The life of Muhamed Conteh changed completely the first day he stepped into the Top King Training Center gym in Malgrat de Mar. His uncle advised him to practice sports and thought about martial arts. And Muha, who knew absolutely nothing about Muay Thai, found a path. Now he is the amateur champion of Catalonia and the champion of the Spanish Cup of this sport born in Thailand. And he has been competing for just a year. A year in which he has not yet lost a single fight.

Barça has faced this first international break, of more than two weeks (16 days) and with up to 17 players called up –now there are 15, with the return of Eric and Raphinha– by their countries, with "constant and fluid" communication. It is done between departments and, especially, with the Spanish national team, which has the largest number of blaugranes, and with "specific plans for each footballer who has not traveled with the national teams," they explain to ARA from the Ciutat Esportiva.

Barça Women mean business this season. After an intense summer in which they pushed until the month of June to secure the continuity of some important pieces, the Catalan club has the renewal of Esmee Brugts on track and is advancing on that of Ewa Pajor. The desire of both players to continue wearing the blue and garnet has been a fundamental part in allowing the negotiations to take place months in advance.

"It has been a unique experience, a madness, a wonder," states Jordi Solé (Sant Miquel de Balenyà, Osona, 1999) upon returning from Kyrgyzstan. He went there to participate in the World Nomad Games. It is a competition recognized by UNESCO that was born in 2014 to preserve, project, and claim the cultural and recreational heritage of nomadic peoples, their identity. There is no soccer, basketball, or conventional disciplines, but rather a unique list of activities, sports, and ethnic and traditional games, such as races to build yurts or break bones, wrestling or archery on horseback or the kok-boru, a kind of polo with a decapitated and quartered goat as a ball.

The classic of last season was very special. The Barça-Madrid match was played again at the Camp Nou after two years of exile in Montjuïc and, furthermore, the blue and garnet team could be proclaimed League champion. With a stadium still at 60% of its capacity, and with a club in need of income to repay the Goldman Sachs credit, the board saw a golden opportunity to make money. Despite the criticism from some members and fans who considered the prices abusive, 16.3 million euros were finally raised. Quite a turnover record.

Two matches, two victories. Barça does not forgive in Rome and will arrive at Sunday's classic at the Camp Nou (17:00, DAZN) after another triumph, the seventh of the season (0-6). Graham Hansen once again put on a show in the eternal city—as Rome is known for the large number of historical monuments it has—and once again demonstrated why she continues to be one of the most destabilizing footballers of the present day.

Cristiano Ronaldo has left Portugal's training camp in Denmark, according to several Portuguese media outlets and confirmed by the Federation. The 41-year-old forward and living legend of Portugal leaves after the words of coach Jorge Jesus regarding his absence in the matches against Norway, in which he did not play a single minute, and after stating that he would not play against Denmark this Thursday either, both matches corresponding to the UEFA Nations League. Thus, Ronaldo, furious, has left his national team's training camp when there are still two more matches left to play: the aforementioned one against the Danes and, again, against Norway on Sunday. The player has published a message on social media stating that he will explain his version of the story in due time, confirming that he is leaving after Jorge Jesus's words and wishing his teammates luck.

The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) has released Raphinha from the friendly he was scheduled to play in India this weekend. Medical tests have determined that the Barcelona forward does not suffer from any serious injury, only an "edema" in his thigh, but "as a precaution" he is leaving the national team and returning to Barcelona.

"We have had a difficult initial stretch of the season, despite winning the matches. Through our play, we try to be superior and generate more than our opponent, but there are duels in which the score is opened or settled through set pieces," assessed Pere Romeu in the preview of the duel at Roma's ground corresponding to the second matchday of the Champions League group stage (18:45, TV3). "For me, it is very important because we are a team that attacks a lot and, therefore, we have more options to generate danger through set-piece plays. We have convinced the team to see it as an opportunity," defended the coach.

The independent commission in charge of investigating the 115 charges brought by the Premier League against Manchester City has concluded that the club "seriously and systematically" breached the competition's financial rules between the 2009-10 and 2017-18 seasons. According to the resolution, City – bought in 2008 by Sheikh Mansour, owner of the Abu Dhabi United Group (ADUG), the investment vehicle of the emirate's royal family – used "fictitious commercial contracts" and other deceptive accounting mechanisms to artificially inflate its revenue. In this way, the club also managed to reduce its expenses by more than 900 million pounds. Thus, a more favorable financial situation than the reality was presented.

The coach who left Barça because he was suffering a lot defeated the blue and garnet team. Xavi Pascual's Dubai Basketball overcame the Culer side (94-87) and confirmed the predictions that place them among the contenders for the final four. Kevin Punter's good performance (25 points) did not find the complicity of his teammates, who lost concentration during a tragic second quarter. "I wasn't thinking about anything personal, but it was important to secure our second win," said the Catalan coach.

