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Catalan president Carles Puigdemont poses before an AFP interview in Girona on September 30, 2017. AFP photo


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People at a pro-independence rally in Barcelona, Spain, October 10, 2017. (Reuters)


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Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy. (Reuters)


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Catalan President Carles Puigdemont signs a declaration of independence at the Catalan regional parliament in Barcelona, Spain, October 10, 2017. (Reuters)


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Spectator tribunes remain empty as the Spanish league football match FC Barcelona vs UD Las Palmas is played behind closed doors at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona on October 1, 2017. (AFP)


Keep Politics out of Sport? Don’t Make me Laugh

Keep Politics out of Sport? Don’t Make me Laugh

London – Barcelona’s decision to play the October 1 match against Las Palmas in an empty stadium smacked of choosing points over principles, and overlooks the fact that sport has always found room for protest. When it came down to it, FC Barcelona – mes que un...