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Neymar has surpassed Edson Arantes do Nascimento, better known by his nickname Pelé,  as Brazil’s male all-time top scorer with two goals in a 5-1 win over Bolivia. The forward, 31, who went into the World Cup qualifying match tied with legend Pele on 77 goals, missed a penalty before …

Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior, has shared WhatsApp conversations with several of his Brazil international teammates “without their permission” after the side’s World Cup exit. The Paris Saint-Germain superstar has admitted he is thinking about quitting international football following his nation’s shattering exit from the World Cup at the hands of Croatia in Friday’s quarter-final …

Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior,  has been ruled out of Brazil’s next two World Cup games after sustaining ligament damage in his right ankle, says their team doctor. The 30-year-old forward was replaced in 80th minute of Thursday’s 2-0 win over Serbia after a heavy tackle by Nikola Milenkovic.   Neymar sat …

The international friendly between Brazil and Ghana on Friday will be officiated by French referee Mikael Lesage.   The 47-year-old French official has officiated over 180 Ligue 1 games, issuing 666 yellow cards and 44 red cards.   Alexis Auger, Assistant I, and Valentine Evrarde, Assistant II, will assist him, …

The Black Stars of Ghana will engage the five-time FIFA World Cup champions, Brazil in an international friendly next month, 23rd September 2022.   🚨Pre-World Cup friendly Alert We’ll take on Brazil in a friendly game as part of preparations for the #FIFAWorldCupQatar2022 #BringBackTheLove | #BlackStars pic.twitter.com/d1GfXpttmd — 🇬🇭 Black …

Brazil edged Spain to the gold medal of the Tokyo 2020 (in 2021) Men’s Olympic Football Tournament after a late goal from substitute Malcom in extra-time sealed a 2-1 win. It took a goal deep in extra-time from super-sub Malcom to see Brazil beat Spain 2-1 and claim their second …