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Jorge Pautasso, FC Barcelona’s Assistant Manager: “We'll never take the Barça style away”
Politics
Extreme right-wing group attacks the Catalan Government delegation in Madrid
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Leo Messi, doubtful for Malaga due to a bruised thigh
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Atlético Madrid vs FC Barcelona: Neymar scores and the Camp Nou will decide (1-1)
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Atlético Madrid vs FC Barcelona: Clash of champions
Politics
Business associations criticise Madrid’s report for a lack of accuracy while stating that 1,060 companies left Catalonia
Politics
1,060 companies moved from Catalonia to Madrid for tax reasons since 2010, according to Madrid’s Government
Life & Style
Barcelona City Council and Barça agree to keep metro open for the Spanish Super Cup
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FC Barcelona's player David Villa to Atletico Madrid
Culture
The European Union's Mies van der Rohe Architecture Award celebrates its 25th anniversary in Barcelona
The Catalan capital hosts the Mies van der Rohe Foundation, which delivers this award with the European Commission every two years. Reykjavik’s new Concert Hall and Conference Centre ‘The Harp’, designed by Henning Larsen Architects, Studio Olafur Eliasson and Batterrío, won the 2013 Mies van der Rohe Award, which comes with €60,000 and a small sculpture reproducing the pavilion created by the German architect in Barcelona. In addition, the Spanish architects María Langarita and Víctor Navarro won the Special Mention Award for Young Talent for their music academy in Madrid’s former slaughterhouse (Matadero). The award ceremony took place in Barcelona’s Mies van der Rohe pavilion, in Montjuic.
Sports
Messi out for between two and three weeks
Tests carried out on Tuesday morning have revealed that the FC Barcelona player has a strained hamstring in his right leg. The Argentinean limped off in the second half at the Calderon on Sunday after noting a twinge in the area he had previously been injured in. Messi’s participation in future games will depend on his recovery process.
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RC Polo of Barcelona wins the Spanish field hockey league
Barcelona hockey team RC Polo has won the third final play-off match 4-1 against Madrid-based Club de Campo this Sunday and has become Spanish league champion. In a hard fought final, RC Polo won the first match 3-5 in Madrid while Club de Campo came back by beating RC Polo in the second game 3-6 on Saturday.
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Atletico Madrid vs FC Barcelona: Champions’ Courage wins out (1-2)
Barça celebrated their latest league title with a well earned win at the Vicente Callderon, where the league’s third placed team and finalist in next week’s Cup final received the Champions with a guard of honour. After a pretty placid first half, Atletico went ahead, FC Barcelona switched to a three man defence and–reduced to 10 men by an injury to Messi – went for the jugular, scoring twice and showing all the pride and bravery that has helped to make them the league champions once again.
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FC Barcelona wins four league titles in five years
Barça have won their 22nd Spanish League title, their fourth in the last five years. Without counting the times FC Barcelona have won consecutive league titles, this is the first time that the Blaugrana have managed to win again the League after losing it the year prior. With four matches left on the schedule this year, Vilanova’s men claimed La Liga with 88 points (28 victories, 4 draws and 2 defeats).