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Xavi will remain as Barcelona’s head coach on a contract that runs until the end of June 2025 after reversing his decision to leave the club this summer. His change of heart follows discussions with Barcelona sporting director Deco, who later accompanied Xavi in an emergency meeting with Joan Laporta at the club president’s personal residence on Wednesday evening. Laporta is expected to officially announce Xavi’s intention to take charge next season at a press conference on Thursday. Xavi, 44, said in January after a 5-3 defeat at home to Villarreal that he would exit his...

With high-profile managerial roles to be filled this summer, which managers could be moving and which are staying put?

Paris Saint-Germain president Nasser Al-Khelaifi asked his Barcelona counterpart Joan Laporta to give up on the “stupid” Super League, ahead of this month’s Champions League quarter-final between the clubs. La Liga rivals Real Madrid and Barcelona are the only two clubs who continue to promote the Super League, after Italian club Juventus initiated the process of withdrawing from the project in July 2023. The Super League was launched by 12 clubs in April 2021, but nine clubs — Manchester City, Manchester United, Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal, Tottenham, Inter, Milan and...

La Liga president Javier Tebas insists league matches will be played abroad with his aim for games to be staged in the United States from the 2025-26 season. The possibility of playing domestic league fixtures abroad has increased after FIFA was dropped from a landmark lawsuit by the U.S. events promoter Relevent, who in 2018 were denied in their attempts to take a fixture between Girona and Barcelona in La Liga to Miami. Relevent, founded by Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross, accused FIFA’s directive, issued in 2018, of guiding that domestic games should be played in their home...

A bank account belonging to Gerard Pique’s sports and entertainment company Kosmos has been embargoed by the judge investigating alleged corruption at the Spanish football federation (RFEF) during the presidency of Luis Rubiales from 2018 to 2023. Pique and Kosmos were an intermediary in the deal which saw the Spanish Supercopa move to Saudi Arabia in 2019. That initiative was worth €240million over six seasons to the then financially struggling federation — with Kosmos also due a commission of €24m for their role, according to a report by Spanish media outlet El Confidencial. On...

Lamine Yamal's strike on goal was ruled not to have crossed the line in Sunday's El Clasico victory for Real Madrid

Jude Bellingham got Real Madrid's late Clasico winner, but reliable supporting cast member Lucas Vazquez stole the show

Sunday's 3-2 defeat by Real Madrid in El Clasico saw Barca's hopes of trophy success this season come to a definitive end

The Champions League format as we know it is coming to an end. Here are UEFA’s proposed changes and what they mean for those involved…

Emma Hayes' side learned lessons from last season's defeat and have a slender advantage going into the second leg

Defeat by PSG in the Champions League - as well as Real Madrid's success - made for a bitter week for Barca fans

Our writers pick the one former player they would most like to see return to the game

Xavi says Barcelona have a chance to get “back into La Liga” with a victory over Real Madrid tomorrow. The 44-year-old’s side were knocked out of the Champions League on Tuesday after falling to a 4-1 defeat at home to Paris Saint-Germain, but an El Clasico victory for Barcelona, who are eight points behind league leaders Real, could reignite a title charge. Xavi, who was sent off during the defeat to PSG earlier this week, has called on his side to use the anger from their Champions League exit to fuel their performance at the Santiago Bernabeu on Sunday. “Tomorrow we have the...

It is often described as ‘football's finest youth academy’, but at Barcelona it has not always been appreciated

Barcelona defender Ronald Araujo has spoken of respecting “codes and values” in response to team-mate Ilkay Gundogan’s comments on his sending-off against Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League. Araujo, 25, was dismissed in the 29th minute of the second leg of the quarter-final on Tuesday. Barca had won the first leg in Paris 3-2 and led 1-0 at Montjuic following Raphinha’s 12th-minute opener, but the red card proved to be a turning point in the tie. PSG ran out 4-1 winners in the second leg with four unanswered goals to advance to the semi-final stage with a 6-4...