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The IndependentBarcelona president confirms Xavi will stay on as manager in press conference
Watch the moment Joan Laporta confirmed that Xavi will be staying as Barcelona manager. “Yesterday I got the good news in which [Xavi] conveyed his enthusiasm and confidence for the project and the team and project,” Barca’s president Laporta said at a press conference on Thursday 25 April.
AFPCourtois can return next week: Madrid coach Ancelotti
Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti said Thursday that injured goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois could return from injury as soon as next week.The coach did not include Jude Bellingham in the squad to face Real Sociedad on Friday in La Liga, with Ancelotti explaining the England international had a "stomach problem".
AFPBoris Becker discharged from bankruptcy: lawyer
Former German tennis star Boris Becker has been discharged from bankruptcy by a London court following a deal with his debtors, the 56-year-old's German lawyer said Thursday. "As a result of an agreement with his insolvency administrators, Boris Becker's bankruptcy, which began in 2017, was legally terminated by a decision by the High Court in London yesterday," Becker's Berlin-based lawyer said in a statement sent to AFP. "Becker is released from any further liability arising from the insolvenc
AFPSpanish govt to 'oversee' scandal-hit football federation
The Spanish government decided Thursday to create a commission to 'oversee' the country's scandal-hit football federation (RFEF) and try to pull it out of crisis.The CSD said it will create a "commission of supervision, standardisation and representation" led by "independent personalities" which will "oversee the RFEF during the coming months in response to the federation's crisis and in defence of Spain's general interests".