Colin Millar: Last News

FAMILIES can look forward to a thrilling high-octane day out at the Scottish Festival of Motoring this year.

Real Madrid and Barcelona supporters were left seething after the La Liga giants ditched their traditional kits for the El Clasico. It is one of the very few fixtures in European football which even prompts neutral fans outside of Spain to mark the date of the matches in their calendars. Not many contests come close to matching the excitement and anticipation of the Blaugrana's battles against Los Blancos.Except, there was no Blaugrana or Blanco in sight, as Barcelona played in their yellow away kit, while Real Madrid opted to debut their black away strip.

Lionel Messi's tears during his farewell press conference at Barcelona led some fans to ask why he couldn't remain and pay for free as his beloved club tighten their finances.The Catalan giants had agreed a deal with the six-time Ballon d'Or winner over a contract extension - with his former wage packet being reduced by a mammoth 70%.Despite that agreement, president Joan Laporta announced this week that they were not able to raise the funds required, and therefore Messi would be leaving the club after 17 first-team seasons.Details regarding why the 34-year-old couldn't play for nothing have now been revealed, with rules in Spain preventing players from having their wages cut by such a drastic amount.Colin Millar reports that by Spanish