Barca lose Puyol

Barcelona will be without captain Carles Puyol for up to 10 days after he suffered a groin injury while playing for Catalonia.The injury flared during the regional side's friendly match against Honduras on Tuesday and will keep him on the sidelines 'for the next seven to 10 days', according to the Barcelona website.Returning to training for the first time...

Bojan eyes Barca place

Barcelona striker Bojan says he is determined to prove he can become a first-team regular at the La Liga giants.The youngster, unsurprisingly, has failed to displace the likes of David Villa and Lionel Messi and has been restricted largely to a bit-part role this season.Bojan, who scored twice for Catalonia in the territory's 4-0 win over Honduras on Tuesday,...

Barca sign Dutch star Afellay

Holland international Ibrahim Afellay has spoken of his delight after joining Spanish giants Barcelona on a four-and-half-year deal.Afellay's move from PSV Eindhoven was made official on Friday when the 24-year-old put his name to a three-million-euro deal at the Camp Nou.A statement on Barca's official website noted the Dutch international, who has been...

Espanyol 1-5 FC Barcelona (Matchday 16 La Liga 2010/2011)

FC Barcelona hammered local rivals Espanyol 5-1 in La Liga on Saturday, while Villarreal and Valencia also won.Espanyol held Barca to a 0-0 draw last season in the first Catalan derby at the new Estadi Cornella El-Prat, but there was no repeat this time around, with the league leaders maintaining their extraordinary goal-scoring form.Pedro made the breakthrough...

FC Barcelona 5-0 Real Sociedad (Matchday 15 La Liga 2010/2011)

Barcelona and Real Madrid both recorded comfortable victories in La Liga on Sunday, while Athletic Bilbao upset Espanyol.Barca were at their best in a 5-0 demolition job of Real Sociedad which keeps them top of the league while Real Madrid remain within touching distance after they were rarely troubled in a 3-1 win at Real Zaragoza.The table-toppers eased...

FC Barcelona 2-0 Rubin Kazan (Matchday 6 - Group Stage UCL 2010/2011)

Rubin blown away by Barcelona young gunsA youthful FC Barcelona side did what their senior colleagues had failed to do in three attempts as the Spanish champions ended Group D with a 2-0 win against FC Rubin Kazan.Andreu Fontàs and substitute Víctor Vázquez scored the goals – their first for the club – at the start and end of the second half as the section...

CA Osasuna 0-3 FC Barcelona (Matchday 14 La Liga 2010/2011)

FC Barcelona moved five point clear off Real Madrid with tough 3-0 victory against Osasuna. This is our seventh consecutive away win of the season and that's yet another La Liga record. There has been huge controversy into the build up of this match. Barca were planning to fly tonight to Pamplona, but the sudden strike by the air traffic controller through off...