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Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - Screaming and gesturing at the TV in his San Francisco 49ers jersey and scarf, Brazilian computer programmer Carlos Marins wills his team to come from behind and make it to the Super Bowl. He is not an uprooted expatriate watching the NFL playoffs in the United States. This is a bar in tropical Brazil, the land of Neymar, Ronaldo and Pele, where another football -- the American kind -- is booming. "Three Super Bowls ago, I watched the game with my brother. Two Super Bowls ago, I watched with my brother, my fiancee and some friends. Today, I'm watching with all these peop...
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Santos (Brazil) (AFP) - An emotional Brazil began paying its final respects Monday to football legend Pele with a wake at the stadium where he first took the world's breath away with his dazzling skill. Throughout the day, thousands of fans and football dignitaries slowly filed through the Vila Belmiro, home to Pele's longtime club, Santos. More continued to join the queue as night fell, waiting their turn to walk past the body of "O Rei" (The King), lying at the center of the field. Pele's coffin was draped in the flags of Santos and Brazil and surrounded by white flowers, including bouquets ...
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Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - Neymar said Friday Nike's claim that it parted ways with him last year because he refused to cooperate with its internal investigation into an employee's accusation he sexually assaulted her was an "absurd lie." The allegation is the latest to stain the image of the Brazilian superstar, whose 222-million-euro ($270 million) transfer from Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain in 2017 makes him the world's most expensive footballer. Nike said Thursday it had ended its sponsorship deal with Neymar over an employee's claim he tried to force himself on her and his failure to coope...
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Los Angeles (AFP) - Nike said Thursday it parted ways with Neymar last year after the superstar Brazil attacker "refused to cooperate in a good faith investigation" as the company probed an employee's claim that he sexually assaulted her. The apparel giant said in a statement that its investigation into the alleged 2016 incident -- which was reported to the company in 2018 -- was inconclusive. "No single set of facts emerged that would enable us to speak substantively on the matter," the company said. In a Wall Street Journal article reporting the assault allegation, a spokeswoman for Neymar s...
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