Barcelona to appeal Guardiola, Ibrahimovic bans (AP via Yahoo! Sports) Barcelona will appeal against the one-game suspensions given to coach Pep Guardiola and striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Guardiola was sent from the touchline for arguing with one of the linesman during Saturday's 2-2 draw at Almeria, while Ibrahimovic was sent off on the hour mark. Both are set to miss Sunday's game against third-place Valencia at the Camp Nou stadium unless the bans are...

Kaka: I Still Love Milan & I Want Real Madrid-Barcelona Champions League Final (Goal.com via Yahoo! Sports) Kaka wants a Real Madrid-Barcelona Champions League final.

Barcelona Duo Pep Guardiola & Zlatan Ibrahimovic Slapped With One-Match Ban (Goal.com) Despite objections from Barcelona about the validity of referee Clos Gomez's expulsions of both Pep Guardiola and Zlatan Ibrahimovic in the Blaugrana's last Liga fixture at Almeria, the Spanish Competition Committee has confirmed that the coach and striker will have to serve out a one-match ban and will miss the club's next match against Valencia at the Camp Nou.

Barcelona's Dani Alves: I Don't Consider Real Madrid To Be Leaders (Goal.com) In a press conference today, Barcelona right-back Dani Alves has declared: "I do not consider Real Madrid to be leaders" in La Liga because "the return fixture [at the Santiago Bernabeu] has not yet been played".

Barcelona's Thierry Henry Out Of Training While Carles Puyol Quits Early (Goal.com) Barcelona's French attacker Thierry Henry missed training today with an injury to his Achilles tendon as the rest of the Blaugrana squad took part in a training session on a pitch covered in a blanket of snow.

FC Barcelona Snow Job (TheScore.com) Thought this was pretty cool, especially as I was sitting on my deck in 13 degree weather catching some rays. It’s a time lapse video of the Camp Nou, home to Barcelona, getting blasted by winter on Monday. Only a day to go for field crews to get the pitch ready for Barcelona’s Champs League [...]

Barcelona Duo Pep Guardiola & Zlatan Ibrahimovic Slapped With One-Match Ban (Goal.com via Yahoo! Sports) Barca will appeal the ruling.

W Hotels Worldwide’s European Flagship W Barcelona Hotel Celebrates Official Launch with Unique “W Premiere” Event (Hospitality Net) W Hotels Worldwide, the hotel category buster and industry innovator, today celebrates the official unveiling of W Barcelona which opened its doors on October 1, 2009. Over the course of the next three days, W Barcelona will highlight the W brand’s passion points of fashion, design, architecture, music and “B&F” (beverage & food) through a new event series called “W Premiere.”

Snowstorm closes Barcelona schools, disrupts travel (AsiaOne) BARCELONA - Schools were closed, roads were blocked and power was knocked out Monday as normally balmy Barcelona and the surrounding region of northeastern Spain was hit by its heaviest snowfall in 25 years.

Barcelona candidate Ferrer ponders shirt sponsorship (tribalfootball.com) Barcelona vice-president Jaume Ferrer wants to explore the prospect of adding a shirt sponsor. Ferrer is standing for the Barca election and says he wants to explore the possibility of the club's shirt sharing a paid sponsor with their UNICEF promotion. Despite the club's strong finances, Ferrer wants to find new revenue streams to maintain Barca's competitiveness.