Spanish judge agrees to take on Barcelona’s refereeing scandal case
1 year, 9 months ago

Spanish judge agrees to take on Barcelona’s refereeing scandal case

The Hindu  

A Barcelona court has agreed to take on the case over alleged payments made by Barcelona to a company owned by a senior refereeing official with a view to influencing match results. The regional court said on Wednesday it would investigate Barcelona and two of the La Liga club’s former presidents, Sandro Rosell and Josep Maria Bartomeu, over the crimes of corruption in sports, unfair administration and falsehood in documents. After prosecutors filed the complaint on Friday over alleged payments of more than 7.3 million euros from 2001 to 2018 to firms owned by Jose Maria Enriquez Negreira, State Attorney General Alvaro Garcia Ortiz ordered on Tuesday that the case be transferred to anti-corruption prosecutor’s office due to the high-profile nature of the allegations that could constitute significant corruption offences. A senior Barcelona official told Reuters on Friday the club had expected the prosecutors’ complaint and described it as “nothing more than an absolutely preliminary investigative hypothesis”. The prosecutors’ complaint focuses on 2.9 million euros paid from 2014 to 2018 and alleges that Barcelona, with the help of former presidents Sandro Rosell and Josep Maria Bartomeu, reached a “confidential verbal agreement” with Negreira.

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Court limits probe into Barcelona’s payments to refereeing official to exclude Laporta’s first term
7 months, 1 week ago

Court limits probe into Barcelona’s payments to refereeing official to exclude Laporta’s first term

Associated Press  

BARCELONA, Spain — A Spanish court has reduced the scope of its probe into the Barcelona’s payment of millions of dollars over several years to a former vice president of Spain’s refereeing committee. A Barcelona-based court said Friday that it will no longer investigate club president Joan Laporta for his first stint in charge of the club from 2003-10 since …

La Liga 2023/24: Barcelona complaints about Madrid influencing referees ‘unprofessional’ says coach Ancelotti
11 months ago

La Liga 2023/24: Barcelona complaints about Madrid influencing referees ‘unprofessional’ says coach Ancelotti

The Hindu  

Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti said Barcelona complaints over his club allegedly influencing La Liga referees were unprofessional. Barcelona president Joan Laporta and coach Xavi Hernandez complained Friday about Real Madrid’s television channel broadcasting videos which criticised match officials. Xavi said La Liga was “completely adulterated” because of the influence leaders Madrid supposedly exert on referees. “Don’t ask more about …

Barcelona president under investigation in referee corruption case
1 year, 2 months ago

Barcelona president under investigation in referee corruption case

The Independent  

Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for free Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Barcelona president Joan Laporta is under formal investigation …

Barcelona President Laporta under investigation in refereeing case
1 year, 2 months ago

Barcelona President Laporta under investigation in refereeing case

The Hindu  

Barcelona President Joan Laporta is under formal investigation for suspected bribery in a probe spanning two decades of activities at Spain’s refereeing committee, according to a court document seen by Reuters on Wednesday. In March, prosecutors filed a complaint over alleged payments of more than 7.8 million USD over 17 years to firms owned by Jose Maria Enriquez Negreira, who …

Spanish police raids football federation as part of probe into Barcelona’s payments to referee official
1 year, 3 months ago

Spanish police raids football federation as part of probe into Barcelona’s payments to referee official

The Hindu  

Spanish police raided the offices of the country’s football federation on Thursday as part of an investigation into the payment of millions of dollars over several years by Barcelona to a former vice president of Spain’s refereeing committee. Prosecutors said the club paid José María Enríquez Negreira, a former referee who was a part of the federation’s refereeing committee from …

Barcelona under investigation for suspected bribery in refereeing case
1 year, 3 months ago

Barcelona under investigation for suspected bribery in refereeing case

The Hindu  

Spanish football club Barcelona is under investigation for suspected “active bribery” as part of a probe into suspected corruption spanning two decades at the refereeing committee, according to a court document seen by Reuters on Thursday. Police also searched the offices of the football federation RFEF in Madrid on Thursday, the Barcelona court said, as part of the ongoing inquiry …

