Tag: Barcelona
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Flight takes U-turn after passenger gets severe diarrhoea
A Delta Air Lines airplane was flying from Atlanta to Barcelona when two hours into the journey, they were forced to turn around because of a “biohazard issue” after one of the passengers developed severe diarrhoea. In an audio posted on X (formerly Twitter), allegedly from air traffic control, the pilot can be heard telling…
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Tears and standing ovation mark Messi’s farewell to Barcelona
Lionel Messi wept on Sunday as he bade farewell to his boyhood team FC Barcelona. The 34-year-old Argentine’s emotional news conference followed Barca’s announcement last week that it could no longer afford him after a glittering two decades. View this post on Instagram A post shared by FC Barcelona (@fcbarcelona) French newspaper L’Equipe reported on…
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‘We are all the same’: Barcelona church opens doors to Ramzan dinners
With COVID-19 limitations holding Barcelona’s Islamic population from celebrating Ramadan at the usual indoor venues, a Catholic church has opened its open-air cloisters for Muslims to eat and pray together. As per details, every evening almost 50 to 60 Muslims, many of them homeless, walk into the centuries-old stone passages of the Santa Anna church…
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Messi has decided to leave Barcelona after 19 years but which teams could he join?
Lionel Messi dropped a bombshell on Tuesday when he requested a transfer out of Barcelona, with the talk of the soccer world immediately turning to where the superstar will end up. Messi intends to activate a release clause that would allow him to join any club in the world without paying a transfer fee to Barca, although…