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Social justice groups call for halt on evictions during the Covid-19 pandemic

Article Ndifuna Ukwazi - 20 Mar 2020

Twenty-seven organisations have penned a letter to the presidency calling for evictions to be banned in an effort to protect vulnerable groups

Messi vows to play on after latest Argentina heartache

Article Staff Reporter - 3 Jul 2019

Messi will get another chance to break his tournament duck next year when the Copa America takes place in Argentina and Colombia

Women’s team may rescue Barça’s season

Article Luke Feltham - 17 May 2019

The club could become the first in history to win the men’s and women’s highest European honours

Liverpool ‘giants’ stun Barca to make Champions League final

Article Kieran Canning - 8 May 2019

Liverpool went into the match at Anfield trailing 3-0 from the first leg and deprived of injured star attacking duo Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino

Concussed Salah out of Liverpool’s Champions League clash against Barcelona

Article Kieran Canning - 6 May 2019

Salah was stretchered off at St James' Park on Saturday due to a head knock sustained

Messi shows Barcelona the way

Article Thomas Allnutt - 2 May 2019

Messi has shown many facets during his spell-binding career but in Barcelona's win over Liverpool on Wednesday, the dominant one was of a leader

Ajax must fight the status quo

Article Eyaaz Matwadia - 2 May 2019

Winning the Champions League may be the only way that the young squad can be kept together

Faith is a feminist issue for women in the Catholic church

Article Margot Bertelsmann - 18 Apr 2019

Women are not permitted to be deacons in the Catholic Church, but that could soon change

Six new signings to watch in La Liga this season

Article Staff Reporter - 17 Aug 2018

Here are some of the new signings to keep an eye on in Spain this season

Messi hat-trick seals Barca’s 25th title in style

Article Staff Reporter - 30 Apr 2018

Barcelona coach Ernesto Valverde was delighted that his side "finally" wrapped up a 25th La Liga title with four matches to spare

Messi hits Champions League century in emphatic Barca win over Chelsea

Article Tom Allnutt - 15 Mar 2018

Barcelona hailed Lionel Messi as "The King" as he handed Chelsea the royal punishment by scoring twice to end their quarter-final hopes

Eating through Spain and Portugal

Article Samantha Steele - 15 Dec 2017

A trip around Spain, taking in Barcelona, Madrid and Granada, and ending in Lisbon, Portugal, is packed with gastronomic delights and adventure

Spaniards don’t want Catalonia to leave so they marched in protest on Sunday

Article Agence France Presse - 29 Oct 2017

Hundreds of thousands of Spaniards rallied in Barcelona waving flags and chanting to denounce regional lawmakers' vote to sever the region from Spain

Capitalism hasn’t sidelined religion. It’s made it thrive

Article Rafael Winkler - 31 Aug 2017

We are led to believe that the free market gives rise to secular societies, when the opposite is true

Grass-roots ‘indignados’ establish foothold in Barcelona

Article Ashifa Kassam - 28 May 2015

Anti-poverty activist elected as mayor of Barcelona; the ruling right-wing People's Party was battered at the ballot box.

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Jan Bornman - 20 Oct 2020

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khaya koko - 18 Oct 2020

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‘Lost’ PPE: Morar a ‘player and ref’

Paddy Harper - 18 Oct 2020

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