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Barcelona women team lose home game for the first time since 2019

Barcelona women team lose home game for the first time since 2019

Barcelona Women’s remarkable home unbeaten streak in the league came to an end on Saturday as they suffered a 2-1 defeat to Levante.    This marks their first home league loss since February 2019, when they were beaten by Huesca.   Despite the setback, Barcelona remains comfortably at the top of the Liga F table, maintaining an eight-point lead over …

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Manchester City coach, Pep Guardiola ‘moving out of £8.5m family home in Barcelona’ after split from wife Cristina

Manchester City coach, Pep Guardiola

Manchester City coach, Pep Guardiola is reportedly moving out of his 8.5million mansion in Barcelona after his shock split from wife Cristina Serra. On Monday evening, reports from Spain claimed that Guardiola and his wife Cristina had decided to separate after 30 years together and three children.  Guardiola has always stayed at their family home – an 8.4million mansion in Barcelona, whenever he returns to the …

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Beatrice Chebet: Kenyan runner smashes women’s 5km world record in Barcelona

Beatrice Chebet celebrates winning 5,000m gold at the Paris Olympics

Double Olympic champion Beatrice Chebet crowned a golden year as she smashed the women’s 5,000m world record at the Cursa dels Nassos road race in Barcelona. The 24-year-old Kenyan finished the race in 13 minutes and 54 seconds to become the first woman to break the 14-minute barrier in the event. Chebet, who won 5,000m and 10,000m gold at the …

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Women’s Champions League: Barcelona secure final quarter-final spot

The Women's Champions League trophy

Manchester City kept their grip on top spot by beating St Polten in their penultimate group game on Thursday night. Captain Alex Greenwood was taken off on a stretcher in the first half before Lily Murphy opened the scoring in the second period. Barcelona joined City in the last eight with their 3-0 win at Hammarby – ending the Swedish …

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Barcelona and Spain’s Lamine Yamal wins 2024 Golden Boy award

Lamine Yamal while playing for Barcelona.

Barcelona and Spain’s Lamine Yamal has won the 2024 Golden Boy award. The award, founded by Italian newspaper Tuttosport, is given to the best European men’s player under the age of 21, with journalists voting using a points system. Yamal, 17, established himself as a first-team regular for Barcelona last season before helping Spain to win Euro 2024. The winger …

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Europe’s oldest nightclub La Paloma in Barcelona re-opens

Europe’s oldest nightclub La Paloma in Barcelona re-opens

While many venues across Europe are facing closure due to inflation rates, rising rent costs, soaring energy prices and a shift in post-pandemic habits, a bit of good news comes from Spain as La Paloma, which opened in 1903 and shut in 2007, is reopening its doors… ADVERTISEMENT Europe’s oldest nightclub, Barcelona’s La Paloma, has announced it has permanently re-opened …

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