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Neymar was recently chilling out with NBA star Stephen Curry and they both shared about how their respect for their rivals have made to strive to be better sportsmen. Neymar Jr. -who currently seems to be in the shadows on French youngster, Mbappe- has shared how superstars Messi and Ronaldo have been a source of motivation for him. The 26-year old said:

Real Madrid have sacked manager Julen Lopetegui after humiliating 5-1 defeat against Barcelona in Camp Nou on Sunday. Real Madrid's official statement read:

Congrats to Ronaldo as he is now the most followed person on Instagram with 144,305,164 followers. Selena's followers still number at 144,305,164. Ronaldo also has over 120 million followers on Facebook and he has 75 million followers on Twitter.

credit: espn.com Manchester United have was victorious against Everton and their gameplay seems to be improving. Mourinho began the game without Lukaku and Man U still had a good grasp against an adamant Everton side. Man U currently are in the 8th position. Scorers include Anthony Martial and Paul Pogba.

Sunday night was a night of horror for Real Madrid fans as Barcelona laid into them messi-lessly. A Barcelona without main man Leo Messi was able to thrash Real Madrid at the Camp Nou. Barcelona took a 2-0 lead at the first half but Madrid scored early in the second half with hopes that they could return to the game after Marcelo's goal. But most unfortunately, Barcelona was holding nothing back and put three more goals behind Belgian goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois. Real Madrid is truly missing Cristiano Ronaldo and manager Lopetegui has to have a very good explanation for this for him to keep his job this season. Real Madrid drops to 9th position following this embarrassing defeat with Barcelona leading the table with Deportivo Alaves in 2nd position.

The last El-Clasico to hold without either Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo was in December, 2007. On Sunday, Barcelona will be facing Real Madrid with Cristiano Ronaldo sold to Juventus and Lionel Messi out with a fractured right arm. The football world hopes to see a beautiful game without the magician and the perfect athlete!

Frenchman Anthony Martial has rejected his contract renewal to stay at Manchester United because he feels that his growth has been stalled under Mourinho's management. Reports say that Man U are continuing talks with the 22-year old in hopes that he would renew his stay at Old Trafford.

Maybe Lopetegui is ready to fix Madrid's form and get them back into winning ways...or maybe not, we can't tell now. But Madrid can celebrate as they pick all points against Czech club Viktoria Plzen in yesterday's Champions League clash. This win still doesn't convince the football world that they are back to the victory path.

Barcelona would be missing their star man, Lionel Messi, as they meet Inter Milan on Wednesday and Real Madrid in the weekend. Leo was seen wearing a sling as he looked to be taking a walk...

Some weeks back, sprint legend Usain Bolt was offered a deal by Australian soccer club Central Coast Mariners but he has not been enlisted in the A-League. This has led to a official breakdown of the contract offer resulting in Bolt's absence in the team's training. The Mariners are in currently in talks with Bolt's agent, Ricky Simms, but have said that "without the financial contribution of an external third-party, it is unlikely that Usain Bolt and the Central Coast Mariners will agree to terms." "To ensure that there is no distraction to the A-League squad in preparing for this weekend's match vs Melbourne City, Usain Bolt will not attend team training this week, until and if, the club and Usain Bolt can agree to terms and formalise an arrangement", the Mariners said in a statement on Tuesday. No details of the offers were confirmed.

He posed with his latest £1m exotic toy after coming in as a substitute and hitting Leicester hard with two goals....

In a press conference held recently that featured Juventus star Cristiano Ronaldo and how he feels returning to Old Trafford to play against his former side Manchester United in tonight's UEFA Champions League clash, Ronaldo was seen wearing a diamond encrusted watch worth £1.85million. Check out the full view...

CR7 spoke at a press conference on his return to Old Trafford tonight to play against the club that launched him to stardom. He spoke against the rape allegations leveled against him by 34-year old Kathryn Mayorga and said he was a "happy man". In his words, he said...

Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi will be out of clash with Real Madrid and also out of UCL game against Inter Milan because of a fracture on his right arm.

The super forward shared this beautiful pic of himself and his current girlfriend, Georgina Rodriguez

Brazilian and PSG superstar Neymar Jr. has reportedly broken off his relationship with his longtime girlfriend, Bruna Marquezine. When Bruna was asked in an interview, she said...

The Middle-Eastern Oil Tycoons have been invading the European business space in the past few years in the areas of sports and entertainment and according to The Sun, 33-year old Saudi crown prince Mohammad bin Salman -who holds the second highest position in Saudi Arabia- is interested in Manchester United. . It is not clear if he intends to buy it out or buy a portion of it. If he would buy it out, it would cost him about £3bn. The Glazer family have not responded yet to the interest from the Royal prince.

Football media, Sportsmail, made some compilations of players who have had an awesome career and how they looked while they were just kids. Check out more photos...

Messi's struggle with his International career with Argentina has made Maradona come out to say that Messi need not be idolized and seen as a 'god' because he isn't and it is "useless" to try to make him one. Messi's international career can be considered a failure in comparison to his club career at Barcelona. The Argentine legend, Maradona, who had success both in his club career and international career had this to say about the man who is considered the greatest player in football history...

Germany has lost again, this time to a less experienced Dutch side considering only known stars like Virgil van Dijk, Wijnaldum, and Ryan Babel. The German squad was beefed with the professionalism and class of players Thomas Muller, Matt Hummels, and Toni Kroos. Germany made chances but were unable to convert it even after bringing on youngster Leroy Sane. Netherlands held up their and emerged victorious with Van Dijk on the scoresheet.

At the end of what seemed to be a one-sided match, Nigeria came out victorious 4-0 against the Libyans with Ighalo scoring a hatrick and Samuel Kalu putting a beautiful cherry on the top! Congrats to them!!

