Spanish police make arrests over ‘hate crimes’ targeting Vinícius Júnior

Posted on May 23, 2023 by Admin

Three detained after racist slurs directed at Real Madrid forward, with four more held over mannequin hanging from bridge

Spanish police have arrested three people in connection with the racist abuse suffered by Real Madrid’s Brazilian forward Vinícius Júnior during a match with Valencia on Sunday, and detained a further four suspects over an effigy of the player that was hung from a bridge in Madrid four months ago.

In a brief statement on Tuesday morning, the Policía Nacional said three young men had been arrested in Valencia over the “racist behaviour” that took place during the match at the city’s Mestalla stadium.

Lionel Messi confirms he will stay at Barcelona ‘to avoid legal dispute’

Posted on September 4, 2020 by Admin

Argentina forward reverses decision to leave Camp Nou
Messi far from happy: ‘I told the club I wanted to go’

Lionel Messi is staying at Barcelona. Ten days after he served official notice of his determination to walk out of the Camp Nou, he finally announced that he would not be going after all – not because he had changed his mind,but because he had been left with no choice.

Unwilling to go to court against the club who insisted he had missed the deadline allowing him to rescind his contract and threatened him with legal action if he departed unilaterally, he has been forced to continue.

Dozens hurt as Catalonia independence protesters clash with police at Barcelona match

Posted on December 18, 2019 by Admin

Violence erupted as Barcelona played Real Madrid in La Liga
First incident since October jailing of Catalan separatist leaders

Masked protesters set bins on fire and threw rocks and glass bottles at police who responded with foam bullets in a street near Camp Nou stadium as Barcelona and Real Madrid faced off Wednesday in the first clásico of the season.

Forty-six people were lightly injured in the clashes, including eight who needed to be taken to hospital for extra care, local emergency services said. Five people were arrested, a police spokesman said.

Spanish footballers arrested over La Liga match-fixing claims

Posted on May 28, 2019 by Admin

Players and officials from top two divisions reportedly held over La Liga 2 game in May 2018

Police investigating an alleged match-fixing ring targeting Spain’s top three football leagues have arrested several people, including current and former players and senior club figures.

The country’s national police force said on Tuesday that its officers had carried out nine searches across Spain in connection with match-fixing, money laundering and criminal gangs.