SD Negreira hosts Real Sociedad today at the Jesús García Calvo Municipal Stadium, in an epic clash in the first round of the Copa del Rey. For the modest Galician club, this is a historic event that ... Attempt missed.

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Arsen Zakharyan (Real Sociedad) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Aihen Muñoz. Attempt blocked. Beñat Turrientes (Real Sociedad) right ...

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The Negreira case is an ongoing sports corruption investigation involving Spanish football club FC Barcelona and José María Enríquez Negreira, a former vice president of the Technical Committee of Referees (CTA) of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF). The Negreira case judge blocks Real Madrid’s access to Barça’s accounts but authorizes a key testimony that could reactivate the investigation. “In the Negreira case — based solely on what has been published in the Spanish media — there are payments made over more than a decade, but no record of any of the above.” The Negreira case has taken a new turn after Spanish lawyer Juan Luis Martín de Pozuelo lodged a formal complaint against FC Barcelona with the Ethics Committee of the Spanish Football Federation... The Prosecutor’s Office continues to investigate Barcelona on charges of sporting corruption over alleged payments that were made to Jose Maria Enriquez Negreira, former vice-president of the Technical Committee of Referees (CTA). The long-running Negreira case, one of the most high-profile sports corruption probes in Spanish football, entered a defining chapter Thursday as former Barcelona presidents Sandro Rosell and Josep Maria Bartomeu faced scrutiny over millions in payments to a former refereeing official.

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