Sport
Bid to oust Barcelona president gathers pace – The World Game
With Lionel Messi’s aborted bid to leave Barcelona still raw, club president Josep Maria Bartomeu may be counting his days after a campaign group announced they were racking up signatures in a bid to force a vote of no-confidence in him.
‘Mes que una mocio’ (More than a motion), the group supported by candidates for next year’s presidential election, said they had reached 7,500 club-member signatures of the required 16,520 by September 17 to trigger a vote of no confidence in Bartomeu.
If the campaign reaches its target and the vote is held, two-thirds of the club’s 150,000 members would have to vote against Bartomeu to trigger an imminent election.
Bartomeu, who cannot stand again as he has already served two terms, has calle…
-
General20 hours agoTributes flow after Australian Paralympic bronze medallist Nicholas Hum dies aged 32
-
Noosa News24 hours agoThree taken to hospital, crime scene declared after unit fire in Spring Hill
-
General15 hours agoReuven Morrison was killed in the Bondi Beach shooting one year after warning about antisemitism
-
Noosa News15 hours agoUpdate: Attempted murder charges, Maroochydore