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The European Club Association (ECA), the independent representative body for European football clubs, has appointed Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu to its executive board.

Marketing agency MediaCom Sport has entered into a commercial partnership with Barcelona and Brazil football star Neymar.

Football's world governing body Fifa has issued Barcelona with a transfer ban covering two windows and a fine of CHF450,000 (€370,000/$509,000) after finding the Spanish Liga club and the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) guilty of breaches relating to the international transfer and registration of players under the age of 18.

Barcelona has denied all wrongdoing after a Spanish judge charged the Spanish Liga football club with committing tax fraud through the signing of Brazilian superstar Neymar last summer.

Javier Faus, vice-president of Spanish Liga football club Barcelona, has called for the expansion of the Uefa Champions League as well as the reduction of national top divisions by up to four clubs.

Leading Spanish Liga football club Barcelona has revealed that it paid €40m ($54.4m) to a company owned by the parents of Neymar as part of the transfer deal to acquire the Brazilian forward in June 2013.

Spanish Liga football club Barcelona has claimed a new record by announcing that it has become the first sports club to gain 50 million fans on social networking platform Facebook.

Barcelona’s mooted plans to build a new stadium have suffered a setback after the University of Barcelona dismissed suggestions that it could sell the required land to the Spanish Liga football club.

Spanish Liga football club Barcelona expects to make a definitive decision on the future of its Nou Camp stadium in January, with officials currently studying the viability of two separate development proposals.

Barcelona football star Lionel Messi and his father Jorge have been ordered by a Spanish judge to appear in court and face a charge of tax evasion.