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Barcelona celebrate Spanish league title with city parade

Barcelona celebrate Spanish league title with city parade

By ASSOCIATED PRESS

FC Barcelona players ride on the team bus as they celebrate their team's victory in the Spanish league title, in Barcelona, Spain, on Sunday, May 15, 2016. Photo: Emilio Morenatti/AP

BARCELONA: Barcelona celebrated its 24th Spanish league title with a two-hour parade through city streets on Sunday. Thousands of fans on sidewalks and plazas in the Catalan capital cheered the players in their open-top bus which went on a route of about 3 kilometres (2 miles). Lionel Messi, Neymar and Luis Suarez were among players to wave to supporters and jump up and down with coach Luis Enrique to celebrate the club's second straight title Barcelona won the title with a 3-0 win at Granada on Saturday.