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World Chess Championship 2024: What was the opening played in Gukesh vs Ding Liren in Round 9?
1 month ago

World Chess Championship 2024: What was the opening played in Gukesh vs Ding Liren in Round 9?

The Hindu  

India’s D Gukesh and defending World Champion China’s Ding Liren played out Catalan Opening in the ninth round of the World Chess Championship Final happening in Singapore on Thursday. GUKESH VS DING, WORLD CHESS-CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND 9 LIVE UPDATES In the Catalan Opening, White starts with central pawn push — d4, while Black advances the knight to f6. Gukesh and Ding …

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Barcelona lose to Real Sociedad after Lewandowski goal is controversially disallowed, injured Yamal misses match
2 months ago

Barcelona lose to Real Sociedad after Lewandowski goal is controversially disallowed, injured Yamal misses match

Firstpost  

This was Barcelona’s second La Liga defeat of the season, leaving the Catalan giants six points clear of second-placed Real Madrid, having played an extra match. Image: Reuters La Liga leaders Barcelona fell to a 1-0 defeat at Real Sociedad on Sunday as they had a Robert Lewandowski goal controversially disallowed, with coach Hansi Flick labelling the decision a “big …

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Barcelona’s attack keeps clicking and Catalan club earns another big Champions League win
2 months ago

Barcelona’s attack keeps clicking and Catalan club earns another big Champions League win

Associated Press  

BARCELONA, Spain — Barcelona showed its attacking prowess yet again in another big Champions League win. Robert Lewandowski netted twice to extend his scoring streak to 15 goals in his last 10 matches with the Catalan club, while an in-form Raphinha also scored for Barcelona, taking his recent Champions League tally to eight goals in his last six appearances. “We …

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Barcelona target FOUR players set to be available on a free transfer in the summer of 2025 - including Bayern Munich's Alphonso Davies - as the Catalan club's financial worries continue
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Barcelona target FOUR players set to be available on a free transfer in the summer of 2025 - including Bayern Munich's Alphonso Davies - as the Catalan club's financial worries continue

Daily Mail  

Barcelona still face financial issues preventing them from splashing the cash Hansi Flick could bolster ranks at Nou Camp with deals for out-of-contract stars Barcelona could be looking to sign as many as four out-of-contract players this summer, as Hansi Flick's side look to bolster their ranks on a budget. Bayern Munich's Alphonso Davies, Bayer Leverkusen's Jonathan Tah, Atletico Madrid's …

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Pep Guardiola left bemused by comparison to Catalan architect as he issues Phil Foden update
3 months, 1 week ago

Pep Guardiola left bemused by comparison to Catalan architect as he issues Phil Foden update

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 Pep Guardiola brushed off an unexpected comparison to …

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How Costa Brava resorts are facing a rise in jellyfish numbers with beaches forced to close
4 months, 2 weeks ago

How Costa Brava resorts are facing a rise in jellyfish numbers with beaches forced to close

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 Resorts along Spain’s Costa Brava …

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Spanish woman believed to be the oldest person in the world has died at age 117
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Spanish woman believed to be the oldest person in the world has died at age 117

Associated Press  

MADRID — Maria Branyas, an American-born Spaniard considered the world’s oldest person at 117 years old, has died, her family said on Tuesday. She has gone the way she wanted: in her sleep, at peace, and without pain.” The Gerontology Research Group, which validates details of people thought to be 110 or older, listed Branyas as the oldest known person …

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Three Arrested, Fourth Wanted After Barcelona Star Lamine Yamal's Father Stabbed
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Three Arrested, Fourth Wanted After Barcelona Star Lamine Yamal's Father Stabbed

News 18  

Three people have been arrested and a fourth is wanted after a knife attack on the father of young Spanish football star Lamine Yamal in Catalonia, local police told AFP Thursday. The attack took place at 1910 GMT on Wednesday in a car park in the Catalan town of Mataro, around 30 kilometres from Barcelona, in the Rocafonda neighbourhood where …

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Barcelona Captain Sergi Roberto Leaves Club After 14 Seasons
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Barcelona Captain Sergi Roberto Leaves Club After 14 Seasons

