First-ever official representation from Pakistan at FC Barcelona’s base camp marks a new chapter in South Asia’s connection with global football. Begin, the official streaming partner of LaLiga in Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka, has announced that acclaimed Pakistani content creator Irfan Junejo will represent Pakistan in an exclusive pre-El Clásico media opportunity with FC […]
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‘Happy’ Aubameyang sinks Valencia again
Madrid: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang said Valencia’s Mestalla stadium feels like home after he scored a hat trick in Barcelona’s 4-1 victory on Sunday. He also put three past Valencia on his last visit to Mestalla in 2019, when Arsenal won 4-2 to reach the Europa League final. “The last time it was a hat-trick in […]
Messi proves too much for Lyon as Barcelona reach Champions League quarters
BARCELONA: Lionel Messi came up just short of matching Cristiano Ronaldo’s hat-trick a day earlier but still scored twice and set up two more as Barcelona beat Lyon 5-1 on Wednesday to reach the Champions League quarter-finals. After Ronaldo’s treble on Tuesday for Juventus sent Atletico Madrid packing in Turin, Messi delivered his own symphony […]
Shakira to be questioned in June over alleged tax fraud
Colombian superstar Shakira will be questioned by a court near Barcelona on June 12 for allegedly evading 14.5 million euros ($16.5 million) in taxes, a Spanish court said Tuesday. In a statement, the high court of Catalonia, where the singer lives with her partner, FC Barcelona footballer Gerard Pique, said she had been summoned to […]
‘We all want him back’: Dybala on Messi’s Argentina future
As doubt looms over Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi‘s future with the national team, fellow Argentina team-mate Paulo Dybala has said that the entire squad wants Messi back. According to Football Italia, Dybala said that everyone in the team knows how important Messi is for the South American giants and that they all want him to […]
‘Messi will play for national team again’: Argentina coach has not given up
Argentina coach Lionel Scolani has expressed hope that national team captain Lionel Messi will join the squad soon. Messi has not featured in a national team fixture since Argentina’s World Cup 2018 exit at the hands of France in round-of-16 in Russia. The Argentine has set all his focus on his club team FC Barcelona […]
In a first, Messi ends up on the losing side even after scoring a brace
FC Barcelona captain Lionel Messi ended up on the wrong end of the results on Sunday at the Camp Nou as his brace could not help his side avoid a 4-3 shock defeat at home against Real Betis. Sunday’s clash against Betis was Messi‘s first appearance in three weeks after suffering from a horrific broken […]
A look back at Messi’s goals against Italian teams ahead of Barcelona’s clash with Inter Milan
Lionel Messi is one of the greatest footballers to grace the game of football if not the best. He has scored against almost every nation, every league, every team that he has played against and he has done so with relative ease and brilliance. With 100s of goals to his name, and just about half […]
Fans confused as Barcelona first include, then exclude Messi from squad to face Inter Milan
Spanish champions FC Barcelona left fans and footballer lovers all around the world in absolute confusion as they first named captain Lionel Messi, then excluded him and then included him again in the squad to face Inter Milan mid-week in UEFA Champions League at San Siro. Read also: 5 things you did not know about Lionel […]
‘I never asked for him’: Guardiola denies trying to sign Messi
Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola says reports that he tried to sign Barcelona captain Lionel Messi during his time at Bayern Munich and his current club are false and that he never asked for the Argentine superstar. “When I left Barcelona and I went to Bayern Munich and Manchester City I never, never asked Lionel […]