Barcelona to play preseason game in Japan after contractual dispute resolved
Barcelona will play a preseason game in Japan that it had previously said was canceled after resolving a contractual dispute with the promoter, the Spanish champion said Friday.
Barcelona said that its team was traveling to Japan where it will play a friendly against Vissel Kobe on Sunday.
The club said that it and the promoter have "resolved all the issues that two days prior obliged Barcelona to cancel its participation" in the game. Barcelona has not named the promoter or given more detail about the dispute.
After Japan, Barcelona also plans to visit South Korea to play FC Seoul on July 31 and Daegu FC on Aug. 4.
Like other big clubs, Barcelona — which has struggled with large debts in recent years — uses the summer to play exhibition games abroad as a way to earn extra cash.
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
Nahar Net
2 days ago
- Nahar Net
Tea-loving Nepal is warming up to coffee
by Naharnet Newsdesk 25 July 2025, 15:55 Coffee hasn't always been an easy sell in Nepal. The Himalayan country is a major tea producer, as well as a major consumer. When people greet each other in the morning, they don't ask "how are you." They say "have you had your tea?" Tea — usually served with as a sweet, milky beverage in a piping hot glass tumbler — is as much a part of Nepal's culture as rice, a constant presence at homes, meetings and social gatherings. But a growing number of Nepalis are warming up to coffee, as trendy cafes spring up street corners in cities and towns across the country. Nepalis started trying coffee in the 90s One cafe in the capital, Kathmandu, is widely seen as the pioneer. Gagan Pradhan began Himalayan Java as a single cafe in an alley, and it's grown to a chain with 84 locations the country. Pradhan estimates there around 7,000 cafes across the country, although so far international brands like Starbucks aren't in Nepal. "There are lot of tea shops throughout the nation, but the kind of set up they have is still kind of old fashioned," Pradhan said. "I think with investors and people like us, when it comes to coffee shop we are more serious not only with machines, we are serious with everything like the lighting, the set up, the furnishings, the location." Pradhan said tea shops usually offer just black tea or tea with milk, whereas a typical coffee menu has 10-15 hot beverages and about 10-15 cold beverages, he said. Pradhan said it's an appealing business because the initial investment to open a cafe is very low, they're clean and simple enough for a single to family to run, and customers are willing to pay more for coffee. Several of eastern Nepal's tea plantations in the mountains of east Nepal, famous for the tea, are joined by coffee plantations now. Coffee is expensive, but it's a lifestyle Nepal is part of a regional trend. Coffee consumption has soared across traditionally tea-drinking countries in Asia as members of growing middle classes seek out novel flavors and adopt international trends. Coffee is a premium drink in Nepal: it costs about $2 at Himalayan Java, which is enough to buy a meal at a local cafe in Kathmandu, or five cups of tea. Still, cafes bustle with officers workers on breaks and students looking for places to study. "I think the idea of drinking coffee (in Nepal) was first triggered with people thinking it would elevate their standard of living, but then once they tasted coffee many people just liked it and continued to drink it," said Deep Singh Bandari, a social worker who is a regular visitor to the coffee cafes. Nepal is starting to produce coffee too Most of the coffee drunk in Nepal is imported, but in the country's famous eastern tea-growing regions coffee plantations are springing up. According to Nepal's National Tea and Coffee Development Board, about 400 tons of coffee was produced in fiscal year 2021-22, the most recent for which data is available. That's a drop in the percolator compared to the 26,000 tons of tea produced the same year, but the board predicts rapid growth. "Both young and old people in Nepal just love coffee, and the number of coffee drinkers is growing every day. This trend is just going to grow," said Pradhan.
Nahar Net
2 days ago
- Nahar Net
Salam says reassured by Macron's 'commitment to assisting Lebanon'
by Naharnet Newsdesk 10 hours Prime Minister Nawaf Salam held talks Thursday in Paris with French President Emmanuel Macron after which he thanked France for "its continued support for Lebanon and its security, sovereignty and prosperity." "I return to Beirut reassured by French President Emmanuel Macron's commitment to assisting Lebanon, renewing UNIFIL's mandate, and strengthening our bilateral relations, particularly in the areas of security, economy, education and culture," Salam added, in a post on the X platform. This was Salam's first official visit to Paris since assuming office. During the meeting, Salam outlined the challenges facing Lebanon, affirming "the government's commitment to continuing its hard work to implement the required reforms, restore local and international confidence, and extend state authority throughout Lebanese territory," his office said. For his part, the French president praised "the Lebanese government's determination to move forward with the reform process." He reiterated "France's steadfast support for Lebanon's sovereignty, stability and prosperity, and for the efforts of the Lebanese authorities to revive the economy and reform institutions." Macron also said that his country "is preparing to organize an international conference to support Lebanon in Paris, in parallel with reaching an agreement with the International Monetary Fund, following the approval of key reform laws, particularly in the banking and judicial sectors." In this context, the French president informed the Prime Minister that his country "will contribute €75 million to the World Bank's Lebanon Emergency Assistance Project (LEAP), to support the reconstruction of areas affected by the (Israeli) aggression." The two sides also stressed "the importance of renewing the mandate of UNIFIL and strengthening the ceasefire monitoring mechanism,' while jointly emphasizing the need for 'Israel's complete withdrawal from Lebanese territory and the cessation of all violations, and for strengthening the capabilities of the Lebanese Army to enhance its exclusive role in possessing weapons and extending state authority." In the judicial field, the French side expressed its readiness "to provide technical and financial support for judicial reform, by dispatching an expert to the Lebanese Ministry of Justice and launching cooperation between the French National School of the Judiciary and the Institute for Judicial Studies in Lebanon." France also reaffirmed its readiness "to support Lebanese-Syrian cooperation to control the common border and provide the necessary technical support for its demarcation, capitalizing on its available historical archives."
Nahar Net
2 days ago
- Nahar Net
Barcelona to play preseason game in Japan after contractual dispute resolved
by Naharnet Newsdesk 25 July 2025, 15:57 Barcelona will play a preseason game in Japan that it had previously said was canceled after resolving a contractual dispute with the promoter, the Spanish champion said Friday. Barcelona said that its team was traveling to Japan where it will play a friendly against Vissel Kobe on Sunday. The club said that it and the promoter have "resolved all the issues that two days prior obliged Barcelona to cancel its participation" in the game. Barcelona has not named the promoter or given more detail about the dispute. After Japan, Barcelona also plans to visit South Korea to play FC Seoul on July 31 and Daegu FC on Aug. 4. Like other big clubs, Barcelona — which has struggled with large debts in recent years — uses the summer to play exhibition games abroad as a way to earn extra cash.