News 18  

Barcelona confirmed on Sunday captain Sergi Roberto has left the club after 14 seasons with the Catalan giants. pic.twitter.com/RKzBbaZmgY— FC Barcelona August 11, 2024 “Sergi Roberto has made his official departure from the Club where he has spent virtually his entire career, FC Barcelona. The first team captain’s contract came to an end at the conclusion of last season and …

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Ex-Catalan separatist leader Puigdemont leaves Spain after avoiding arrest
5 months ago

Ex-Catalan separatist leader Puigdemont leaves Spain after avoiding arrest

Al Jazeera  

Two police officers arrested as Spanish judges seek an explanation over the failure to apprehend the fugitive. Catalonia’s former separatist leader Carles Puigdemont has left for Belgium a day after briefly appearing at a rally in Barcelona and evading a massive manhunt and an arrest warrant in Spain. Reporting from Barcelona, Al Jazeera’s Bernard Smith said there had been “a …

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Ex-Catalan leader Puigdemont returns to Spain. But then vanishes again
5 months ago

Ex-Catalan leader Puigdemont returns to Spain. But then vanishes again

Associated Press  

BARCELONA, Spain — Police launched a manhunt in Barcelona on Thursday for fugitive Carles Puigdemont, a celebrated campaigner for Catalan independence who made a sensational return to Spain and an equally sensational getaway from a speech in the city with the alleged help of local police officers. After Puigdemont vanished, Catalan police — called Mossos d’Esquadra — checked vehicles across …

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Socialist Salvador Illa elected leader of Spain’s Catalonia
5 months ago

Socialist Salvador Illa elected leader of Spain’s Catalonia

Al Jazeera  

Illa’s confirmation by Catalan parliament ends a decade of separatist regional rule in the northeastern Spanish region. Catalonia’s parliament has confirmed Salvador Illa, an ally of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez whose Socialists came first in May’s regional election, as head of the Catalan government, ending more than a decade of separatist rule. However, in a sign of potential further …

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Fugitive ex-Catalan leader plans return to Spain despite threat of arrest over failed secession bid
5 months ago

Fugitive ex-Catalan leader plans return to Spain despite threat of arrest over failed secession bid

Associated Press  

BARCELONA, Spain — Carles Puigdemont, the former leader of Catalonia who fled Spain after organizing an illegal independence referendum in the wealthy Spanish region seven years ago, announced that he plans to return home on Thursday despite the likelihood of being arrested on his return. Puigdemont, 61, who fled to Belgium after the breakaway bid in October 2017 quickly collapsed, …

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Ex-Catalan leader Puigdemont headed back to Spain despite fear of arrest
5 months ago

Ex-Catalan leader Puigdemont headed back to Spain despite fear of arrest

Al Jazeera  

Spain’s governing coalition could be at risk if separatist is arrested on return from seven-year exile. Catalan separatist Carles Puigdemont has announced he is headed back to Spain following seven years in self-imposed exile. Although Puigdemont did not disclose how he would travel or where he would enter Spain, Catalonia’s regional police said they intend to obey court orders to …

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Spain’s Supreme Court challenges constitutionality of amnesty for Catalan separatists
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Spain’s Supreme Court challenges constitutionality of amnesty for Catalan separatists

Associated Press  

BARCELONA, Spain — Spain’s Supreme Court on Wednesday challenged the constitutionality of an amnesty law pushed through by the government earlier this year to help hundreds, potentially thousands, of Catalan separatists. The Supreme Court said it believes that the amnesty violates the principle of equality before the law guaranteed in Spain’s constitution. The court also argued that the amnesty violates …

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Water pistols won’t keep tourists at bay – but this just might…
6 months ago

Water pistols won’t keep tourists at bay – but this just might…

The Independent  

Now the water pistols are out for foreign visitors in Barcelona. I was taking my nan to Parc Güell, Gaudi’s vast, forested wonderland on a ridge overlooking the city that’s full of mind-bending, mosaic-tiled design touches inspired by nature: a giant, snaking bench, a colonnade shaped to look like tree trunks, a grand flight of steps in the form of …

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What’s next for Catalonia after secessionists’ historic loss?
7 months, 1 week ago

What’s next for Catalonia after secessionists’ historic loss?

