The contract Messi signed last November includes a clause that he must remain a Barcelona player only as long as the club is playing in 'a top-level European league'

Barcelona's Messi to become 'free agent', if Catalonia exit Spain

Manchester City midfielder David Silva reveals that his son has been brought prematurely and is fighting 'day by day' which is why he has been absent from the squad recently

David Silva explains absence from Manchester City squad

Given Catalonia is not a colony, post-Franco Spain has not committed gross human rights violations in the region, and Catalonia enjoys political inclusion at every level of government in Spain, it fails to meet the three circumstances of International Law which could have given them independence.

Opinion: Why right to independence will elude Catalans even after winning election

Analysts predict stormy weeks ahead as efforts begin to form a government

Catalan elections: Analysts predict government formation won't be easy for Puigdemont

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy on Friday rejected a call by ousted Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont to meet after separatists won a parliamentary majority in crucial regional polls

Spain PM rejects ousted Catalan leader's call to meet

The elections which had seen a record 99.6 per cent turnout was being seen as a virtual referendum on Catalonia's future within Spain

Puigdemont celebrates as Catalan separatists win election

Thursday's regional election pits leaders of the wealthy northeastern region's separatist movement against candidates who want to stay part of a unified Spain.

Campaigns go silent ahead of knife-edge Catalan vote

Spain?s participation at the 2018 World Cup in Russia could be under threat after FIFA raised concerns about political interference within the Spanish football federation (RFEF)

Soccer: Spain face possible World Cup ban as FIFA warns over government interference

The medium-distance train was traveling between Malaga and Seville and slid off the tracks in the municipality of Arahal due to adverse conditions caused by heavy rain

Passenger train derails in Spain, 21 injured

Lionel Messi on Saturday finally put pen to paper on a contract extension keeping him at Barcelona until 2021, the club announced, making official an agreement reached in July

Messi extends Barcelona contract until 2021

Manchester United midfielder Juan Mata is enjoying life at the club and says he is open to extending his four-year stay at Old Trafford

Mata keen to extend long-term Manchester United stay

The deals cover blocks in the Iguazu, San Telmo and Astillero gas areas in which Bolivia's state-run YPFB would be the partner

Bolivia signs $1.6 billion in gas deals with Repsol, Petrobras

Spain is the third busiest gateway for migrants arriving in Europe, but far behind Italy and Greece. However, the number of people arriving by sea in Spain has nearly tripled over last year to 17,687.

Over 250 migrants rescued off Spain

The deposed leader of Catalonia Carles Puigdemont said Monday that there could be solutions to Spain's political crisis other than independence for his region, insisting he was still open to "agreement" with Madrid.?

Catalan ex-leader says independence not only solution to crisis

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy will?on Sunday?visit Catalonia for the first time since Madrid imposed direct rule on the region, a day after hundreds of thousands of Catalans marched to demand the release of jailed regional officials.

Rajoy in Barcelona for first Catalonia visit since direct rule

Last week, the Spanish government had seized control of Catalonia, sacking its police chief after the Catalan regional parliament's independence declaration

Catalan parliament's independence declaration unconstitutional and void: Spanish court

Carles Puigdemont and four of his former ministers were released with conditions in Belgium on Sunday

Sacked Catalan leader Puigdemont freed on bail in Belgium

A Spanish judge issued an EU arrest warrant for Catalonia's deposed separatist leader Carles Puigdemont, a day after he failed to appear for questioning over his role in the region's tumultuous independence drive

Spanish judge issues arrest warrant for Catalan leader Puigdemont

Sardar Patel's political strategies were the reasons behind India's unification after independence from colonial rule

Spain needs a leader like Sardar Patel to tackle Catalan crisis

A total of 19 people including Puigdemont, his deputy Oriol Junqueras and the speaker of the Catalan regional parliament had been summoned to be questioned on Thursday.

Spanish prosecutors seek EU arrest warrant for Puigdemont

Catalonia's deposed separatist leader Carles Puigdemont sought legal advice in Belgium on Monday where he spoke to a lawyer who has worked on asylum cases, as prosecutors in Spain demanded he be charged with rebellion.

Accused of rebellion Catalon leader 'flees to Belgium'

Catalonia's ousted leader Carles Puigdemont said on Tuesday he accepted the snap election called by Spain's central government after Madrid took control of the region to block its push for independence.

Ousted Catalan leader Puigdemont accepts new election, says 'long road' to independence

The Spanish government is dealing with the Catalonian secession movement in entirely the wrong way, its intransigent, hardline approach is inflaming tensions to no end

Catalonia: Spain's hard line is no way to handle a secession crisis

Spain's direct rule over Catalonia took hold on Monday as state employees turned up for work despite calls for disobedience, and pro-independence parties said they would contest an election, implicitly accepting the regional government had been sacked

Spain's direct rule takes hold in Catalonia as secessionists accept elections

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