Puyol

Taking to Twitter, Iker Casillas had written in Spanish "I hope you respect me: I'm gay." However, he went on to delete the tweet within hours. and then issued a clarification.

The Spanish legend handed over the first ticket to the 1911 Mohun Bagan captain's descendant.

The former Barcelona captain retired from the game in 2014 after he and Lionel Messi shared six league titles and three Champions League crowns with the Catalan side.

The announcement by the iconic 36-year-old came about an hour after Barcelona announced it had sacked its football director Andoni Zubizarreta who was under contract with the club until 2016.

Victory would secure an eighth league title for Xavi Hernandez and a seventh for the departing Carles Puyol and Victor Valdes, but he insists the most decorated squad in Barcelona's history still have the hunger to succeed.

On top of his six La Liga titles, Carles Puyol also led Barcelona to three Champions Leagues, two Copa del Reys, two World Club Cups and six Spanish Supercups as well as winning the 2008 European Championships and 2010 World Cup with Spain.

Carlos Puyol, who had just been cleared to play before the Copa del Rey final, will be unavailable after his troublesome right knee acted up again during training.

Carlos Puyol, who will leave the club at the end of the campaign due to ongoing injury problems, has missed most of the season due to knee troubles, whilst Marc Bartra strained his hamstring as Barcelona were knocked out of the Champions League by Atletico Madrid.

While Barcelona FC skipper Carles Puyol has said he is working hard with his team to end season on a high after a few setbacks, Real Madrid have suffered a blow as Cristiano Ronaldo's hamstring injury is threatening to keep him out of action.

FC Barcelona have been imposed with a one-year ban for signing under-age players. If upheld, FC Barcelona would not be able to replace Victor Valdes and Carles Puyol who have said they will leave the club in June.

Carles Puyol didn't reveal where he would go at the end of the current campaign and insisted he will give everything in what remains of the season to help Barcelona succeed on three fronts.

The 35-year-old has been dogged by injury problems over the last couple of seasons and has only featured four times in the last three months.

The Spanish national squad has many Catalan players who would probably decide to play for their new country rather than the reigning World Champions and a Spain squad without players such as Xavi Hernandez, Gerard Pique, Victor Valdes, Jordi Alba, Carles Puyol, Sergio Busquets, would clearly be significantly weakened, making Del Bosque's job a ...

He took over the Spanish team after it won Euro 2008 - and with just eight losses in 84 games as the national coach - Vicente del Bosque is seeking an unprecedented achievement of winning back-to-back World Cups, together with back-to-back Euro championships.

Barcelona say Carles Puyol won't travel after picking up a knee injury while Dani Alves is sidelined due to pain in his right leg.

Taking to Twitter, Iker Casillas had written in Spanish "I hope you respect me: I'm gay." However, he went on to delete the tweet within hours. and then issued a clarification.

The Spanish legend handed over the first ticket to the 1911 Mohun Bagan captain's descendant.

The former Barcelona captain retired from the game in 2014 after he and Lionel Messi shared six league titles and three Champions League crowns with the Catalan side.

The announcement by the iconic 36-year-old came about an hour after Barcelona announced it had sacked its football director Andoni Zubizarreta who was under contract with the club until 2016.

Victory would secure an eighth league title for Xavi Hernandez and a seventh for the departing Carles Puyol and Victor Valdes, but he insists the most decorated squad in Barcelona's history still have the hunger to succeed.

On top of his six La Liga titles, Carles Puyol also led Barcelona to three Champions Leagues, two Copa del Reys, two World Club Cups and six Spanish Supercups as well as winning the 2008 European Championships and 2010 World Cup with Spain.

Carlos Puyol, who had just been cleared to play before the Copa del Rey final, will be unavailable after his troublesome right knee acted up again during training.

Carlos Puyol, who will leave the club at the end of the campaign due to ongoing injury problems, has missed most of the season due to knee troubles, whilst Marc Bartra strained his hamstring as Barcelona were knocked out of the Champions League by Atletico Madrid.

While Barcelona FC skipper Carles Puyol has said he is working hard with his team to end season on a high after a few setbacks, Real Madrid have suffered a blow as Cristiano Ronaldo's hamstring injury is threatening to keep him out of action.

FC Barcelona have been imposed with a one-year ban for signing under-age players. If upheld, FC Barcelona would not be able to replace Victor Valdes and Carles Puyol who have said they will leave the club in June.

Carles Puyol didn't reveal where he would go at the end of the current campaign and insisted he will give everything in what remains of the season to help Barcelona succeed on three fronts.

The 35-year-old has been dogged by injury problems over the last couple of seasons and has only featured four times in the last three months.

The Spanish national squad has many Catalan players who would probably decide to play for their new country rather than the reigning World Champions and a Spain squad without players such as Xavi Hernandez, Gerard Pique, Victor Valdes, Jordi Alba, Carles Puyol, Sergio Busquets, would clearly be significantly weakened, making Del Bosque's job a ...

He took over the Spanish team after it won Euro 2008 - and with just eight losses in 84 games as the national coach - Vicente del Bosque is seeking an unprecedented achievement of winning back-to-back World Cups, together with back-to-back Euro championships.

Barcelona say Carles Puyol won't travel after picking up a knee injury while Dani Alves is sidelined due to pain in his right leg.