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Paris: When Neymar left Brazil aged 21 in 2013, bound for Barcelona, he set off to establish himself as a footballing great, seemingly destined to be remembered as his country's greatest player ...

Back when Lionel Messi was playing perhaps the best football ever seen, Lamine Yamal’s eyes were drawn elsewhere. Barcelona’s ...

A tearful Neymar was welcomed back to his boyhood club on Friday by thousands of Santos fans and a concert in the home stadium beneath an electronic sign saying, "The prince is back." The 32-year ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Brazil’s Neymar is fouled by Botafogo-SP’s Alisson Cassiano during his debut match for Santos FC, in a ...

Feb 24 (Reuters) - Jeering International Limeira fans provoked Neymar to score the first "olimpico" of his career, the Brazil international said on Sunday after guiding Santos to a 3-0 win in the ...

Feb. 24 (UPI) --Neymar Jr. irked hostile fans and used their jeers as fuel to carry Santos to a win over Inter de Limeira, requesting the fans to sing louder before scoring off a corner kick for ...

Jeering International Limeira fans provoked Neymar to score the first "olimpico" of his career, the Brazil international said on Sunday after guiding Santos to a 3-0 win in the Paulista Championship.

Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior, or “Neymar” to just about everyone in the world, is a Brazilian soccer superstar who now commands an income on the level with golf’s Jon Rahm – and the two share a ...

Neymar started his football in the youth ranks of Santos, before breaking into the first team. He scored 107 goals in 177 appearances and became the club’s higher scorer in the Copa Libertadores (17).

During his Barcelona career, Neymar was involved in many heated matches against Real Madrid. He also played against Los Blancos while being at PSG. Neymar is a fan of plenty of his countrymen but ...