’s governing body FIFA said on Thursday. The sanction means that the clubs, currently third and first respectively in Spain’s top division, will not be able to […]
MADRID (Reuters) – Barcelona forward Neymar has been ordered to appear in a Spanish court next month as one of the defendants in a fraud case brought by Brazilian investment fund DIS. The firm alleges it was the victim when Barca signed the player, third in the latest world football player of the year poll, […]
MADRID (Reuters) – Barcelona’s appeal against Luis Suarez’s two-match King’s Cup ban for allegedly provoking a fracas in the tunnel after last week’s game against Espanyol has been rejected, the Spanish soccer federation (RFEF) said. At the end of a bad-tempered last 16 first leg derby at the Nou Camp that Barca won 4-1, the […]
BARCELONA (Reuters) – Barcelona are looking to reinforce their formidable attack in the January transfer window, the Spanish and European champions’ coach Luis Enrique said on Tuesday. Barca have one of the most potent forward lines in world soccer in FIFA Ballon d’Or winner Lionel Messi, Neymar and Luis Suarez but lack a reliable replacement […]
Lionel Messi wins his 5th Ballon d’Or ahead of fellow FC Barcelona team-mate Neymar Jr and Real Madrid superstar Cristiano Ronaldo. Messi is the only footballer in the world to win the coveted trophy five times. Messi had previously won four consecutive titles in 2009,2010,2011 and 2012, though Cristiano Ronaldo had won the last two […]
MADRID (Reuters) – Barcelona and Espanyol have fought out a couple of brutal derbies in recent weeks and the bitter city rivals are seeking to calm the waters ahead of Wednesday’s King’s Cup last-16 second leg. Espanyol held visiting Barca to a 0-0 draw in La Liga on Jan. 2 before the Cup holders thumped […]
