
FC Barcelona defender, Pau Cubarsí, has been named 'Golden Boy' 2026 by the newspaper Tuttosport in Sassuolo, Italy, consolidating the dominance of the Barça club in this award for the best footballer under 21 years of age in Europe.
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The 'Golden Boy' award annually recognizes the best footballer under the age of 21 playing in Europe. FC Barcelona has won this award on multiple recent occasions with players such as Pedri, Gavi and Lamine Yamal.
Pau Cubarsí, Barcelona defender, was recognized this Monday as 'Golden Boy' 2026, an award that distinguishes the best footballer under the age of 21 who plays for a European club, as announced by the Italian sports newspaper Tuttosport, founder of this award, at an event in Sassuolo (Italy).
The Barça centre-back succeeds the Frenchman Désiré Doué, winner of the 2025 edition, and joins a list of Barcelona winners that also includes his teammates Lamine Yamal (2024), Gavi (2022) and Pedri (2021), and Leo Messi, who won it in 2005. Thus, the dominance of the Spanish players of FC Barcelona is confirmed, who have won the recognition in four of the last six editions.

Pau Cubarsí, a 19-year-old Barcelona centre-back, has won the Tuttosport Golden Boy 2025 as the best European under-21 player, beating Diomande and Zaïre-Emery. The gala will be held in Turin on December 14.

Marcelinho Huertas, a 43-year-old point guard, leaves La Laguna Tenerife after eight seasons to join Dubai Basketball. The player, a legend of the Endesa League, will reunite with coach Xavi Pascual in an ambitious Euroleague project.

Lamine Yamal and Mikel Oyarzabal will not travel to Prague for the match against the Czech Republic. Yamal has discomfort in his right knee, while Oyarzabal is recovering from the flu. Both are expected to join the national team on Sunday.

Raúl González Blanco, former coach of the Real Madrid youth team, will assume the technical direction of Real Oviedo in LaLiga Hypermotion after the dismissal of Julián Calero, marking his first professional experience outside the white club.
Barcelona came back to beat Atlético de Madrid in an intense match. Fermín López scored two goals and Frenkie de Jong was key in the second half. Atlético took the lead with a goal from Julián Álvarez, but Barça dominated after the break and established itself as leader before the break.