Court probes ‘possible systemic corruption’ aiding Barcelona in referee scandal
1 year, 4 months ago

Court probes ‘possible systemic corruption’ aiding Barcelona in referee scandal

The Hindu  

A Spanish court said that football giant Barcelona may have benefited for almost two decades from “possible systemic corruption” within the country’s refereeing committee, court documents seen by Reuters showed on Tuesday. Investigating judge Joaquin Aguirre Lopez said he believed that any other LaLiga team that competed against Barcelona between 2001 and 2018 - when the club made alleged payments …

UEFA clears Barcelona's participation in Champions League, warns over investigation into referee payments
1 year, 5 months ago

UEFA clears Barcelona's participation in Champions League, warns over investigation into referee payments

Firstpost  

Barcelona’s place in the Champions League group stage worth tens of millions of euros – earned by winning the Spanish league last season – could have been at risk from the so-called “Caso Negreira” case. Nyon: UEFA confirmed Barcelona’s place in the next Champions League on Thursday though said an investigation into more than $7 million paid to a refereeing …

UEFA clears Barcelona for Champions League, warns investigation into referee payments can be reopened
1 year, 5 months ago

UEFA clears Barcelona for Champions League, warns investigation into referee payments can be reopened

The Hindu  

UEFA confirmed Barcelona’s place in the next Champions League on Thursday though said an investigation into more than $7 million paid to a refereeing official could be reopened if more evidence emerges. Barcelona’s place in the Champions League group stage worth tens of millions of euros – earned by winning the Spanish league last season – could have been at …

Spanish league: Clubs not convinced by Barça’s explanations
1 year, 8 months ago

Spanish league: Clubs not convinced by Barça’s explanations

Associated Press  

MADRID — Spanish clubs were not convinced by Barcelona’s explanation about its payments to a former official of the country’s refereeing committee, the Spanish league president said Wednesday. Javier Tebas said after the league’s general assembly that most clubs felt that Barcelona president Joan Laporta did not fully explain why his club paid more than 7 million euros from 2001-18 …

Barcelona president denies any crime in refereeing scandal
1 year, 8 months ago

Barcelona president denies any crime in refereeing scandal

The Hindu  

The president of FC Barcelona, Joan Laporta, said on Monday that all payments made by the soccer club to a company owned by a senior refereeing official were for advisory matters and not to gain any illegal sporting advantage. Spanish prosecutors last month filed a complaint against Barcelona over payments of 7.3 million euros from 2001 to 2018 to firms …

Barcelona refereeing scandal one of most serious in football, says UEFA president Ceferin
1 year, 9 months ago

Barcelona refereeing scandal one of most serious in football, says UEFA president Ceferin

The Hindu  

UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin said that Barcelona’s refereeing scandal is one of the most serious incidents he has seen in football ever since he became involved with it. UEFA opened a formal investigation into Barcelona last month for potential violation of the European soccer governing body’s legal framework regarding payments made by the club to a company owned by a …

El Clasico overshadowed by Barcelona referee corruption charge
1 year, 9 months ago

El Clasico overshadowed by Barcelona referee corruption charge

Firstpost  

Barcelona: Spain’s El Clasico is one of the world’s biggest sporting occasions, pitting giants Barcelona and Real Madrid head-to-head, but the build-up to Sunday’s La Liga clash has been overshadowed by “Caso Negreira”. Charges were filed last week against Barcelona, former vice president of Spain’s refereeing committee, Negreira, and two former Barcelona presidents, Sandro Rosell and Josep Maria Bartomeu, among …

Real Madrid, Barcelona's La Liga El Clasico Overshadowed by Barca Referee Corruption Row
1 year, 9 months ago

Real Madrid, Barcelona's La Liga El Clasico Overshadowed by Barca Referee Corruption Row

