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Time of India
15-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
'We are not monkeys': Entertainer from Lamine Yamal's party breaks silence after controversy over hiring dwarves for 18th birthday
Barcelona's Lamine Yamal (AP Photo/Miguel Oses) Barcelona star Lamine Yamal, who recently turned 18, has come under an intense wave of criticism following reports that the player hired people with dwarfism to act as entertainers for his birthday party. The Barcelona man, who is yet to make a statement on the same, has returned to Barcelona for pre-season ahead of the 2025/26 campaign. One of the entertainers hired for Yamal's party has defended the event after criticism from a disability rights group. The birthday celebration of the Barcelona star included a Dominican rapper, a mafia-themed dress code, and entertainers with dwarfism, from which the last sparked a strong reaction from the Association of People with Achondroplasia and Other Bone Dysplasias (ADEE). Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW! ADEE called the act degrading and has vowed to take "legal and social" action against the organisers, as per an official statement on the ADEE website. However, one of the performers at the party has pushed back, saying they were treated with respect and had every right to do their job. 'No one disrespected us, let us work in peace. I don't understand why there's so much hype,' the entertainer told RAC1. 'We're normal people who do what we want, in an absolutely legal way.' by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Stand 12+ Hours? These Shoes Are a Game-Changer walkstride Shop Now Undo The artist also criticised the association for trying to limit job options for people with dwarfism. '(ADEE) is humiliating people with dwarfism. For a couple of years now, these people have been harming us; they want to ban a job that we like, and in no case have they offered jobs or courses to the affected people,' he told RAC1. 'We work as entertainers. Why can't we do it? Because of our physical condition?' He also said that the current backlash has more to do with ADEE's internal politics than the event itself. 'There is a new president who feels self-conscious and wants to screw us others. We know what our limit is and we will never exceed it: we are not fairground monkeys,' he said. Describing what they did at the party, the artist said they danced, served drinks, and performed magic. 'There are many types of shows,' he added. 'Afterwards, we joined the rest of the party like everyone else. The only reason there's backlash is because it was Lamine Yamal's party.' Catch Rani Rampal's inspiring story on Game On, Episode 4. Watch Here!
Yahoo
12-07-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Why Barcelona haven't registered new signing Joan García
An insight into the reasoning behind La Liga champions Barcelona not yet registering new signing Joan García has this weekend been provided. The info comes courtesy of RAC1, and confirms that, as things stand, the Blaugrana are unable to do so. Advertisement Goalkeeper Joan is for his part of course fresh off taking the biggest step of his career to date. Following a dazzling campaign between the posts at Espanyol, the 24-year-old blocked out the outside noise, to put pen to paper on terms with Catalan rivals Barcelona. Joan is expected to slot straight in as the Blaugrana's new no.1 for next season, usurping both Wojciech Szczęsny, and Marc-André ter Stegen. And yet, as alluded to above, as of this moment Joan is technically not in a position to take to the pitch in the colours of his new club. As revealed by the reliable RAC1: 'Barça will not return to the 1:1 rule until the beginning of next month. This means that they will still have to wait to register players, such as Joan Garcia.' Conor Laird – GSFN
Yahoo
09-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Barcelona's Spotify Camp Nou return thrown into doubt again
La Liga champions Barcelona's scheduled return to the Spotify Camp Nou has this week been thrown up in the air once more. That's according to RAC1, who have on Wednesday provided an insight into the situation. Advertisement The news which all of a Barcelona persuasion had been so eagerly awaiting was of course finally forthcoming last month. This came in the form of an announcement, confirming the club's planned return date to the renovated Spotify Camp Nou. The intention, it was revealed, was to play the annual Joan Gamper Trophy match at the ground on August 10th. As alluded to above, though, this week, as much has been thrown into serious doubt. As per a report from RAC1: 'Barcelona City Council considers it very unlikely that Barça can return to the Camp Nou on August 10 for the Gamper. 'It was surprising that the return campaign was launched without having the permits approved.' Conor Laird – GSFN
Local Spain
05-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Local Spain
Inside Spain: Kicking Franco's head and a ban on splitting the bill
