Bartomeu's departure follows mounting pressure from fans and his public falling-out with Lionel Messi and helps avoiding a vote of no confidence, which had been triggered after over 20,000 Barcelona members signed a petition for him to be removed.
Real Madrid's second consecutive defeat comes ahead of Saturday's Clasico and at the hands of Ukrainian champions Shakhtar, who were without 10 first-team players and nine members of staff due to coronavirus infections.
Goal by Lionel Messi makes it 16 seasons in a row that the Argentine has scored in the Champions League.
Novak Djokovic faces claycourt king Rafael Nadal in a dream French Open final on Sunday with more at stake for the world's two top-ranked players than another Grand Slam title.
The Uruguay striker, who joined Barcelona from Liverpool in 2014, leaves the club having won the Champions League, four La Liga titles and four Copa del Rey trophies.
Lionel Messi has announced that he will stay at Barcelona, insisting he could never go to court against "the club of his life."
Messi failed to turn up for pre-season training as talks with Messi’s father, who is also his agent, are expected this week in Barcelona,.
Striker Eugenie Le Sommer scored one goal and made another as Olympique Lyonnais beat VfL Wolfsburg 3-1 to win the UEFA Women's Champions League for an unprecedented fifth time in a row.
Barcelona says Messi is the only player who did not undergo the tests at the club’s training centre.
After dozens of titles, hundreds of goals and countless records, Lionel Messi's spectacular career at Barcelona could be coming to an abrupt end.
A replacement to Setién has not been immediately announced but Spanish media said Dutch coach Ronald Koeman was the front-runner to take charge after FC Barcelona recorded its first season without a title since 2007-08.
The two members of Atletico Madrid's group were set to travel to Portugal for the Champions League quarterfinals against RB Leipzig in Lisbon.
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