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The drama erupted as Barcelona celebrated their La Liga triumphSong appeared to take aim at Pique as the bus travelled through Catalan cityRaucous bus celebrations were accompanied with several cans of beerNeither side has commented on the astonishing photosBarcelona stars Gerard Pique and Alex Song appear to have been scrapping while on top of the teams double decker bus to celebrate their La Liga triumph.In these astonishing pictures, former Arsenal midfielder Song and Pique look as if they are brawling while the bus makes its way around the Catalan city. Club captain Carlos Puyol and goalkeeper Victor Valdes seem to be playing peacemakers in the end, but looks as if they are having an altercation of their own in the background as their team mates grapple in front of celebrating supporters.A video released of the teams celebrations show the players were all in high spirits, drinking alcohol and play fighting on the bus it could be these snaps just caught the pair engaging in boisterous fun.The parade was to honour Barcelona reclaiming their La Liga crown from Real Madrid, after mounting a 10 point lead with three games to play.Although the scuffle went unnoticed on Monday afternoon, politicians in Catalonia have complained that drinking on the bus was setting a bad example to young fans who watched their title winners parade the trophy.Barcelona held their end of season awards dinner last night, and Song, who left Arsenal for Spain last summer did not appear in any of the pictures released.The mayor of Toronto Rob Ford awoke on Friday morning to the most serious allegations against him yet, with reports of a crude video in circulation which purportedly show him smoking crack cocaine.Throughout the video, Fords eyes are half closed. He lolls back in his chair, sometimes waving his arms around erratically. He raises a lighter in his hand at several points and moves it in a circle motion beneath the glass bowl of the pipe, then inhales deeply, the Toronto Star newspaper reported, saying that two of its reporters had viewed the video three times.At the end of the clip, the mobile telephone used to make the video rings. Ford appears startled, according to one of the reporters. He looks directly into the camera and says That thing better not be recording. The video has apparently been shopped around to several media outlets by a group of men in the city, one of whom claims to have supplied Ford with the drug.Emerging from his house on Friday morning, the mayor called the allegations ridiculous but refused to elaborate.A lawyer for Ford said the reports about the mayor smoking crack were false and defamatory.Were just trying to see whether or not such a video exists and whether or not any video has been doctored or altered, Dennis Morris told the Toronto Sun. I think unless one has expertise in crack cocaine smoking it is very difficult to gauge what a person is actually doing in an alleged video.The individual identified as the mayor can be heard referring to Justin Trudeau, the newly elected leader of Canadas Liberal party, as a fag and refers to a young members of high school football team that he coaches as just fucking minorities.The incident harks back to the arrest in 1990 of Washington mayor Marion Barry, who was caught in a sting operation smoking crack cocaine at a city hotel. Barry spent six months in jail but was re elected two years later and went on to serve as mayor from 1995 to 1999.Ford was a city councillor for a decade before being elected mayor in 2010 on a no nonsense platform to cut wasteful spending. But his agenda has been distracted by numerous controversies. While campaigning for the citys top job, reports emerged of an arrest in 1999 for drunk driving and marijuana possession in Miami. Ford admitted wrongdoing but told reporters I dont use drugs. Im not into that scene.This year, Ford was reportedly asked to leave a gala fundraiser for wounded Canadian soldiers because he was speaking in a rambling, i...