FC Barcelona to pursue Nike for compensation over defective shirts

Club said to be preparing to ask for up to €20m to cover lost sales

Sports clubs get smarter in their search for top management

Whether clubs recruit for survival or glory, they’ve been thinking harder about how to hire senior executives

(One of) my favourite sporting moments: Sergi Roberto’s right leg completes a miracle

Joanne O’Riordan: Picking one was impossible so I’ve divided it into men and women

Lionel Messi confirms Barcelona players will take 70 per cent wage cut

Players have also pledged donations to help non-playing staff receive their full wages

Quique Setién admits Barcelona job is beyond ‘my wildest dreams’

‘My objective is to win everything. Everything you can win, this club has no other path to follow’

Ken Early: Did Lionel Messi’s team talk help Liverpool beat Barcelona?

Club documentary shows Messi summoning the negative ghosts of Rome in Anfield dressing room

Barcelona in the eye of the storm as Catalan crisis deepens

Guardiola’s support for independence for region continues to raise hackles at home

Philippe Coutinho’s loan move to Bayern Munich confirmed

German giants will pay €8.5 million with a view to buy Brazilian off Barca for €120m

Lyon reaping rewards of investing heavily in women’s football

Olympique Lyonnais Féminin have reached incredible heights under club owner Aulas

Barcelona invests in preparing for the players of the future

Innovation hub works on nutrition, training regimens, injury management and even sleep patterns in search of an edge on the pitch

Barcelona v Real Madrid: how can I watch El Clásico?

Sky Sports have lost Spanish football rights as online service Eleven Sports take over

Facebook scores La Liga broadcast rights in India

Social network to show top-tier Spanish football matches free across south Asia

Spain’s Andres Iniesta tasting new success with wine-making

Minuto 116 is named after the minute of the 2010 World Cup final in which Iniesta scored

Ireland pitches up for its share of the World Cup pie

Tournament of tournaments remains a commercial bonanza despite toxic Fifa brand

Andres Iniesta has signed for Japanese side Vissel Kobe

The 34-year-old left Catalan club Barcelona after winning his ninth La Liga title

FC Barcelona reveal plans for theme parks in US and Asia

Club hoping to ‘project the Barca brand and awareness of the club around the world’

The Irish footballer who left his family to manage FC Barcelona

I was beguiled by my husband’s tales of the grandfather he had never met, so I wrote a book about him

Why has Barcelona’s unbeaten double been so low-key?

Ernesto Valverde’s side failed in Europe but domestically have been very impressive

Barcelona sweep past Roma to put one foot in the last four

Lionel Messi kept quiet but Giallorossi left to rue two own goals

Piqué in the thick of Catalan rivalry again after celebration

He could face sanction for shushing celebration despite fan abuse aimed at his family

How a 17-year-old girl fought for women’s football in Barcelona

Joanne O’Riordan: The forgotten story of the pioneering Inmaculada Cabecerán Soler

Confirmed: Philippe Coutinho joins Barcelona for €160m

Liverpool playmaker gets the transfer he’s wanted since summer to join Catalan club

El Clasico: A long way from a Real happy family

Tensions between Ronaldo and club president Perez could plunge season into crisis

What lies ahead for Barça in an independent Catalonia?

Club dragged into independence debate but is threat of expulsion from La Liga realistic?

Joanne O’Riordan: Spain’s violence just fanned Catalan fire

Silence of an empty Camp Nou as Barcelona played a poignant sign of disturbing crisis

Catalan La Liga clubs join general strike as Barca ponder leaving

‘In case of independence, the club would have to decide in which league we would play’

Ken Early: Barca shut Camp Nou in solidarity with Catalan vote

Many on the board believed it was wrong to play on the day of the Catalan referendum

Spain attacks timeline: police believe van attacks and blast linked

Police believe series of events began in town 200km south of Barcelona on Wednesday

Manchester United’s aborted Irish venture generates €50,000 income

Revenue relates to premises English Premier League club still leases in Dublin city centre

Barcelona rally behind Messi after ‘unjust’ ban

‘Barcelona express surprise and outrage.. club consider ban totally disproportionate’

European football clubs net €1.5bn profit increase

Premier League players still paid record sums compared to continental peers

Pro 12 looking at North America franchise as part of expansion

IRFU chief believes move may be viable in bid to counter fiscal imbalance with English clubs

Salty sea captain who is steering Barça towards historic waters

Having quelled Messi-led mutiny last season, Luis Enrique now aiming for double treble

Johan Cruyff transformed Barca not once but twice

Dutch master helped redefine the club which became renowned for attacking football

Economic uncertainties of an independent Catalonia

‘Propaganda war’ between separatists and unionists pivots on EU membership

Luis Enrique on brink of treble after surviving hunting season

Barcelona suffered a winter of discontent but calls for manager’s head now a distant memory

Soccer final thrusts Catalan independence bid back into spotlight

Both Barcelona and Athletic Bilbao fans booed as Spanish anthem was played

PSG say they need more time to reach the top in Europe

Zlatan Ibrahimovic backs former club Barcelona to win the competition

Germany, Spain, Italy and Austria host Ryder Cup bid inspections

Portugal have informed officials that they are no longer in the running for 2022 event

Paintings of Lionel Messi raise more than €900,000 for One in 11 campaign

Works by Takashi Murakami and Damien Hirst sold at Sotheby’s fundraising auction

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