Barcelona and Brazil forward Neymar is facing accusations of tax evasion and forgery in his homeland.
Neymar, the player s father Neymar Sr, current Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu and his predecessor Sandro Rosell are all accused of evading taxes and misrepresentation in order to abolish taxes owed to the IRS of Brazil .
Brazilian state Sao Paulo s public prosecution office (MPF) confirmed that they had recommended the four men be charged by the federal court. A judge must now decide whether to take the case forward.
The prosecution s case centres around alleged fraudulent use of Neymar s image rights from as early as 2006, as well as irregularities in the Brazil captain s transfer from Santos to Barcelona in 2013.
An MPF statement claims that…
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Tottenham Hotspur welcome the visit of Liverpool to White Hart Lane this weekend, and the Londoners are the first opposition for a revamped Liverpool side under new manager Jurgen Klopp. Spurs have been in fine form this season, and are hoping to continue their unbeaten run in the league against a Merseyside outfit having struggled for wins in recent weeks. However, past meetings have been very one-sided, so it won’t be easy.
Tottenham’s only defeat in the Premier League came on the opening day of the 2015/16 season, and the Londoners have since picked up four points against the likes of Everton and Manchester City. Their form has been so impressive manager Mauricio Pochettino was …
Former Italy international Antonio Cassano has announced his retirement from football just a week after linking up with Serie C minnows Virtus Entella.
The former AC Milan, Inter and Real Madrid forward had been without a club since a brief pre-season training stint with Verona in July 2017, and last played an official league game in May 2016 for Sampdoria.
Cassano, who won 39 caps for Italy, had agreed to train with Entella without signing a contract, but the 36-year-old has now revealed his decision to call it quits.
In a statement released via reporter Pierluigi Pardo, Cassano said: Over the last few days of training, I realised that I no longer have the mentality to train consistently.
In order to play football, you need passion and talent, but …
Dallas Mavericks star Dirk Nowitzki has welcomed Bastian Schweinsteiger to the United States, poking further fun at the journalist who asked Chicago Fire s new signing if they could win the World Cup.
Schweinsteiger was introduced as a Fire player on Wednesday, but one member of the assembled media caused hilarity as he asked the 32-year-old if he can help Chicago to World Cup glory.
With this question causing a stir, Nowitzki sent his best wishes to his compatriot who won the World Cup with Germany in 2014 jokingly urging him to repeat the feat with the Fire.
Hey Schweini, welcome to the US proud of you to make that move, Nowitzki said in a video posted on the Fire s Twitter account. Hope everything goes well in Chicago and good luck winning the World Cup.<…
David Moyes handed his Europa Conference League winners’ medal to his father after ending West Ham’s 43-year wait for a trophy.
Jarrod Bowen’s dramatic last-minute goal sank Fiorentina 2-1 as the Hammers secured a first piece of silverware since 1980’s FA Cup, and a first European trophy since 1965, on a historic and emotional night in Prague.
Moyes’ dad, 87-year-old David Snr, has been on every step of West Ham’s European tour and joined his son on the pitch after the final whistle.
“He was the first one, I thought I should get it round his neck,” said the jubilant West Ham boss. “He’s watched a lot over the years and I hope he enjoyed it.”
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David Moyes talks celebrating with his 87-yea…
Erling Haaland admits the pressure is on as he prepares for Manchester City’s Champions League date with destiny.
The Premier League winners face Inter Milan on Saturday night bidding to claim the European crown for the first time.
Victory would not only end years of frustration and near-misses in pursuit of the continent’s top club prize but complete a glorious treble.
City’s outstanding season, which has also included winning the FA Cup as well as a fifth domestic league title in six years, has been fuelled by the goals of Haaland.
The prolific Norwegian has scored 52 times in an outstanding first season at the Etihad Stadium and is well aware the club hope he proves the final piece in their jigsaw.
“Of course I feel pressure,” the 22-…
What more could he have done?
I had written an article about the brilliance of Barcelona and scheduled it to be published today. Just as I did so I heard the news that Newcastle had sacked their manager Chris Hughton.
Ridiculous
This is the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard in the already crazy world of football management.
Hughton took over the club when they were in absolute turmoil having been relegated from the Premier League. He galvanised the club and the team and led them to promotion back to the Premier League at the first attempt.
I wrote yesterday about how bad Newcastle were at West Brom on Sunday and it is true, they really were poor. However, Hughton has taken the team to eleventh place in the top flight with nineteen points from…
AFC Footballer of the Year Sasa Ognenovski has described his call-up to the Socceroos Asian Cup squad as a great honour and reward .
Ognenovski, who plays in Korea for Seongnam Ilhwa, received a belated Christmas present from Australian coach Holger Osieck when he was named in the 23-man squad to travel to Qatar next month.
The call-up caps an incredible year for Ognenovski, who captained Seongnam to the AFC Champions League trophy, was named the best footballer in Asia and led his club to fourth in the Club World Cup against a field that included Italian giants Inter Milan.
But the opportunity to represent Australia at a major tournament may be the greatest achievement to date for the 31-year-old, who says he is determined to make the most of his time with the …
Chelsea regained the Premier League title as Michy Batshuayi came off the bench to earn a 1-0 victory over West Brom at The Hawthorns on Friday.
Following Monday s comfortable 3-0 win at home to Middlesbrough, Antonio Conte s side knew just three points were needed to ensure the trophy would return to Stamford Bridge and, in keeping with their efforts throughout much of the season, the Blues delivered when it mattered.
So often in 2016-17 the likes of Eden Hazard, Diego Costa and Pedro have been the men to inspire the Blues, but on this occasion
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it was Belgium international Batshuayi s turn to revel in the spotlight.
Hazard and Pedro had been smartly shackled by the Baggies resolute backline, so much so that Conte substituted his star playmakers and r…
Sunday s win over Crotone saw Juventus crowned Serie A champions for the sixth season in succession.
Although the Turin giants endured a few setbacks throughout the campaign, they proved to be too strong for their main rivals over the course of 2016-17, with Roma and Napoli left well behind.
We take a look at some of the key reasons behind yet another Scudetto for Juventus.
CLEVER TRANSFER BUSINESS
Having lost key figures such as Paul Pogba and Alvaro Morata, Juventus seemingly faced a tough task to continue their Serie A hegemony, but the club s hierarchy ensured Massimiliano Allegri had the squad needed to challenge for the title with some excellent transfer business.
They robbed Napoli of last year s top scorer Gonzalo Higuain to im…