Former Barcelona star Xavi Hernandez signed on as head coach of Qatari club Al-Sadd for one more year Sunday, putting to bed rumours of an imminent move back to the Spanish side.... more »
Former Barcelona and Spain star Xavi Hernandez and his wife have donated one million euros ($1.08 million) to the city's Hospital Clinic to help the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.... more »
Xavi Hernandez has reiterated his desire to coach Barcelona in the future but suggests he will not return until a different board brings a new sense of direction to the club.... more »
Xavi said it was "too early" for him to coach Barcelona as he confirmed on Thursday that he had received an offer from his former club but would remain at Qatari side Al-Sadd.... more »
Xavi Hernandez may have just turned down the chance to coach Barcelona but "he will be manager one day", the Catalan club's president Josep Maria Bartomeu said on Wednesday.... more »
Ernesto Valverde will take Barcelona training on Monday after Xavi told the club he would not be accepting the job of coach immediately, AFP Sport has learned.... more »
Ernesto Valverde will take Barcelona training on Monday after Xavi told the club he would not be accepting the job of coach immediately, AFP Sport has learned.... more »
Xavi is in talks with his former club Barcelona to take over as coach, his current team, Qatar's Al-Sadd said Saturday, although the Spanish great himself stayed tight-lipped about his "dream" job.... more »
Barcelona have asked former captain Xavi to take over from the under-pressure Ernesto Valverde as head coach, Spanish media reported on Friday.... more »
Top Qatar club Al Sadd bounced back from their first leg loss to win 3-1 on Monday and oust Saudi giants Al Nassr in an AFC Champions League quarter-final.... more »
Saudi Arabia's Al Nassr have one foot in the AFC Champions League last four after edging out Qatar's Al Sadd 2-1 in Monday's quarter-final first leg.... more »
Ex-Barcelona midfielder Xavi Hernandez has been appointed the head coach for Qatari champions Al-Sadd for whom the Spaniard has been playing since 2015, the club said on Tuesday.... more »
Xavi Hernandez's dazzling career came to an anti-climactic end when his side Al Sadd were beaten 2-0 by Iranian giants Persepolis in their last group match of the AFC Champions League on Monday.... more »
The 2010 World Cup had Paul the Octopus, the NFL has play-call predictor extraordinaire Tony Romo, and this year's Asian Cup has Barcelona great, and now soothsayer, Xavi Hernandez.... more »
Xavi Hernandez could play on until the age of 40 after it was announced on Thursday he has signed a two-year extension to his contract with Qatari club Al Sadd.... more »
Legendary former Barcelona and Spain midfielder Xavi Hernandez has upset his own plans to retire and announced he will extend his career until at least the end of this year, he said on Sunday.... more »
Xavi Hernandez said he's open to being Qatar's coach when it hosts the 2022 World Cup and rebuffed his critics by claiming he is "very proud" to be in Doha.... more »
Barcelona great Xavi Hernandez insisted Thursday that Mauricio Pochettino was not his "enemy" and said he could even imagine the Tottenham boss one day becoming coach of the Catalan giants.... more »
Former Barcelona star Xavi Hernandez said on Thursday that moving to Qatar, where he now plays for Doha side Al Sadd, was "one of the best decisions" of his life.... more »
Teenage forward Akram Afif is set to become the first player from Qatar ever to play in La Liga and possibly the Champions League after being signed by Spanish club Villarreal.... more »
Barcelona legend Xavi Hernandez says his old team has not missed the world's best player Lionel Messi, ahead of this weekend's first clash of the season with Real Madrid.... more »
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