Barcelona scraps Spain World Cup tribute amid fans’ Catalan flag support
An act supporting Catalonia’s pro-independence symbol is organized as Barcelona hosts first game since Spain’s World Cup win. Barcelona’s World Cup winners with Spain were not honoured by the club at its first home game of the season because of an incident involving the “estelada” flag, Catalonia’s pro-independence symbol.
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- Fact 1: Instead, an act supporting the estelada organized by a local group took place at Camp Nou stadium, which was laden with some 10,000 small flags that were handed to fans before Thursday’s match.
- Fact 2: Nigeria’s football federation chief resigns amid corruption allegations Yaya Toure becomes first African coach to lead a team into Champions League Northern Nigeria’s female basketball players chase bigger dreams NFL champions Seattle Seahawks sold to Khosla Group for record $9.6 billion Fans raised the flags during Barcelona’s anthem.
- Fact 3: A Catalan organization handed out 10,000 estelada flags outside the Camp Nou before Thursday’s game.
An act supporting Catalonia’s pro-independence symbol is organized as Barcelona hosts first game since Spain’s World Cup win. Barcelona’s World Cup winners with Spain were not honoured by the club at its first home game of the season because of an incident involving the “estelada” flag, Catalonia’s pro-independence symbol.
Instead, an act supporting the estelada organized by a local group took place at Camp Nou stadium, which was laden with some 10,000 small flags that were handed to fans before Thursday’s match. There were also some large flags and a few banners being displayed in the stands. Nigeria’s football federation chief resigns amid corruption allegations Yaya Toure becomes first African coach to lead a team into Champions League Northern Nigeria’s female basketball players chase bigger dreams NFL champions Seattle Seahawks sold to Khosla Group for record $9.6 billion Fans raised the flags during Barcelona’s anthem.
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