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Yahoo
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Image: First look at Barcelona's El Clasico leaked kit for 2025/26 season
The first glimpse of FC Barcelona's fourth kit for the 2025/26 season, designed especially for El Clasico, has been leaked online by X user @memorabilia1899. The kit pays tribute to one of the club's most iconic wins – the 3-0 away victory over Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu on 19 November 2005. As a special nod to that night, the minutes of the three goals (14, 58, and 77) are printed inside the collar of the shirt. A trip down the memory lane This new edition is not just a simple throwback. While it draws inspiration from the legendary match, it takes a modern turn in terms of design and colour. The shirt moves away from the traditional vertical blaugrana stripes and instead features a bold zig-zag pattern in deep blue and red. To make things more vibrant, lighter blue graphic details are added across the shirt, giving it a fresh and slightly experimental look. The colour scheme officially includes Gym Blue, Salsa Red, and Opti Yellow, although this version of Opti Yellow appears much brighter than fans might be used to. A Shift from the usual tradition One major change fans will notice is the departure from the usual La Senyera design, which has commonly been used as Barcelona's fourth kit in recent years. This 2025/26 version marks a clear break from that pattern. While the La Senyera may still appear in rare or commemorative matches, this kit will become the club's new fourth-choice strip moving forward. Despite the historical inspiration, not all fans are thrilled with the look. Some believe the zig-zag design feels a bit out of place for such a legendary tribute. Still, the shirt is expected to create buzz among collectors and supporters who value the emotional weight of that famous 3-0 win in Madrid. Stay tuned for official confirmation and images as Barça prepare to unveil the kit.
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
La Liga 2025-26 season — Start date, leading scorers, table, more
The 2025-26 La Liga season is fast-approaching, as Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid are fighting to retake the division crown from Barcelona. Hansi Flick's Barca won La Liga with two matches to spare, retaking the crown on May 14 via a 2-0 win over Catalan rivals Espanyol for a 28th Spanish top-flight title. MORE — La Liga's 2024-25 season hub: Table, leading scorers Of course, Real is bidding to increase their record haul of domestic triumphs, and Atleti hope to enter the throne room for the first time since 2020-21. Below is everything you need to prepare for the 2025-26 La Liga season. When does the 2025-26 La Liga season begin? When is the next El Clasico? Matchday 1 will occur over four days: August 15-19. Girona vs Rayo Vallecano is the first game at 1pm on Aug. 15. The 38-game season runs through May 24, 2026. Barcelona and Real Madrid's two meetings are set as well. The first El Clasico is October 26 at the Bernabeu, and the return leg in Barcelona comes on May 10. Who will win the 2025-26 La Liga title? It all starts with Barcelona and Real Madrid, as usual. Barca won the 2024-25 title and have traded the honors with Real Madrid since Atletico Madrid won in 2020-21. Atletico Madrid are next and then everyone else is a significant long shot. Villarreal and Athletic Bilbao will also carry interest, as will Conference League finalists Real Betis. Who were relegated and promoted last season? Leganes, Las Palmas, and Valladolid went relegated to the Segunda Divsion last season. Taking their places are Levante, Elche, and Real Oviedo. What have been the big La Liga transfers this summer? Marcus Rashford's loan move to Barcelona has won a lot of headlines but it's likely to be far from the most substantial transfer this summer in La Liga. Espanyol sold goalkeeper Joan Garcia to Barca in another move for the champions. Atletico Madrid have splashed big cash to bring Alex Baena from Villarreal, while David Hancko, Johnny Cardoso, and Thiago Almada were also big buys for Diego Simeone. Arsenal pried Martin Zubimendi from Real Sociedad and Cristhian Mosquera from Valencia. Real brought in Dean Huijsen, Trent Alexander-Arnold, and Alvaro Carreras. Villarreal's bought Alberto Moleiro from Las Palmas. Villarreal sold Thierno Barry in addition to Baena. Fer Lopez and Jorgen Strand Larsen made permanent moves to Wolves from Celta Vigo. Are there any American players in La Liga? USMNT star Johnny Cardoso has made the move from Celta Vigo to Atletico Madrid. It will be intriguing to see how often he features for Diego Simeone. Diego Kochen is training