Spain's fierce passion for football took an unexpected turn this week as two teams faced off playing with an unusual ball: an artistic reproduction of former dictator Francisco Franco's head. The "La Copa del Generalísimo" performance, subversively taking the name of a tournament played during Franco's iron grip on the country from 1939 to 1975, comes as Spain marks the 50th anniversary of his death. The experimental "Ex Abrupto" art festival pitted two teams against each other for a self-styled "anti-fascist fixture" in Moia, around 50 kilometres (31 miles) north of Barcelona. The choice of pitch was also highly symbolic, close to former trenches used by the defeated republican side in the 1936-1939 civil war that brought Franco to power after his coup. The recreated hyper-realistic head was fashioned by the Indecline group and Eugenio Merino, an artist whose work has tackled Franco and the right-wing dictatorship on several occasions. He attracted attention more than a decade ago with "Always Franco", a life-sized representation of the general in a refrigerator that sparked an uproar at Madrid's ARCO art festival in 2012. Merino courted controversy again with "Punching Franco", a work that used the dictator's head as a punching ball. The Francisco Franco Foundation, which works to promote the late dictator's legacy, lodged complaints against both works that were rejected by the courts. Merino used the same mould for the resin and silicone-covered head which was the protagonist of Thursday's match. "It's the 50th anniversary of Franco's death and I thought it was necessary to commemorate it," Merino told local radio RAC 1. "We recover that idea of the people that play and enjoy, and we also recover the idea of anti-fascism." The game, which only allowed limited spectator numbers, was recorded for broadcast on Friday and Saturday in a bar in Moia, while the head can be visited in a local museum. Merino and Indecline had already teamed up to send political messages, using the recreated head of Donald Trump to play football at the wall on the US-Mexico border and one of Brazil's rightist former president Jair Bolsonaro. Getting the waiter to split the bill for you is a no-no in more and more restaurants and bars in Spain. (Photo by LLUIS GENE / AFP) In other news, a growing number of cafes, bars and restaurants in Spain are refusing to split the bills for customers. In other words, when it comes to asking for la cuenta when you've just had drinks or a meal with friends or family, more and more waiters are saying it's not up to them to do the maths but rather for one customer to pay and for the others to pay him or her back. Spanish TV channel La Sexta revealed that the stand against splitting the bill is spreading throughout Málaga's hospitality industry, as waiters say it takes too long for them to divide the bill for each customer and carry out all the payments, delaying their daily tasks in the process. There's also evidence of eateries in Barcelona and Zaragoza standing against this practice. The bigger the group, the bigger the headache, especially if there are customers who are penny pinchers and only want to pay for what they had, meaning that it's not just a case of dividing the bill by the number of customers. Furthermore, it's then up to the waiter to make sure that all the payments add up to what's owed in total. Spanish consumer watchdog Facua says that it's not yet a widespread practice yet but that bar and restaurant owners are within their rights to refuse to accept split payments as long as they forewarn customers or have a sign up pointing this out. Nevertheless, none of this is specifically spelled out in Spanish law, which makes it a bit of a grey area. According to Spanish lawyer Xabi Abat, bar and restaurant owners are even within their rights to charge an extra fee for split bills as long as this is previously signposted, and some are already charging €1 or €2 per customer for this. So there you have it, eating out with friends and family is extremely common in Spain, and this matter is likely to come up sooner or later for you. With additional reporting by AFP.
Yahoo
19-06-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Barcelona will not negotiate with Athletic Club for Nico Williams
Barcelona will not negotiate with Athletic Club for Nico Williams The brass at La Liga champions Barcelona will not hold any form of negotiations with their counterparts at Athletic Club, amid efforts to sign Nico Williams. That's according to RAC1, who have on Thursday provided an insight into the situation. Advertisement Significant developments towards Nico at last taking his talents to Catalunya's capital this summer have of course been confirmed over the course of the day to date. This comes after it was widely reported that the 22-year-old has agreed on the terms of a contract with Barcelona. From here, the understandable assumption on the part of most was that it would now be up to Deco and co. to find a similar agreement with La Liga rivals Athletic Club. As alluded to above, however, in fact, the Blaugrana do not intend to hold club-to-club talks with the Basque outfit at all. As per a report from RAC1, as much comes with Barca aware that Athletic will not negotiate any sum lower than Nico's release clause. Advertisement The Catalans, in turn, intend to simply activate as much, leaving the board at San Mamés with no say in the matter. Conor Laird – GSFN
