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Spanish rail authorities say commuter rail service serving Barcelona and northeastern Spain has suffered major disruption because of the theft of copper cables from a train installation

election on Sunday whose outcome will reverberate in Spain's national politics. The ballot will be a test both for the strength of the separatist movement in the wealthy northeastern part of Spain and for the policies of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez.

Nadal was presented with five banners commemorating the titles he won over ten years between 2008 and 2017 and a special trophy from tournament director Felicano Lopez after losing his fourth-round match to Jiri Lehecka shortly after midnight under a closed roof on the Caja Magica. This only served to amplify the fervent cheers of Spanish fans during the two-hour battle. What meant most to the 37-year-old, 36-time ATP Masters 1000 champion was the heartfelt applause of his fans and the tears shed by family members in his players' box.

Mikel Arteta and Ange Postecoglou might be able to settle in and discuss a few shared ideas. Both have worked in the City Football Group structure, which reflects how much the Abu Dhabi-owned champions shape the wider game. You can even look at how a former Manchester City player is joint top scorer with a current Manchester City player. There probably hasn’t been this extent of pure football influence since Barcelona fostered an entire generation of coaches from the early 2000s on. That is no coincidence since the City project directly sought to appropriate the entire Camp Nou ideology. This was one of the points of pursuing Pep Guardiola for so long. A core of that philosophy, which seems so standard now but was once revolutionary, is persisting with the system regardless of what happens around you — or to you. You keep the faith. You trust the process. Arteta and Postecoglou have exemplified this, if from alternative interpretations of the tactics.

son to remember him on court, though the 22-time Grand Slam champion concedes time is not on his side. The 37-year-old Spaniard, who has said he expects to retire after the 2024 season, returned to competition in Brisbane in January after almost a year sidelined with a hip flexor injury. He was then out for another stretch due to a thigh issue and while he returned in Barcelona last week he says he is far from being in top form and does not know if he will play in next month's French Open.

The Supreme Court is allowing a soccer promoter’s antitrust lawsuit to go forward against FIFA and the U.S. Soccer Federation over the world governing body’s policy of not permitting a country to host league matches involving teams from other countries

Jude Bellingham snatched Real Madrid a dramatic 3-2 Clasico win over champions Barcelona on Sunday with a «fundamental» goal to take them 11 points clear at the top of La Liga. Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti hailed the England midfielder's decisive intervention to take Los Blancos to the brink of the Spanish title. Madrid twice came from behind with Vinicius Junior and Lucas Vazquez netting to level Andreas Christensen and Fermin Lopez strikes, before Bellingham rammed home the winner in stoppage time.

Real Madrid will take on arch-rivals Barcelona as top two teams of Spanish La Liga are set to square off in the ongoing season's final El Clasico. While Madrid are at the top with 78 points off 31 games, Barcelona have 70 points off 31 matches.

Xavi Hernandez said winning Sunday's «El Clasico» in the Spanish capital is the only way his side can hold off Real Madrid's run to the LaLiga title — the only remaining major silverware Barca could win this season. Real, brimming with confidence after their statement Champions League win at Manchester City midweek, sit comfortably on top of LaLiga on 78 points, ahead of Barca on 70 and Girona on 65. A win on Sunday would give Real an 11-point lead with only six games left. «On Sunday we are playing for the league title. We have to win,» Xavi told a press conference on Saturday.

Antonio Rudiger stared down the goalkeeper, took a deep breath, and drilled home the decisive penalty, proving once again there is no tougher task in club soccer than beating Real Madrid in the Champions League. Madrid’s victory over Manchester City after a penalty shootout on Wednesday sent it to a record 17th semifinal appearance and kept it on course to add to its unequaled haul of 14 European Cups. It was fitting that Rudiger finished off City after he anchored a spirited defensive effort by Madrid that weathered wave after wave of attacks by Pep Guardiola’s side.

