Sao Paulo, Brazil | AFP | Police in Brazil probing rape allegations against football superstar Neymar have closed the case due to a lack of evidence, the Sao Paulo attorney general’s office said Monday. The police decision will be sent to prosecutors on Tuesday, who will have 15 days to evaluate …
Read More »Neymar returns to PSG training with future still up in the air
Paris, France | AFP | Neymar showed up for training at Paris Saint-Germain on Monday, according to French media reports, a week late and days after controversially claiming his best football memory was beating PSG when he played for Barcelona. A video posted on the website of leading sports daily L’Equipe …
Read More »PSG get tough with Neymar after pre-season no-show
Paris, France | AFP | French club Paris Saint-Germain said they would take “appropriate action” after Neymar failed to show up for pre-season training with the French champions. Neymar, the world’s most expensive player after moving to PSG for 222 million euros ($252 million) two years ago, had watched his country …
Read More »PSG ‘regret’ Neymar no-show at training
Paris, France | AFP | Neymar failed to show up for pre-season training with Paris Saint-Germain on Monday with the club announcing they would take “appropriate action”. In a terse statement, the French champions noted: “On Monday 8 July Neymar da Silva Santos Junior was due to return to pre-season activities …
Read More »La Liga president Tebas fears Neymar return would damage image of the league
Madrid, Spain | AFP | La Liga president Javier Tebas has said he would rather Neymar does not return to La Liga if he cannot improve his behaviour. Neymar left Barcelona to join Paris Saint-Germain for a world record fee of 222 million euros in August 2017, but could make a …
Read More »Neymar wants Barcelona return, says club’s vice-president
Barcelona, Spain | AFP | Brazilian superstar Neymar wants to return to Barcelona two years after quitting the club to join Paris Saint-Germain, Barcelona’s vice-president said Thursday. “What is correct, at the current time, what I have read, what I have heard, which seems exact, is that Neymar wants to come …
Read More »Neymar future clouded as Pogba hands Man Utd tranfer headache
Paris, France | AFP | With Paris Saint-Germain reportedly ready to listen to offers for Neymar while Paul Pogba has publicly declared that he wants a “new challenge” away from Manchester United, the summer transfer window in Europe could see considerable upheaval at several of the continent’s biggest clubs. PSG’s ongoing …
Read More »Coutinho brace helps Brazil forget Neymar in winning Copa start
Sao Paulo, Brazil | AFP | A brace from Philippe Coutinho handed hosts Brazil a winning start to the Copa America on Friday in a 3-0 victory over Bolivia as the absence of superstar Neymar was quickly forgotten. Barcelona’s Coutinho scored from the penalty spot early in the second half and …
Read More »Hopeful Messi keen to end Argentina title drought
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | AFP | With Neymar sidelined by an ankle injury, Lionel Messi heads into the Copa America this weekend as the competition’s main attraction but one with a desperate need to end more than a decade of hurt with Argentina. The five-time Ballon d’Or winner has one …
Read More »Brazil’s Neymar in trouble over intimate pics of woman accusing him of rape
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | AFP | Brazil’s Neymar went to a Rio de Janeiro police station Thursday to give a statement in a probe into whether he broke the law by posting intimate pictures of a woman who accused him of rape. The football megastar — full name Neymar …
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