Joseph Wilson, Author at Greenfield Recorder

Barcelona team players celebrate after winning the Joan Gamper trophy match between FC Barcelona and Pumas Unam at the Camp Nou Stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Joan Monfort)

Barcelona sells more assets in attempt to register players

by Joseph Wilson Associated PressAugust 12, 2022August 12, 2022

BARCELONA, Spain — Working against the clock, Barcelona has sold off even more of its club assets in the hopes of meeting the Spanish league’s financial rules so Robert Lewandowski and its other signings can play in the season opener.But still, just…

FILE - In this Sunday, March 7, 2021 file photo, Joan Laporta celebrates his victory after elections at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain. Barcelona president Joan Laporta maintained his support for the Super League on Thursday April 22, 2021, despite the quick exit of 10 of the 12 founding clubs in the breakaway competition. (AP Photo/Joan Monfort, File)

Barcelona maintains support of Super League despite backlash

by Joseph Wilson Associated PressApril 22, 2021April 22, 2021

FILE - In this Aug. 13, 2020 file photo, Barcelona's Lionel Messi waves as he arrives at the team hotel in Lisbon, Portugal. Lionel Messi has told Barcelona he wants to leave the club after nearly two decades with the Spanish giants. The club has confirmed that the Argentina great has sent a note expressing his desire to leave. The announcement comes 11 days after Barcelona's humiliating 8-2 loss to Bayern Munich in the Champions League quarterfinals, one of the worst in the...

Lionel Messi tells Barcelona he wants to leave the club

by Tales Azzoni Associated Press, and Joseph Wilson Associated PressAugust 25, 2020August 25, 2020

Recently dug graves sit empty at the San Vicente Cemetery in Cordoba, Argentina, Monday, April 13, 2020. Six to seven times more graves than normal are being dug in Cordoba as a precaution amid the deadly, new coronavirus health emergency, according to Press Secretary of the Union of Municipal Workers and Employees of Córdoba, Damián Bizzi. (AP Photo/Nicolas Aguilera)

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NY death toll from virus surpasses 10,000

by Eric Tucker Associated Press, Aritz Parra Associated Press, and Joseph Wilson Associated PressApril 13, 2020

Catalan police officers take positions outside the Camp Nou stadium ahead of a Spanish La Liga soccer match between Barcelona and Real Madrid in Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2019. Thousands of Catalan separatists are planning to protest around and inside Barcelona's Camp Nou Stadium during Wednesday's match against fierce rival Real Madrid. (AP Photo/Joan Mateu)

Police, protesters clash outside Barcelona-Real Madrid game

by Joseph Wilson Associated Press, and Barry Hatton Associated PressDecember 18, 2019December 18, 2019

Four-time Tour de France cycling race winner Chris Froome of Britain answers questions during a TV interview after a press conference in Saint-Mars-la-Reorthe, Vendee region, France, Wednesday, July 4, 2018, ahead of upcoming Saturday's start of the race. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena )

Froome calls on skeptics to let him ride

by Joseph Wilson Associated PressJuly 4, 2018

A demonstrator holds a banner that reads in Catalan: "Freedom for the Political Prisoners", gather during a protest against the decision of a judge to jail ex-members of the Catalan government at the University square in Barcelona, Spain, Sunday, Nov. 5, 2017. A Spanish judge issued an international arrest warrant on Friday for former members of the Catalan Cabinet who were last seen in Brussels, including the ousted separatist leader Carles Puigdemont, who said he was prepared to run for his old job even while battling extradition in Belgium. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

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Belgian judge to decide next phase in Spain-Catalonia fight

by Raf Casert Associated Press, and Joseph Wilson Associated PressNovember 5, 2017

People block the street in a stand off with civil guards in Sant Julia de Ramis, near Girona, Spain, Sunday, Oct. 1, 2017. Scuffles have erupted as voters protested while dozens of anti-rioting police broke into a polling station where the regional leader was expected to show up for voting on Sunday. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

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‘Yes’ side wins Catalonia independence vote

by Aritz Parra Associated Press, and Joseph Wilson Associated PressOctober 1, 2017

In this photo taken on Friday, Aug. 18, 2017, a motorcycle and a car are loaded on a truck after being removed from the explosion site in Alcanar, Tarragona province, Spain. A top Spanish police official says those behind the attacks on pedestrians had stored more than 100 gas tanks and explosive ingredients at a house in Alcanar that they accidently blew up. Police official Josep Lluis Trapero told reporters at a news conference Sunday ingredients of the explosive TATP, which has been used by Islamic State extremists in other attacks, were found at the home in Alcanar that was destroyed Wednesday, along with more than 100 butane gas tanks. (AP Photo/Joan Revillas)

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Police: Fugitive’s death ‘breaks’ cell behind Spain attacks

by Joseph Wilson Associated Press, Aritz Parra Associated Press, and Lori Hinnant Associated PressAugust 21, 2017

A woman weeps during a gathering of members of the local Muslim community along with relatives of young men believed responsible for the attacks in Barcelona and Cambrils to denounce terrorism and show their grief in Ripoll, north of Barcelona, Spain, Sunday Aug. 20, 2017. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

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Spanish town struggles to reconcile locals as extremist cell

by Lori Hinnant Associated Press, Alex Oller Associated Press, and Joseph Wilson Associated PressAugust 20, 2017