Kylian Mbappe era by lifting the Champions League trophy at Wembley in June. Their hopes of going all the way in Europe's elite club competition for the first time hung in the balance after they lost 3-2 at home to Barca in the first leg of their quarter-final last week. They had never previously won a Champions League knockout tie after losing the first leg at home, and their prospects of doing so this time appeared slim after they conceded the opening goal on the night.

Rafael Nadal returned from injury at the Barcelona Open, marking his first ATP Tour appearance since January due to a hip issue. The 22-time Grand Slam winner missed several tournaments in 2023 due to injuries.

Rafael Nadal is set to return to ATP competition after recovering from a hip injury. The Spaniard, who will turn 38 this year, will face Flavio Cobolli in the Barcelona Open next week. Nadal has never played 63rd-ranked Cobolli, 16 years his junior.

European restaurant. But one of Barcelona's finest, Disfrutar — 'Enjoy' in Spanish — is much more. Enter through its narrow door and pass in front of the kitchen space and you enter a cavernous dining space where the creations of chefs-trio, Oriol Castro, Eduard Xatruch and Mateu Casanas, enrapture diners. Even as the menu keeps changing around the year, especially lip-smacking and word-of-mouth is the panchino, essentially exquisite caviar buns mixed with cream cheese. Pesto with pistachios and eel is another Disfrutar legend. Then there's the classic Catalonian sense of culinary adventure in what's on the menu as 'Fear: The Prawn' — a pool of dry ice is presented to the diner, who will have to blindly fish into the mystical and mistful vapour with bare hands to hunt and retrieve gorgeously cooked crustacea.

Barcelona will take on Kylian Mbappe's Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) in Champions League first-leg on Wednesday. Barcelona are at the second position in La Liga, trailing 12 points off leaders Real Madrid. PSG, meanwhile, are leading the chart in French Ligue 1. Champions League first-leg soccer match between PSG and Barcelona is scheduled to kick off at 3 pm (ET) on Wednesday, April 10.

derivatives and work to ensure that smaller retail players do not pay more for access to foreign exchange products, central bank governor Shaktikanta Das said Wednesday, underscoring the need for local banks to reflect the country's rising economic status and emerge as market makers. «Participation of domestic banks in derivative markets remains limited with only a small set of active market-makers… Domestic banks are dealing with market-makers in global markets rather than with end clients and are yet to emerge as market makers of note globally,» Das said at a conference of fixed income market participants in Barcelona.

Mbappe could find himself on the bench again when runaway French league leader Paris Saint-Germain faces rock-bottom Clermont on Saturday. Mbappe is the league top scorer with 24 goals and Clermont has the second-worst defense of the 18 top-flight teams with 46 conceded. It is a golden opportunity for Mbappe, PSG's all-time leading scorer with 251 goals, to add to his tally. But PSG coach Luis Enrique does not think that way. His priority is next week's showdown against Barcelona in the first leg of the Champions League quarterfinals at Parc des Princes.

A handy, AI-powered assistant to guide you if you’re ever lost in a new country — a clip-on accessory that can identify the right path by scanning your surroundings and sharing instructions in real-time. These aren’t just flights of fancy, but real inventions debuted at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2024 in Barcelona, Spain. Together they showcase the remarkable speed at which technology has developed. Keeping this in mind, five bosses share with ET Panache what inventions they would like to see developed in the next five years.

Real Madrid will take on Osasuna in a crucial La Liga match on Saturday as a win can further bolster Carlo Ancelotti’s side' march towards the coveted trophy. Real Madrid is leading the La Liga with 69 points off 28 games. It has a lead of seven points over Girona, eight points over Barcelona. Osasuna has 36 points off 28 games.

Barcelona will play Napoli in the final leg of UEFA Champions League round of 16. La Liga and Serie A champions had settled for 1-1 draw in the first leg in Italy. FC Barcelona vs Napoli UEFA Champions League match will be played at Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys in Barcelona at 3 pm (ET) on Tuesday, March 12. Viewers in the US can watch the soccer game at Paramount+.