with Barcelona's first team for preseason. The 19-year-old has been on the first team's bench dozens of times but is yet to make his senior debut. Barca's goalkeeping corps is headlined by injured Marc-Andre ter Stegen while the club has brought in Joan Garcia from Espanyol and still has Inaki Pena and Wojciech. Szczesny on the books. Pena has been rumored for sale. La Liga goals leaders — Who will win the Pichichi Trophy? Kylian Mbappe was the Trofeo Pichichi victor as he led La Liga in scoring in his first season in Spain's top-flight. Who will win it this season? Mbappe will be the favorite to repeat the trick, and may even be expected to improve on his 31 goals given he'll be settled in Spain. Robert Lewandowski and Raphinha were Barcelona's top dogs last season, but Lamine Yamal is a bit older now. Osasuna veteran Ante Budemir finished third last season, while Atletico Madrid's Alexander Sorloth his the 20-goal mark and teammate Julain Alvarez was not far behind. La Liga table - Standings for the 2025-26 season Alaves Athletic Bilbao Atletico Madrid Barcelona Celta Vigo Eibar Espanyol Getafe Girona Levante Mallorca Osasuna Oviedo Rayo Vallecano Real Betis Real Madrid Real Sociedad Sevilla Valencia Villarreal
NBC Sports
2 days ago
- Sport
- NBC Sports
La Liga 2025-26 season — Start date, leading scorers, table, more
The 2025-26 La Liga season is fast-approaching, as Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid are fighting to retake the division crown from Barcelona. Hansi Flick's Barca won La Liga with two matches to spare, retaking the crown on May 14 via a 2-0 win over Catalan rivals Espanyol for a 28th Spanish top-flight title. MORE — La Liga's 2024-25 season hub: Table, leading scorers Of course, Real is bidding to increase their record haul of domestic triumphs, and Atleti hope to enter the throne room for the first time since 2020-21. Below is everything you need to prepare for the 2025-26 La Liga season. When does the 2025-26 La Liga season begin? When is the next El Clasico? Matchday 1 will occur over four days: August 15-19. Girona vs Rayo Vallecano is the first game at 1pm on Aug. 15. The 38-game season runs through May 24, 2026. Barcelona and Real Madrid's two meetings are set as well. The first El Clasico is October 26 at the Bernabeu, and the return leg in Barcelona comes on May 10. Who will win the 2025-26 La Liga title? It all starts with Barcelona and Real Madrid, as usual. Barca won the 2024-25 title and have traded the honors with Real Madrid since Atletico Madrid won in 2020-21. Atletico Madrid are next and then everyone else is a significant long shot. Villarreal and Athletic Bilbao will also carry interest, as will Conference League finalists Real Betis. Who were relegated and promoted last season? Leganes, Las Palmas, and Valladolid went relegated to the Segunda Divsion last season. Taking their places are Levante, Elche, and Real Oviedo. What have been the big La Liga transfers this summer? Marcus Rashford's loan move to Barcelona has won a lot of headlines but it's likely to be far from the most substantial transfer this summer in La Liga. Espanyol sold goalkeeper Joan Garcia to Barca in another move for the champions. Atletico Madrid have splashed big cash to bring Alex Baena from Villarreal, while David Hancko, Johnny Cardoso, and Thiago Almada were also big buys for Diego Simeone. Arsenal pried Martin Zubimendi from Real Sociedad and Cristhian Mosquera from Valencia. Real brought in Dean Huijsen, Trent Alexander-Arnold, and Alvaro Carreras. Villarreal's bought Alberto Moleiro from Las Palmas. Villarreal sold Thierno Barry in addition to Baena. Fer Lopez and Jorgen Strand Larsen made permanent moves to Wolves from Celta Vigo. Are there any American players in La Liga? USMNT star Johnny Cardoso has made the move from Celta Vigo to Atletico Madrid. It will be intriguing to see how often he features for Diego Simeone. Diego Kochen is training with Barcelona's first team for preseason. The 19-year-old has been on the first team's bench dozens of times but is yet to make his senior debut. Barca's goalkeeping corps is headlined by injured Marc-Andre ter Stegen while the club has brought in Joan Garcia from Espanyol and still has Inaki Pena and Wojciech. Szczesny on the books. Pena has been rumored for sale. Johnny 🤩 La Liga goals leaders — Who will win the Pichichi Trophy? Kylian Mbappe was the Trofeo Pichichi victor as he led La Liga in scoring in his first season in Spain's top-flight. Who will win it this season? Mbappe will be the favorite to repeat the trick, and may even be expected to improve on his 31 goals given he'll be settled in Spain. Robert Lewandowski and Raphinha were Barcelona's top dogs last season, but Lamine Yamal is a bit older now. Osasuna veteran Ante Budemir finished third last season, while Atletico Madrid's Alexander Sorloth his the 20-goal mark and teammate Julain Alvarez was not far behind. La Liga table - Standings for the 2025-26 season Alaves Athletic Bilbao Atletico Madrid Barcelona Celta Vigo Eibar Espanyol Getafe Girona Levante Mallorca Osasuna Oviedo Rayo Vallecano Real Betis Real Madrid Real Sociedad Sevilla Valencia Villarreal