News 18  

Spain’s Clasico is one of the world’s biggest sporting occasions, pitting giants Barcelona and Real Madrid head-to-head, but the build-up to Sunday’s La Liga clash has been overshadowed by “Caso Negreira”. Although La Liga leaders Barcelona can virtually clinch the title if they beat second-place Real Madrid on Sunday to move 12 points clear, headlines remain dominated by the Negreira …

'I Do Not Think Barcelona Paid For Referees': La Liga Chief Javier Tebas Makes Bold Claim
1 year, 9 months ago

'I Do Not Think Barcelona Paid For Referees': La Liga Chief Javier Tebas Makes Bold Claim

News 18  

The football fraternity has been rocked by the news of Barcelona’s alleged involvement in possible cases of corruption. The charges were slapped after the revelation that Barcelona made an alleged payment made to the former vice president of the refereeing committee, Jose Maria Enriquez Negreira. Tebas had always maintained that Barcelona president Joan Laporta must issue a statement regarding the …

Barcelona referee scandal explained: what happened, who are the accusers and what’s next
1 year, 9 months ago

Barcelona referee scandal explained: what happened, who are the accusers and what’s next

The Hindu  

Spanish football was rocked last month when it became public that Barcelona has paid millions of euros to possibly benefit from refereeing decisions for more than a decade. Prosecutors say Barcelona paid as much as 7.3 million euros from 2001-18 to the company of committee vice president José María Enríquez Negreira in amounts “not justified because they were not foreseen …

Spanish government to side against Barcelona over payments
1 year, 9 months ago

Spanish government to side against Barcelona over payments

The Hindu  

The Spanish government’s top sports authority will take action against Barcelona in the legal proceedings the club is facing for its payments of millions of dollars over several years to a company that belonged to the vice president of the country’s refereeing committee, an official said on Monday. José Manuel Franco, president of Spain’s sports council, said on channel Telecinco …

Real Madrid to take legal action against Barcelona for refereeing scandal
1 year, 9 months ago

Real Madrid to take legal action against Barcelona for refereeing scandal

The Hindu  

Real Madrid will join the complaint filed on Friday by Spanish prosecutors against Barcelona and two of the La Liga club’s ex-presidents over alleged payments to a company owned by a senior refereeing official to influence match results, the club said on Sunday. The European and Spanish champion called an urgent board meeting to discuss alleged attempts by arch-rival Barcelona …

Real Madrid calls board meeting to discuss Barcelona’s refereeing scandal
1 year, 9 months ago

Real Madrid calls board meeting to discuss Barcelona’s refereeing scandal

The Hindu  

Real Madrid has called a board meeting for Sunday to discuss alleged attempts by archrival Barcelona to influence referees, the European and Spanish football champion said on Saturday. Spanish prosecutors filed a complaint on Friday against Barcelona and two of the LaLiga club’s former presidents over alleged payments to a company owned by a senior refereeing official to influence match …

Prosecutors Sue Barcelona for Allegedly Buying Refereeing Favours
1 year, 9 months ago

Prosecutors Sue Barcelona for Allegedly Buying Refereeing Favours

News 18  

Spanish prosecutors on Friday charged Barcelona with corruption over payments the club made to a former vice-president of Spain’s referees’ committee through a company owned by him. According to the prosecution, the Catalan club paid a total of more than 7.3 million euros to Jose Maria Enriquez Negreira, former referee and ex-vice president of the refereeing committee of the Spanish …

Prosecutors accuse Barcelona of corruption in ref payments
1 year, 9 months ago

Prosecutors accuse Barcelona of corruption in ref payments

The Independent  

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Prosecutors accuse Barcelona of corruption in ref payments
1 year, 9 months ago

Prosecutors accuse Barcelona of corruption in ref payments

Associated Press  

BARCELONA, Spain — Prosecutors have formally accused Barcelona of corruption because of its payments of millions of euros over several years to a company that belonged to the vice president of Spain’s football refereeing committee. Spanish soccer has been rocked since it was revealed that Spain’s tax officials were probing Barcelona’s payment of 1.4 million euros from 2016-18 to a …