Al Jazeera  

The secessionists are down, but not out, say analysts. Germa Capdevila, Catalan political analyst and editor of the Catalan-language magazine Esguard, said that the secessionist electoral setback can be explained by rising disappointment with Catalonia’s current crop of pro-independence politicians. What happened in the regional elections is that we’ve finally left that no-man’s land behind and, possibly, entered a new …

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Spain’s parliament gives final approval to amnesty law for Catalonia’s separatists
7 months, 1 week ago

Spain’s parliament gives final approval to amnesty law for Catalonia’s separatists

Associated Press  

MADRID — More than six years since Catalonia’s separatist movement took Spain to the brink of rupture, the nation’s lawmakers gave their final approval Thursday to a contentious amnesty for hundreds of secessionists in hopes of putting a definitive end to the traumatic episode. Since taking power in 2018, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has focused on reducing tensions in …

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Spain passes bill granting amnesty to Catalan secessionists
7 months, 1 week ago

Spain passes bill granting amnesty to Catalan secessionists

Al Jazeera  

Act of pardon draws a line under political turmoil set off by secessionist drive, but could face further legal hurdles. Spain’s parliament has greenlighted a bill granting amnesty to hundreds of Catalan secessionists involved in a botched breakaway bid seven years ago. The controversial bill, passed 177-172 on Thursday, will see courts annul the legal records of hundreds of officials …

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Barcelona hires Hansi Flick as coach on a 2-year contract after Xavi’s exit
7 months, 1 week ago

Barcelona hires Hansi Flick as coach on a 2-year contract after Xavi’s exit

Associated Press  

Barcelona has replaced Xavi Hernández with former Bayern Munich coach Hansi Flick, who commanded the German team’s 8-2 rout of the Catalan club four years ago. This is our job.” Flick, who was Bayern’s coach for the 8-2 victory in the Champions League quarterfinals in 2020, signed the contract at Barcelona’s offices accompanied by team officials including sporting director Deco. …

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Socialists deal blow to separatists in Catalan elections but face uphill task to form government
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Socialists deal blow to separatists in Catalan elections but face uphill task to form government

Associated Press  

MADRID — Spain’s ruling Socialist party scored a crucial victory in regional elections in the powerful northeastern region of Catalonia, garnering the most seats and dealing a blow to the region’s two main separatist parties that have governed for decades. “The biggest takeaway from the election was that it’s the worst result for the forces of Catalan independence since 1982,” …

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Spain’s Socialists deal blow to Catalan separatists in regional elections
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Spain’s Socialists deal blow to Catalan separatists in regional elections

LA Times  

Socialist candidate Salvador Illa makes a toast with members of his team and party colleagues after the announcement of elections results to the Catalan parliament in Barcelona on Sunday. “The biggest takeaway from the election was that it’s the worst result for the forces of Catalan independence since 1982,” said Andrew Dowling, a specialist in Catalan history at Cardiff University …

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Catalan separatists lose majority as Spain’s pro-union Socialists win regional elections
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Catalan separatists lose majority as Spain’s pro-union Socialists win regional elections

Associated Press  

BARCELONA, Spain — Six years after plunging Spain into its worst political crisis in decades, Catalonia’s separatist parties are in danger of losing their hold on power in the northeastern region after the pro-union Socialist Party scored a historic result in Sunday’s election. The four pro-independence parties, led by the Together party of former regional president Carles Puigdemont, were set …

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Socialists poised to win power from separatists in Catalonia
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Socialists poised to win power from separatists in Catalonia

The Telegraph  

Spain’s Socialist party was poised to win Sunday’s election in the north-eastern region of Catalonia as voters turned away from the separatist parties that have long held power. The victory is a boost for Pedro Sánchez, Spanish prime minister and head of PSC, whose government has attempted to defuse tension in Catalonia by pardoning nine jailed separatist leaders and passing …

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