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Barcelona star and Ballon d’Or nominee ordered to appear in court in fraud case

Barcelona forward Neymar da Silva Santos Junior has been ordered to appear before a judge to testify in an investigation into alleged irregularities involving his transfer to Barcelona, Spain’s national court said Wednesday. Neymar’s parents, former Barcelona president Sandro Rosell and current president Josep Bartomeu also will have to appear before a judge, according to […]

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Would like to play in Argentina one day: Messi

Zurich, Jan 13 (IANS) European champions FC Barcelona’s star forward Lionel Messi said on Wednesday he would like to someday return to his native Argentina and play club football there. The Argentina national team skipper on Monday won an unprecedented fifth FIFA Ballon d’Or award, given to the footballer of the year by world football’s […]

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Aizawl FC happy to be underdogs: Coach Fraile

Aizawl, Jan 13 (IANS) Manuel Retamero Fraile who is in charge of Aizawl FC, the new entrants in this year’s I-League, says they are happy to be the underdogs. The outfit lost their opening game against defending champions Mohun Bagan and have to face formidable Bengaluru FC this weekend. “Definitely it’s going to be an […]

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Who voted for whom in the Ballon d’Or?

Lionel Messi won his 5th Ballon d’Or getting 41.33% of the votes while Cristiano Ronaldo and Neymar got 27.76% and 7.86% of the votes respectively. Let us take a look at who did some of the international captains and Coaches vote for –Some really surprising choices. Barcelona won the treble last season and it was […]

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Atletico lead La Liga at halfway point

Madrid, Jan 11 (IANS) Antoine Griezmann and Yannick Carrasco scored second half goals to give Atletico Madrid a 2-0 away win against Celta Vigo to keep them top of the table as the La Liga reached its midway point. The football game was played in difficult conditions on Sunday after heavy rainfall in the north-west […]

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Australia's Big Bash League among most watched top-10

Melbourne, Jan 11 (IANS) Australia’s national Twenty20 cricket competition has rocketed into the top-10 most watched sporting leagues for 2015-16, with an average of 28,279 fans attending the matches this season. The Big Bash League (BBL), which is in its fifth year, has drawn record crowds around the country, with more than 80,000 spectators attending […]