Prosecutors accuse Barcelona of corruption in ref payments
1 year, 9 months ago

Prosecutors accuse Barcelona of corruption in ref payments

The Hindu  

Prosecutors have formally accused Spanish football club Barcelona of corruption because of its payments over several years to a company that belonged to the vice president of the country’s refereeing committee. Spanish football has been rocked in recent weeks after it was revealed that Spain’s tax officials were probing Barcelona’s payment of 1.4 million euros between 2016-18 to a company …

Barcelona charged with corruption over payments to former referees chief
1 year, 10 months ago

Barcelona charged with corruption over payments to former referees chief

New York Times  

Barcelona have been charged with corruption over payments they made to the vice-president of Spanish football’s refereeing committee. In documents presented to a Barcelona court on Friday, prosecutors said: “FC Barcelona reached and maintained a strictly confidential verbal agreement with Enriquez Negreira so that, in his capacity as vice-president of the CTA and in exchange for money, he would carry …

Barca have never bought referees, insists chief Joan Laporta
1 year, 10 months ago

Barca have never bought referees, insists chief Joan Laporta

The Hindu  

Barcelona president Joan Laporta insisted Tuesday his club have never “bought referees” amid investigations into payments made to a former refereeing chief over several years. “Let it be clear Barca have never bought referees and Barca have never had the intention of buying referees, absolutely never,” said Laporta at an event in Barcelona. La Liga does not accept that Barça …

Report: Barcelona to be accused of corruption for payments
1 year, 10 months ago

Report: Barcelona to be accused of corruption for payments

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Prosecutors will accuse Spanish soccer …

Spanish referees defend themselves amid Barcelona scandal
1 year, 10 months ago

Spanish referees defend themselves amid Barcelona scandal

The Hindu  

Spain’s referees gathered in Madrid on Thursday to defend their profession in the wake of a scandal involving Barcelona’s payment of millions of dollars over several years to a former referee then acting as their vice president. Barcelona denies any wrongdoing and says the money was for reports on referees and youth players, but a Spanish state prosecutor is probing …

Barcelona-Negreira case takes turn after new criminal complaint causes issue with prosector’s investigation
1 year, 10 months ago

Barcelona-Negreira case takes turn after new criminal complaint causes issue with prosector’s investigation

New York Times  

The Barcelona-Negreira case has taken an unexpected turn after it emerged a Spanish referee filed an individual criminal complaint against Jose Maria Enriquez Negreira and his son. The Barcelona-Negreira scandal came to light two weeks ago after it was revealed the Catalan club had made payments to a company owned by Enriquez Negreira, who, at the time, was vice president …

Spanish referees defend themselves amid Barcelona scandal
1 year, 10 months ago

Spanish referees defend themselves amid Barcelona scandal

Associated Press  

BARCELONA, Spain — Spain’s referees gathered in Madrid on Thursday to defend their profession in the wake of a scandal involving Barcelona’s payment of millions of dollars over several years to a former referee then acting as their vice president. Barcelona denies any wrongdoing and says the money was for reports on referees and youth players, but a Spanish state …

The Barcelona-Negreira scandal is only deepening — here’s what you need to know
1 year, 10 months ago

The Barcelona-Negreira scandal is only deepening — here’s what you need to know

New York Times  

It’s been just over a week since the latest scandal to break at Barcelona, but the dust has had little time to settle. If I did, I would not take any phone calls and I would try to disappear, to be honest — and I’m not doing that.” By the weekend, no voices from inside Barcelona had said anything about …

Barcagate Payment to Referee Scandal Continues to Grow in Spain
1 year, 10 months ago

Barcagate Payment to Referee Scandal Continues to Grow in Spain

News 18  

The controversy over money paid to a former referee by FC Barcelona continues to increase in Spain in a case that is quickly becoming known as “Barcagate.” “Barcagate” came to light last week when it was revealed that FC Barcelona had paid around 7 million euros to a consultancy owned by Jose Maria Negreira, a former referee and also the …

