Police insist hospitals can treat gunshot, stab victims without report (Guardian) The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has restated that no “Police Report” is needed before any government or privately-owned medical facility could admit and render emergency services to any victim…
Lionel Messi to miss Inter clash (Independent)
Lionel Messi has been rested for Barcelona’s Champions League clash with Inter on Tuesday after scoring a hat-trick in a 5-2 win over Mallorca at the weekend. The 32-year-old helped the Spanish champions go back to the top of La…
Griezmann heads back to Atletico in crunch tie for Barca (ThisDay)
Antoine Griezmann has had a tough start to life at Barcelona but is finally showing signs of settling in as he prepares for Sunday’s crunch clash at title rivals Atletico Madrid, his first game back at his old club since…
El Clasico: Barcelona v Real Madrid postponed because of fears over civil unrest (BBC)
This month’s El Clasico between Barcelona and Real Madrid has been postponed because of fears of civil unrest. The match was scheduled for 26 October but there have been days of protest in Barcelona after nine Catalan separatist leaders were…
Why I almost left Barca in 2017, Messi reveals (Vanguard)
Lionel Messi has spectacularly revealed that he wanted to quit Barcelona during his £2.95million tax row with the Spanish government and it was only a lack of offers from elsewhere that kept him at the club. Messi has played for…
Fati, 16, scores as Barca beat Valencia (BBC)
Barcelona’s 16-year-old forward Ansu Fati marked his first senior start with a second-minute goal as the La Liga champions cruised past Valencia. The teenager burst on to Frenkie de Jong’s square ball to score the opener with a firm strike…
Barcelona goalkeeper Neto to undergo surgery on wrist injury (Guardian)
Barcelona’s back-up goalkeeper Neto will undergo surgery after injuring his left wrist, the club announced on Monday. Neto suffered the injury in training and is unlikely to be fit for Barca’s opening La Liga game away to Athletic Bilbao on…
Neymar, Bale, Coutinho: The loneliness of the megabuck soccer star (CNN)
The new European soccer season is almost upon us but some of the game’s biggest names are facing the danger of being left out in the cold. Paris Saint-Germain superstar Neymar, Real Madrid’s Gareth Bale and Barcelona’s Philippe Coutinho have…
Man hides £27,000 worth of coke under his wig (Metro)
A man has been arrested after trying to hide half a kilo of cocaine underneath his wig at Barcelona airport today. Spanish police grew suspicious of the man who had a precarious toupee on the top of his head and…