Ammon
22-07-2025
- Sport
- Ammon
Marcus Rashford to Become Only the Second English Player at FC Barcelona in 100 Years
Ammon News - Only one Englishman has played competitive football for Barcelona in the last 100 years. When Gary Lineker arrived at the Nou Camp in 1986, he had just won the World Cup Golden Boot and was about to finish runner-up in the Ballon d'Or. He would go on to score a hat-trick in El Clasico, lift a European trophy and win the Copa del Rey. Barcelona don't tend to sign English players. And they don't tend to sign chumps. So the fact that Marcus Rashford is about to become only the second Englishman in the modern era to play at the spiritual home of the beautiful game is perhaps the most intriguing move of the summer. Rashford, the member of Manchester United's unwanted 'bomb squad'. Rashford, whose form has fallen off a cliff. Rashford, whose once-saintly reputation has fallen from the clouds. During the pandemic, Rashford earned an MBE for his campaigning work against child poverty and hunger. Back then, he was lauded as the unofficial Leader of the Opposition. Yet this January, Ruben Amorim claimed Rashford's attitude was so poor that he would rather select his 63-year-old goalkeeping coach Jorge Vital as a United sub. And now here is Rashford joining the champions of Spain, signing for the club where Johan Cruyff and Pep Guardiola elevated football into an art form. Earlier in the summer, Rashford had been openly touting himself for a move to Barca. The Sun
The Irish Sun
21-07-2025
- Sport
- The Irish Sun
Marcus Rashford to Barcelona is most intriguing move all summer – leaving Manchester goldfish bowl could save his career
ONLY one Englishman has played competitive football for Barcelona in the last 100 years. When Gary Lineker arrived at the Nou Camp in 1986, he had just won the World Cup Golden Boot and was about to finish runner-up in the Ballon d'Or. 10 Marcus Rashford's move to Barcelona is the most intriguing in recent memory Credit: Getty 10 Rashford will be only the second Englishman to play for Barcelona in over 100 years, following Gary Lineker Credit: Getty 10 Rashford has a chance to reignite his career at the spiritual home of the beautiful game Credit: Getty He would go on to score a hat-trick in El Clasico, lift a European trophy and win the Copa del Rey. So the fact that Marcus Rashford is about to become only the second Englishman in the modern era to play at the spiritual home of the beautiful game is perhaps the most intriguing move of the summer. Rashford, the member of Manchester United's unwanted 'bomb squad'. READ MORE SPORT STORIES Rashford, whose form has fallen off a cliff. Rashford, whose once-saintly reputation has fallen from the clouds. During the pandemic, Rashford earned an MBE for his campaigning work against child poverty and hunger. Back then, he was lauded as the unofficial Leader of the Opposition. Yet this January, Ruben Amorim claimed Rashford's attitude was so poor that he would rather Most read in Football CASINO SPECIAL - BEST CASINO BONUSES FROM £10 DEPOSITS And now here is Rashford joining the champions of Spain, signing for the club where Johan Cruyff and Pep Guardiola elevated football into an art form. Earlier in the summer, Rashford had been openly touting himself for a move to Barca. Marcus Rashford says he wants to play with Lamine Yamal at Barcelona in transfer plea He was talking up the prospect of playing alongside Lamine Yamal, the most thrilling teenage footballer in the world. And it all sounded like wishful thinking, like some weird shisha-pipe dream. So news that Barca After Amorim's damning public comments, Rashford sealed a loan move to Aston Villa, where he performed pretty well, playing in a Champions League quarter-final against Paris Saint-Germain - assisting the goal which won Villa the second leg but still left them a goal shy of winning the tie. There was enough in that Villa loan spell to prompt Thomas Tuchel to select Rashford in his first England team in March and to persuade Barca that Rashford is worth a punt, on loan with an option to buy next summer. There is a feeling that Rashford could benefit from being out of the Manchester goldfish bowl, yet playing for Barca brings extreme demands. Before Jude Bellingham's first Clasico appearance for Real Madrid in 2023, Lineker told me: 'We think Premier League footballers operate under a lot of pressure, and they do, but it's nothing compared to playing for Barcelona and Real Madrid. 