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Girona arrive, but the challenge is to stay
Who would win LaLiga 2023-24?
22 December 2023
Sergi Roberto fires Barca to victory over Almeria
Xavi Hernandez's side ended 2023 with a win thanks to Sergi Roberto's double and a first-half goal from Raphinha.
21 December 2023
Barcelona held to a 1-1 draw at Valencia
La Liga champions Barcelona dropped more points in the Spanish title race in a tense 1-1 draw at Valencia on Saturday.
17 December 2023
Messi named Time's 'Athlete of the Year'
Lionel Messi has been named Time magazine's "Athlete of the Year" for 2023 after a trailblazing season marked by an eighth Ballon d'Or award and his ground-breaking move to Major League Soccer's Inter Miami.
6 December 2023
Brazilian 'wonderkid' Vitor Roque set to join Barcelona in January
Barca reached an agreement to sign Roque from Athletico in July for a reported 40 million euros plus 21 million in add-ons
3 December 2023
Xavi calls on Felix to let Atletico criticism inspire him
Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez called on Joao Felix to use criticism from his former Atletico Madrid team-mates to motivate him when the teams meet on Sunday in La Liga.
2 December 2023
Single annual international break can reduce injuries: Xavi
A revamped calendar with a single international break could resolve the travel time and injury issues faced by many players, Barcelona manager Xavi Hernandez said on Friday.
25 November 2023
Hurting Barca face Rayo after Gavi injury
Champions Barcelona visit Rayo Vallecano in La Liga on Saturday reeling after midfield Gavi's devastating cruciate ligament injury, which is set to rule him out for the rest of the season..Coach Xavi Hernandez has called the 19-year-old the "soul" of the team on multiple occasions and his
25 November 2023
De Jong back in Barca squad after two months
Barcelona's Dutch midfielder Frenkie De Jong has returned to the squad for Saturday's LaLiga game at Rayo Vallecano after two months out with an ankle injury, the club said on Friday.
25 November 2023
Gavi faces surgery after serious knee injury on Spain duty
Barcelona midfielder Gavi faces surgery after tearing his anterior cruciate ligament in Spain's Euro 2024 qualifier with Georgia, the club said on Monday.
20 November 2023
Barca are in a dip, not a crisis: Xavi
The Spanish champions have played poorly in recent weeks and fell to an embarrassing 1-0 defeat by Ukrainian side Shakhtar Donetsk in the Champions League on Tuesday in Hamburg.
11 November 2023
Xavi's credit dropping as Barca slump at Shakhtar
This year in Europe it was supposed to be different but Barcelona will have to do it the hard way, with coach Xavi Hernandez watching his credit start to drain.
8 November 2023
Shakhtar stun Barcelona
Shakhtar have played home games away from their Donbass Arena in Donetsk, now occupied by Russia, since 2014.
8 November 2023
Barca snatch 'inexplicable' win at dominant Sociedad
Having suffered a last-gasp defeat by Real Madrid in the Clasico last Saturday despite having the better of the game, Xavi's side inflicted the same suffering on Real Sociedad in San Sebastian.
5 November 2023
Barcelona forced to lean on youth in El Clasico
La Liga champions Barcelona host bitter rivals Real Madrid in the first Clasico of the season on Saturday, forced into leaning heavily on players from their feted La Masia youth academy.
28 October 2023
Xavi critical of Barca spokesman's post attacking Vinicius
The Brazilian forward was racially abused during his team's 1-1 draw on Saturday at Sevilla, with the Andalusian club ejecting a fan from the stadium.
26 October 2023
Messi should have own Ballon d'Or category, says Guardiola
Pep Guardiola says Lionel Messi should have his own category at the Ballon d'Or but admitted the World Cup winner and Manchester City hotshot Erling Haaland would both be deserving winners of the prize.
20 October 2023
Barcelona get ready to rock with Rolling Stones logo on shirt for Clasico
Barcelona and the Rolling Stones have joined forces and the club's kit will feature the band's famous tongue and lips logo for next week's Clasico against Real Madrid, the LaLiga club announced on Thursday.
20 October 2023
Barca president Laporta charged over referee scandal: court
The club itself and two of its former presidents, Josep Maria Bartomeu and Sandro Rosell, as well as the former head of Spain's referees body, Jose Maria Enriquez Negreira, and his son have already been charged.
18 October 2023
Miami won't loan out Messi: report
Spanish journalist Guillem Balague reported that the global superstar isn't going anywhere except on vacation.
12 October 2023