Barcelona backs down on plan to play in US

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The Spanish league’s plan to play a regular-season match in the United States in January took a major hit when Barcelona backed down from its commitment.
The club’s board of directors said on Monday it agreed to withdraw the team’s intention to play the game against Girona near Miami. The board said Barcelona remains behind the idea of the game aboard, but considered the “project will not prosper until there is an agreement between all partie