Spain's High Court said on Friday it had reopened a fraud and corruption investigation into Brazilian soccer player Neymar over his transfer to Barcelona from Santos, after an appeal by the public prosecutor.
La Liga champions Barcelona and Qatar Airways are in talks to extend their current shirt sponsorship deal until 2020, the boss of the Gulf carrier said on Wednesday.
La Liga champions Barcelona said they agreed a one-year extension to their shirt sponsorship with Qatar Airways, increasing the annual value of the deal to around €35m ($38mn), according to Spanish media reports.
Spanish police issued guidelines on Monday on how to safely use augmented-reality video games after the release of the application Pokemon Go.
Barcelona striker Lionel Messi and his father were sentenced on Wednesday to 21 months in jail for tax fraud by a court in Spain where the taxman has set its sights on footballers.
The trial of Argentina star Lionel Messi in tax fraud charges opened on Tuesday in Spain in his absence just days before Argentina's first match in the Copa America tournament against Chile.
Barcelona sealed their 24th La Liga title as Luis Suarez took his tally for the season to 59 goals with a hat-trick in a 3-0 win at Granada to hold off Real Madrid's late-season surge.
Barcelona are one win away from retaining their La Liga title after Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar all scored as they thrashed Espanyol 5-0 in the Catalan derby yesterday.
Espanyol travel to La Liga leaders Barcelona today aiming to repeat their feat of denying their bitter local rivals the title in 2007.
Barcelona star Neymar will make a minimum 45.9 million euros ($52.3 million) from his five-year contract with the European champions, football whistleblowing site Football Leaks revealed on Monday.
Barcelona fans, players and officials paid tribute to the memory of former player and manager Johan Cruyff in front of a memorial space set up inside the club’s Camp Nou stadium yesterday.
At least 14 people died after a bus travelling between the Spanish cities of Valencia and Barcelona crashed early on Sunday, a local government official said.
