Brazil forward Neymar has extended his contract with Santos until the end of 2026, Afrosport reports. The 33-year-old, focused on regaining fitness, is hoping to make a comeback to the Brazil national team ahead of this summer's World Cup in North America. Neymar rejoined his childhood club in January 2025 but last played for Brazil in 2023, having picked up a serious knee injury in a...
Brazil superstar Neymar underwent successful knee surgery on Monday to boost his chances of participating in the 2026 FIFA World Cup, Afrosport reports. The 33-year-old has had an injury-ravaged spell on his return to Santos, where his career began. He was however able to play a crucial part in securing their survival status in the Brazilian Serie A, scoring five times in their last four matches...
Nelson Ribeiro Fonseca Junior, a 34-year-old Brazilian man has been sentenced to 17 years in prison for theft of a football signed by Neymar from the Brazilian National Congress during the 2023 riots in the country's capital, Brasilia, Afrosport reports. The incident happened on January 8, 2023, when thousands of supporters of former Brazil president Jair Bolsonaro stormed government buildings in protest to his election loss...
The lying-in-state ceremony for football legend Pele has started today in a public showing at the home ground of his former club Santos. The three-time World Cup winner will have his coffin placed at the center circle of the Vila Belmiro Stadium in Sao Paulo where there will be gate access for the general public and separate entrances for political officials and other prominent figures, along...
Following the death of football legend Edson Arantes do Nascimento - Pele, Afrosport reminisces on his playing career and a memorable event that took place in Nigeria when an armistice was called in the middle of the civil war in October 1969. A brutal civil war started in Nigeria in 1967 between the Nigerian Government and the Republic of Biafra (South-Eastern Nigeria) and the fight was...
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