Although Mohamed Salah is not starting out nearly as hot as he did last season, he is still showing off that much-adored striking prowess on International duty against Swaziland. The 25-year old who just bagged the FIFA Pukas award scored a fantastic goal from a corner kick. Egypt won the game 4-1. See the goal below...

Reports claim that Everton is considering a likely move for ex-Arsenal and Manchester City star forward, Samir Nasri. Back in December 2016, Nasri received an intravenous treatment at a clinic in Los Angeles while he was on loan from Man City to Sevilla. Although he claimed that the treatment was for hydration, it was discovered that it contained micronutrient components that were on the World Anti-Doping Agency banned list. It is understood that Everton manager, Marco Silva, has discussed the possibility of making a move for the Frenchman.

A newspaper in Portugal, Correio de Manha, has come out to claim that Real Madrid urged their former star forward Cristiano Ronaldo to pay Kathryn Mayorga off in order to ensure a smooth move as he was about to leave Old Trafford for the Bernabeu in that year 2009. Real Madrid has issued an official statement that reads:

In a news conference during the weekend after Chelsea knocked out Southampton 3-0, Hazard said he had no intention of leaving Chelsea in the middle of the season. When asked about a move to Real Madrid, he replied: "No". He still says that moving to Real Madrid remains a "dream" for him and he hopes to "make it happen".

The new story developing under the rape allegation leveled against Portuguese superstar Cristiano Ronaldo claims that Ronaldo says he and Kathryn Mayorga had "consensual sex" and afterwards "returned to Rain nightclub and spent several hours together".

A new study by the CIES Football Observatory has shown why Real Madrid is the most stable club in the whole of Europe. They discovered that of the players fielded by Los Blancos this season, their average stay among the first 11 has been 5.84 years, which is higher than any other team in Europe's top five leagues.

According to the Spanish media, Real Madrid still have their eyes on Chelsea super forward, Eden Hazard. Hazard has been outstanding this season and although his contract has not been renewed, but it is very likely it would be renewed because he has shown excellent performance since the season began. According to Spanish media, Marca, Los Blancos would not be deterred in going after this Belgian forward and hope to bring him to Spain in due time.

Just some weeks ago, 34-year old Kathryn Mayorga came out to accuse Portuguese superstar Cristiano Ronaldo of raping her after she went up with her friends to chill out with Ronaldo at his penthouse back in 2009. She alleged that Ronaldo paid her off to the tune of $375k. Ronaldo's lawyers have come to deny the allegation and also threatened to sue the German magazine, Der Spiegel, for reporting the news. Ronaldo has also personally come out to deny the allegation and claimed that they are trying to extort him. But while all this is happening, Lionel Messi is collaborating with arguably the world's most famous circus troupe, Cirque du Soleil, to share his life and passion for football...

Superstar forward Cristiano Ronaldo's mother Dolores and sister Katia have begun a campaign to support Ronaldo against the recent rape allegations leveled against him. They both took their social media to post a picture of Ronaldo in the Superman cape. The accompanying caption read...

Although Mourinho may be one of the reasons Rooney left, Rooney has no hard feelings and have come out to make a case for Jose Mourinho amid the team squabble and their slow season start. The former English captain Wayne Rooney spoke to The Telegraph after scoring for DC United during the weekend and said...

EA Sports and Nike have come out to speak against the rape allegation that surrounds their long-term client Cristiano Ronaldo. 34-year old schoolteacher Kathry Mayorga, claimed that she was raped by the Portuguese superstar in the early hours of June 13, 2009 in the bathroom of the Palms Hotel and Casino. Following the allegations, sportswear giants Nike and EA Sports came out to make statements.

Reports claim that Manchester City are plotting to make a move for talented French youngster forward Kylian Mbappe for £200 million. But City boss Pep Guardiola has come out to say in a news conference ahead of City's UCL clash with German club Hoffenheim that the move cannot happen. Here is what he said in the conference: "That is not going to happen," "Sometimes I don't understand where that news comes from."

credit: Daily Mail UK Despite Barcelona's draw in the weekend against Athletic Bilbao, they have decided they will be looking fresh and dapper as they head out of Spain to England for the Champions League clash against Tottenham. They were seen in grey suits worth £4,200 each (about N1,982,400), hehehe. Football is really crazy money! Check out how Messi looks...

credit: goal.com Messi's international career has not been as glamorous as his club career has been and Maradona has come out to give his little piece of advice. Messi has missed all International games since their short World Cup stint was over and Maradona had this to say:

Reports according to the Daily Express claim that Manchester United scouts are worried the "toxic" atmosphere at Old Trafford may mean that players won't feel safe signing for the club.

Reports claim that Jose Mourinho has put a word of warning out to his Chilean forward Alexis Sanchez if he doesn't make improvements to his attitude. More details later...

Reports claim that following the Mourinho-Pogba altercation, Paul Pogba has come out to say that he would leave Manchester United if Jose Mourinho doesn't leave by January.

The Reds are clamouring for the Salah they knew last season but he has been slow to deliver. However, Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher has come out to defend Salah's form and said he is being unduly pressured to perform.

Superstar forward, Cristiano Ronaldo is currently caught amid a rape allegation of a lady by the name, Mayorga who is accusing him of sexual assault since 2009. The case was published by German Magazine, Der Spiegel, few days ago and Ronaldo's lawyers have come oiut to deny their client ever being caught up in sexual assault and they have threatened to sue the German Magazine. Ronaldo has come out to deny the allegation saying: "They want to promote [themselves by using] my name. It's normal," "They want to be famous to say my name, but it is part of the job. I am a happy man and all good." But here's how 34-year old Kathryn Mayorga who claims she was invited to Ronaldo's house and later raped anally narrates the story...