Joan Laporta slams LaLiga chief Javier Tebas’ ‘obsession with Barca’ amid referee payments scandal
1 year, 10 months ago

Joan Laporta slams LaLiga chief Javier Tebas’ ‘obsession with Barca’ amid referee payments scandal

Firstpost  

Madrid: Barcelona president Joan Laporta hit back at LaLiga chief Javier Tebas on Tuesday amid the controversy over his club’s payments to a refereeing executive. Tebas claimed Monday Laporta should resign if he could not explain Barcelona’s reported seven million euros in outgoings between 2001 and 2018 to a company belonging to former refereeing technical committee vice-president Jose Maria Enriquez …

La Liga clubs concerned by Barcelona’s referee payments
1 year, 10 months ago

La Liga clubs concerned by Barcelona’s referee payments

The Hindu  

Spanish league clubs expressed unease on Tuesday about payments by Barcelona to a referees’ official for years. Barcelona has been under scrutiny since a state prosecutor was revealed to be probing club payments totaling millions of dollars to a company that belonged to the vice-president of the Spanish federation’s refereeing committee. The league released a statement saying the majority of …

Barcelona’s rep jeopardized by payments to former referee
1 year, 10 months ago

Barcelona’s rep jeopardized by payments to former referee

Associated Press  

BARCELONA, Spain — Barcelona, the team that once awed the soccer world with its beautiful style on the field and its social commitment to being “more than a club,” is in danger of tarnishing its reputation with a scandal of its own making. Spanish soccer has been reeling since the story broken by radio station SER Catalunya earlier this week …

Too late to sanction Barcelona over ex-refereeing official payments: LaLiga president
1 year, 10 months ago

Too late to sanction Barcelona over ex-refereeing official payments: LaLiga president

The Hindu  

LaLiga President Javier Tebas said it would be too late for the league to sanction Barcelona over payments made to a company owned by a high-ranking official of Spain’s refereeing body, though it may be possible on a “criminal level”. Spanish radio Cadena SER said on Wednesday that Barcelona made the payments between 2016 and 2018 to a company of …

'Impossible to Slap Sporting Sanctions on Barcelona', Says La Liga President Javier Tebas
1 year, 10 months ago

'Impossible to Slap Sporting Sanctions on Barcelona', Says La Liga President Javier Tebas

News 18  

Amid the ongoing conundrum that FC Barcelona faces following leaks that suggest that the Catalunyan side had made payments of around £ 1.4 Million to the former vice president of the Technical Committee of Referees, Jose Maria Enriquez Negreira, La Liga president Javier Tebas has said that the Spanish giants will not be sanctioned. “It is impossible for there to …

UEFA motion to remove Spanish judge from Super League case
3 years, 3 months ago

UEFA motion to remove Spanish judge from Super League case

The Hindu  

UEFA on Tuesday took legal action to remove the judge from a Spanish court case thwarting the attempt to punish Barcelona, Real Madrid and Juventus for their involvement in the ill-fated Super League breakaway. “UEFA has filed a motion for the recusal of the judge presiding over the current proceedings as it believes there are significant irregularities in these proceedings," …

Barcelona to take legal action against ex-vice president Rousaud
4 years, 8 months ago

Barcelona to take legal action against ex-vice president Rousaud

The Hindu  

Barcelona is planning to take legal action against former director Emili Rousaud over his claims "someone had their hand in the till" at the club and has announced a restructuring of the board. "In the face of grave and unfounded allegations made by Mr Emili Rousaud, the club's former vice president, in a number of media interviews, the board of …

UEFA orders probe into PSG's Neymar for rant after Man United defeat
5 years, 9 months ago

UEFA orders probe into PSG's Neymar for rant after Man United defeat

Daily Mail  

UEFA says it has ordered an investigation into comments by Neymar about match officials after Paris Saint-Germain lost to Manchester United in the Champions League. The Brazilian used Instagram to aim an expletive and insults at video review officials who intervened before Man United was awarded a stoppage-time penalty for handball that eliminated PSG. And they still let four guys …

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