Osasuna have launched an appeal to the Royal Spanish Football Federation, claiming Barcelona defender Inigo Martinez was ineligible to play against them on Thursday. Martinez did not join up with the Spain squad for the recent international break because of a knee injury. Fifa rules prohibit a player from playing for his club within five...
Former Barcelona and Brazil defender Dani Alves has had a rape conviction overturned on appeal by a Spanish court. The appeals division of Catalonia’s High Court of Justice unanimously upheld the appeal by the 41-year-old and acquitted him, saying the case against him had “inconsistencies and contradictions”. Alves was sentenced to four and a half...
There is an all-English Women’s Champions League final on the cards, with Arsenal and Chelsea safely into the last four of the competition. The semi-final line-up was confirmed on Thursday as Chelsea and Barcelona joined Arsenal and Lyon in the next round. The two Women’s Super League (WSL) sides overturned 2-0 first-leg deficits to continue...
The other 11 Barcelona players who played during the break, including Netherlands midfielder Frenkie de Jong and Poland striker Robert Lewandowski, are available – but Flick says they have not fully recovered. “It’s not the best situation for them. The players have played with their national teams, and that’s bad,” Flick said. “Now we have...
