Tag: Barcelona FC

Friday, August 6th 2021 - 07:13 UTC
FC Barcelona announces Messi will not stay

Argentine international football legend Lionel Messi will no longer play for Spanish League top team FC Barcelona after a 21-year spell, it was announced Thursday. The Rosario-born Messi arrived in Barcelona when he was 12 years old.
Sunday, June 16th 2019 - 09:53 UTC
Luis Suarez: “Losing the Champions League semi-final, the worst moments of my life”

Uruguayan born Barcelona striker Luis Suarez said losing 4-0 to Liverpool in the Champions League semi-finals was as painful as when he was sent home from the 2014 World Cup for biting Italy's Giorgio Chiellini and banned from football for four months.
Wednesday, May 15th 2019 - 07:31 UTC
French striker Griezmann leaving Atlético and could move to Barcelona

French striker Antoine Griezmann has told Atletico Madrid he will leave them in the close season, the Spanish club said on Twitter on Tuesday. The 28-year-old Griezmann has a contract until 2023 with Atletico, but has a buyout clause of €120 million and has been the target of several approaches from La Liga rivals Barcelona.
Friday, December 7th 2018 - 15:37 UTC
Famous Afghan Messi fan displaced by war, fears for his life

Murtaza Ahmadi, whose picture in 2016 donning a plastic home made Argentine national football jersey pretending to be that of Lionel Messi went viral leading the actual Barcelona FC star to meet him personally and give him a real shirt, is now one of thousands of Afghans displaced by war, as his family has left their home in southeastern Ghazni fleeing a Taliban large-scale offensive.
Monday, October 2nd 2017 - 09:47 UTC
Barcelona plays La Liga match behind closed doors; Barca players with Catalan colors and Las Palmas the Spanish flag

Barcelona's La Liga game against Las Palmas was played behind closed doors as a protest after their request for it to be postponed in light of Catalonian independence referendum was rejected. The Spanish government pledged to stop a poll declared illegal on a day of violent protests and unrest.
Saturday, July 1st 2017 - 13:11 UTC
Lionel Messi and Antonella Roccuzzo tie the knot at last in red carpet event

Barcelona football star and Argentine international Lionel Messi (30) and his life-long partner Antonella Roccuzzo (29), were married Friday evening in their native Rosario, some 200 miles northwest of Buenos Aires amid large-scale international press coverage. The couple already has two sons - Thiago (4) and Mateo (1).
Saturday, March 19th 2016 - 06:09 UTC
Neymar ordered to pay US$ 52.2 million in back taxes to the Brazilian Treasury

A Brazilian court has found Barcelona striker Neymar guilty of tax fraud and ordered him to pay 188.8 million Reais (US$ 52.2) in back taxes, interest and penalties according to reports on the local media on Friday.
Saturday, July 4th 2015 - 06:57 UTC
ITUC appeal to FC Barcelona voting members to end Qatar Airways sponsorship

The ITUC has called on FC Barcelona “socios” (voting members) and fans to end the club’s Qatar Airways sponsorship, saying that the airline is the very worst sponsor for a club with a 100-year tradition of democracy and universality.
Friday, July 11th 2014 - 05:44 UTC
Neymar wants Argentina and his friend Messi and Marchesaono to win the World Cup

Brazil forward Neymar has done the unpredictable once again by revealing he will support Brazil's biggest rivals Argentina in Sunday's World Cup final against Germany.
Tuesday, February 25th 2014 - 04:19 UTC
Barca pays 13.5m Euros on the contract of Neymar after charges of tax-fraud

Barcelona have made a payment of 13.5 million Euros ($18.53 million) to the Spanish treasury, after they were charged last week with tax fraud in the signing of Brazil forward Neymar.