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Update 1500 BST: Barcelona agree to play fixture behind closed doors - full story here
Barcelona's La Liga fixture with Las Palmas on Sunday afternoon has been postponed.
Club officials decided they couldn't guarantee the safety of playing a match as Spanish police fire rubber bullets at protesters on the streets of Catalonia.
The Nou Camp was due to play host to the game but as the region heads to vote in a referendum deemed illegal by the central government in Madrid, troublesome scenes have broken out on the streets of the Catalan capital.
Barca officials met at 12.30 CET (11.30 BST) to decide on whether the game can be played against the Canary Islanders, and wanted it postponed only for La Liga to try and force them to play the game. La Liga is headed up by staunch right-wing nationalist Javier Tebas.
Catalonia independence referendum: Riot police clash with votersShow all 17 1 /17Catalonia independence referendum: Riot police clash with voters Catalonia independence referendum: Riot police clash with voters A man faces off Spanish Civil Guards outside a polling station in Sant Julia de Ramis
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Catalonia independence referendum: Riot police clash with voters Riot police form a security cordon around the Ramon Llull school in Barcelona
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Catalonia independence referendum: Riot police clash with voters Riot police evict a young woman during clashes between people gathered outside the Ramon Llull school in Barcelona
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Catalonia independence referendum: Riot police clash with voters Spanish Civil Guard officers break through a door at a polling station in Sant Julia de Ramis
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Catalonia independence referendum: Riot police clash with voters Spanish National Police clash with pro-referendum supporters in Barcelona on Sunday
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Catalonia independence referendum: Riot police clash with voters Crowds raise their arms up as police move in on members of the public gathered outside to prevent them from voting in the referendum at a polling station where the President Carles Puigdemunt will vote later today
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Catalonia independence referendum: Riot police clash with voters People confront Spanish Civil Guard officers outside a polling station
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Catalonia independence referendum: Riot police clash with voters Three man hold each other as they try to block a Spanish police van from approaching a polling station
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Catalonia independence referendum: Riot police clash with voters A woman shows a ballot to a Spanish Civil Guard officer outside a polling station
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Catalonia independence referendum: Riot police clash with voters A man wearing a shirt with an Estelada (Catalan separatist flag) and holding carnations faces off with a Spanish Civil Guard officer
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Catalonia independence referendum: Riot police clash with voters Police try to control the area as people attempt to cast their ballot at a polling station in Barcelona
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Catalonia independence referendum: Riot police clash with voters A man is grabbed by officers as police move in on the crowds
Catalonia independence referendum: Riot police clash with voters Two women argue with a Spanish National policeman during clashes between Catalan pro-independence people and police forces at the Sant Julia de Ramis sports centre in Girona
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Catalonia independence referendum: Riot police clash with voters Sant Julia De Ramis in Spain
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Catalonia independence referendum: Riot police clash with voters Confrontation outside a polling station in Barcelona, where police have tried to stop people voting
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Catalonia independence referendum: Riot police clash with voters A Spanish National Police officer aims a rubber-bullet rifle at pro-referendum supporters in Barcelona
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Catalonia independence referendum: Riot police clash with voters Riot police clashed with voters as polls opened in Barcelona
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Las Palmas, for their part, had fanned the flames by adding a Spanish flag to their shirt for this fixture.
In a club statement they said: "Las Palmas could limited itself to being a mute witness to this historic crossroads or take action. We've opted for the latter.
"We've decided to add to our shirt a small Spanish flag and the today's date, to make clear our hopes for the future of this country."
Las Palmas add a Spanish flag to shirt to play Barcelona
(UD Las Palmas)
Those shirts can now be packed away with the game set to be rescheduled.
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