Tourists and onlookers watched this Monday as two boats crossed the waters of the port of Barcelona with a bunch of smiling young people on board. They were the players of CN Atlètic Barceloneta, who were showing anyone who wanted to see it the most dreamed-of cup: the water polo Champions League. After more than a decade of hard work, with hits taken and disappointments, the sailor team won its second European crown a few months ago. And to present the new season, the club boasted of the achievement: "When a few months ago we went to Malta to play the final phase, we first did a kind of symbolic act with a boat through the port, to bond. And now that we have won, we have repeated it," said captain Alberto Munárriz. And that is how traditions are born. Within the club, it has already been internalized that if one reigns in Europe, they will cross the port on a boat every season. But president Julían García is not satisfied. He wants more. "One day we will all make this boat trip together. You are the next ones," he said, looking at the players of the women's team.

As ARA has learned, Manel del Río will cease to be the CEO of Barça. The executive, who has already communicated his resignation to president Joan Laporta, will leave the position at the end of this month. This Monday, Del Río said goodbye to the club's management committee and confirmed that he was leaving the post. The position of CEO remains, for the moment, vacant. Sergio Serrano, who has held the financial directorship of the organization since this season, will assume a good part of the functions for the time being. Sources consulted at the 'blaugrana' club assure that the departure is "by mutual agreement" and value Del Río's "great work". "We are beginning a new financial management and a new stage," they state to this newspaper from Barça's executive offices.

The Spanish national team call-ups at the beginning of last season caused a previously unheard-of event at Barça: Hansi Flick raised his voice in a press conference and was seen to be frankly annoyed. The star from Rocafonda started the season conditioned by a pubalgia that was bothering him, and this generated friction between the Barcelona coach and his counterpart in the Spanish national team, Luis de la Fuente. On Saturday, September 13, 2025, in the preview of a Barça-Valencia match, Flick exploded: "[Lamine] went to the Spanish national team with discomfort. He played both matches, 73 and 79 minutes, even though the team was winning by a landslide, with painkillers. He didn't train but he played. I don't think that is the way to take care of the players. I am very sad".

“Espanyol is a great ship that must always be brought to a safe harbor. There is a quote by Socrates that says there is no favorable wind for those who have no destination port. We are very clear about where we want to go and our guidelines: providing opportunities for female talent, training players, and the first team, which is the mirror that gives us the most visibility.” Dolors Ribalta (Mafet, Agramunt, 1977) has been the director of women's football at Espanyol for four years.

Lamine Yamal does not only transcend because of his goals and his football. After opening the scoring in the (2-3) victory of the Spanish national team at Wembley against England in a duel corresponding to the Nations League, the Blaugrana winger made the son of a fellow professional happy.

Anthony Gordon explains that when he was three years old he already knew he wanted to play for Barça. He watched the Catalan club's matches on television and when it was time to choose a team in video games, he did not hesitate. He would bet on Barça, the club he dreamed of playing for, convinced that his destiny was written. And in this case, he was right. Even though his family were Liverpool fans, little Anthony had more in common with Guardiola, Iniesta or Xavi when he played, than with Steven Gerrard, his idol. And in fact, as has happened to many midfielders trained at La Masia, Gordon was also told that he was too small a boy. Too short and thin. He didn't have the body and energy of Steven Gerrard. So the Liverpool Academy closed its door to him. Initially, they didn't want him at Everton either, although that club realized their mistake shortly after and brought him back, making him debut in the First Division. At Liverpool, on the other hand, they didn't realize Gordon's potential until recently, when he was already playing in the Champions League with Newcastle. It was already too late.

iLerna Lleida pulled off the big surprise at the Roig Arena, where they defeated Valencia Basket for the first time (100-105). The Lleida team overcame a 9-point deficit to spoil Nikola Mirotic's debut. Gerard Encuentra, the youngest coach in the Liga Endesa (he will turn 37 in January), moved his pieces with great intelligence. James Batemon and Darius McGhee combined for 44 points on the court of the reigning champion.

After a decade living away from home, one of the great names of local water polo returns to Catalonia. Albert Español (Barcelona, 1985) has traveled half the world thanks to this sport, from China to Italy. Now retired as a player, he will coach CN Sabadell. For the moment, he has already achieved a first success by overcoming the first phase of the Champions League in a very tough group played in Georgia. The great challenge for the team from Vallès is huge: to stand up to Atlètic Barceloneta, the European champion. That is to say, the club where Albert was trained, where he won everything and where the coach is one of his best friends.

“Vera, Parra, Teruel, Artigas, Diego, Casas, González, Grau, Celma, Pujol, Segarra and Egea. Pujol is my father, who was a forward and was on trial at Espanyol,” says Xavier Pujol with a smile, after reciting from memory the starting eleven from a photo from the 1950-51 season that hangs on one of the walls of the ground floor of his house, in a small town in the interior of the Garraf. That space was prepared to be a wine cellar, but Xavier, one of the most recognized white-and-blue collectors most recognized, decided to turn it into a museum dedicated to the club of his loves.