'When I was at Barcelona, it was a middle-class crowd - most working-class people couldn't afford to go. 'The Socios, who owned shares in the club, formed a lot of the crowd and for them it was like going to the opera or ballet - they sat back and expected to be entertained. 'In a bog-standard Spanish league game it could be very quiet and if you started badly, after 15 minutes they could get on your back and start whistling at you. While things have changed a little, it's still largely true.' 10 So Rashford hasn't taken an easy option here. He has also taken a 15 per cent cut on his £320,000 weekly United wage. This is a man still determined to prove himself at the very top. Joining Barcelona, even on loan, is a significant step up from United - who will play no European football this coming season. A Rashford's infamous sicknote after a And he is widely said to have knuckled down while at Villa. But will Rashford start regularly for Barca, with Yamal, Robert Lewandowski, Raphinha and Ferran Torres already vying for places in Hansi Flick's front three? Rashford is most effective cutting inside from the left flank, which is where former Leeds man Raphinha has been operating with great success. 10 Teaming up with Lamine Yamal is an exciting opportunity for Rashford Credit: Getty Still, this is a remarkable opportunity for Rashford to revive his career with LaLiga's champions - and he may even get to grace the revamped Nou Camp, should it actually re-open at some point this season. And on October 26, he has the chance to play in the greatest club fixture on Earth, against Real in the Bernabeu in the first Clasico of the season - a match which may also feature his England team-mates Bellingham and Trent Alexander-Arnold. Just two years ago, Rashford was one of United's few reliable players and a regular England starter. At the age of 27, his peak may still be to come. There would be no greater place to realise his full potential than at Barcelona. But, as the only Englishman to have played for Barca in the last century has warned, there are few tougher places to win over your audience. WALES FAILS THERE were no Welshmen in the British and Irish Lions' matchday squad for Saturday's victory over Australia in Brisbane. There were no Welshmen teeing off among a 156-strong field at the Open Championship at Portrush. There were no Welshmen playing regularly for the top six clubs in last season's Premier League table. And as for the Welsh women, they were sent home from the Euros with nul points, having shipped 13 goals in three games. Whatever happened to a once-great sporting nation? 10 What has happened to the once-great sporting nation that is Wales Credit: Shutterstock Editorial BRIT OF A DOWNER FROM a British perspective, it would have been lovely to have seen Rory McIlroy claim the Claret Jug in his native Northern Ireland at the weekend. And for Daniel Dubois to have become the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world. Yet sometimes you simply have to marvel at those sportsmen who come remarkably close to achieving perfection in their field. Scottie Scheffler and Oleksandr Usyk are two of those rare beasts. And given that the bear-like Scheffler weighs in at just above the 14st 4lb cruiserweight limit, perhaps he's the man to give Usyk a decent fight? 10 Scottie Scheffler could be the man to take on Usyk Credit: AFP 10 Daniel Dubois lost his big fight against Oleksandr Usyk on a frustrating weekend for British sports fans Credit: EPA BIG SAM'S BIG MURAL A TEN-FOOT-HIGH mural of Sam Allardyce has appeared on a wall in the big man's hometown of Dudley. Allardyce is depicted eating orange chips - a spicy, battered black country delicacy. But given Big Sam's claim to fame as the shortest-lived manager of England, shouldn't he have been immortalised in paint while drinking a pint of wine instead? 10 Sam Allardyce has been immortalised in a bizarre mural in Dudley, with the ex-England boss eating local delicacy 'orange chips' Credit: PA WHAT A MAVERICK DURING Open week, I often like to amuse myself by finding the weirdest American names in the field. Among the previous winners of my imaginary comedy-name claret jug have been Fred Funk, Fuzzy Zoeller, Curtis Strange, Duffy Waldorf and Bo Van Pelt. This year it wasn't even close, thanks to Maverick McNealy. Discover your own American golfer name by simply adding your favourite Top Gun character to the name of a salad or a genre of popular music. 10 Maverick McNealy won this year's 'weirdest American name at The Open' award for 2025 Credit: Getty
