Neymar, whose current contract with Barcelona was to end in 2018, will on Friday sign a three-year contract extension to keep the 24-year-old Brazilian with the Spanish club until2021. Since joining Barcelona from Brazilian club Santos in 2013, Neymar has scored 90 goals in 149 games, including five goals in eight games this season.
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What They're Saying: Neymar
“I’m definitely not going to change. Players have to know that when they face me that I have my own way of playing and that is dribbling, scoring goals and helping my teammates. I’m happy playing thatway and if they don’t like it there’s nothing I can do.” — Neymar, who was elbowed in the […]
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WCQ: Brazil climbs into lead in South America
Brazil survived a torrential rainstorm and a light failure to beat Venezuela, 2-0, on the road and take the lead in South America’s World Cup qualifying tournament. GabrielJesus took advantage of a missed pass by Venezuela goalkeeper Daniel Hernandez to open the scoring after eight minutes, and Willian added the second goalearly in the second […]
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Brazil's Neymar, bloodied and suspended
Neymar scored a goal and set up two more goals as Brazil beat Bolivia, 5-0, in World Cup qualifying. But he picked up a yellow card that will keep him out of Tuesday’s game against Venezuelaand exited the game wiping blood from his eyes after taking an elbow to the face from Bolivian Yasmani Duk […]
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Copa Libertadores expands
The Copa Libertadores, Latin America’s most prestigious club competition, will expand from 38 to 44 teams and from 27 to 42 weeks in 2017. Brazil will get two more spots (for a total ofseven), Argentina, Chile and Colombia get one extra spot each, and the winner of the Copa Sudamericana gains direct entry into the region’s […]
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What They're Saying: Eddie Rodger
“They didn’t just burn bridges with the local soccer community, they nuked them. It’s disgraceful. They tossed everyone who cared most about the Strikers brand to the curb, lied topeople and now they will just go back to Brazil and who knows what will become of this team.” — South Florida soccer promoter Eddie Rodger […]
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What They're Saying: Jerome Leroy
“Ronaldinho did not train on any day of the week. He just turned up on Friday ready to play on the Saturday. That was Ronaldinho. I think he was trying to emulate Romario, but he did nothave the same success.” — Former Paris St. Germain player Jerome Leroy on his former teammate. Leroy was asked […]
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French women draw in first match under Echouafni
A week after Olivier Echouafni was named France’s new women’s national team head coach in place of Philippe Bergeroo, the Bleues tied Brazil, 1-1, before more than 18,000 fans inGrenoble. Claire Lavogez gave France the lead in the second minute, but Marta equalized four minutes later after an error by the French defense missing injured […]
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WCQ: Uruguay moves on top, Argentina spared embarrassment
Uruguay took over the lead in South America’s World Cup 2018 qualifying campaign when it beat Paraguay, 4-0, and Argentina had to settle for a 2-2 tie with last-place Venezuela, rallying from 2-0down. Nicolas Otamendi earned Argentina a point when he equalized in the 83rd minute, but Venezuela almost won in the 89th when Mikel […]
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South America offers most intriguing World Cup qualifying race
By Mike Woitalla There have been 20 World Cups but only eight champions. Which nation looks most likely to become champion No. 9? The last first-time champion was Spain in2010. Before that, France in 1998, Argentina in 1978 and England in 1966. World Cup Champions 5 Brazil (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994,2002) 4 Germany (1954, 1974*, […]