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The Career Of Neymar, As Told Through His Glorious Hairstyles

Neymar has been a superstar-in-the-making for over five years now, mostly due to his preternatural talent that manifested itself at a young age and never stopped growing. But it's also because of the flair and passion with which he plays the game, an emotional vulnerability that always lies just ben...

Brazil Equalize Opening World Cup Match With Neymar Squeaker

Who else but Neymar? Amidst midfield congestion, the World Cup's most heavily-hyped player delivered with a perfectly-placed, if not exactly solidly-struck, shot. Here's how it sounded on Brazil's Rede Globo:...

Hulk Scores After Stupid Good Neymar Backheel In World Cup Tune-Up

Yep. Brazil are going to win the whole thing....

Neymar And Gisele Are On <em>Vogue Brasil</em> Cover, Aren't Butt-Ass Naked

Looks like these Mario Testino World Cup-inspired Vogue covers are officially a thing. Earlier, we got an eyeful of what Cristiano Ronaldo and Irina Shayk look like sharing a size-zero cocktail dress between the two. Who would've thought the Brazilian version featuring Neymar and Gisele Bundchen wou...

Cutest Kid Ever Invades Soccer Pitch, Gets Carried Around By Players

You know how fun it looks when soccer players—and especially Brazilian ones—get together to enact one of their elaborate choreographed goal celebrations? Well, one cute little South African kid got to experience that and more first-hand when he ran onto the pitch today....

Neymar Exits Copa del Rey Match With Gruesome-Looking Injury [UPDATE]

Barcelona star Neymar has been forced off the pitch after suffering a first-half injury in today's Copa del Rey match against Getafe that looks really, really bad....

Here's <em>The Guardian</em>'s Ranked List Of The 100 Best Soccer Players

Today, The Guardian has completed its top 100 soccer players list by unveiling the top 10. While probably a little too deferential to certain teams and young players, the list is still fascinating for what it says about the soccer world....

Translated Neymar Interviews Are A Gift [Updated]

Barcelona forward Neymar's play has people calling him a genius, but if recent interviews are any indication, we may have been selling the guy short by limiting that descriptor to his athletic ability....

Young Superstars Neymar And Gareth Bale Are The Future Of El Clásico

Tomorrow is El Clásico, a matchup between two of the biggest, most storied clubs in the world: Real Madrid and Barcelona. It's the best rivalry in sports because it's the best kind of rivalry in sports. For 90 minutes, decades of shared history, clashing politics and nationalism will intersect with ...

Neymar Scores Golazo Against Spain, Is The Truth

Neymar is absolutely brilliant. That is now undebatable. His latest goal against Spain to end the first half of the Confederations Cup shows exactly why he's already one of the best players in the world....

Brazil and Spain kick off in the Confederations Cup final at 6 p.m. You know what that means....

Tomorrow's Brazil-Spain Confederations Cup Final Is All About Neymar

The Confederations Cup doesn't really matter. The games are scrimmages, and tomorrow's result between Brazil and Spain will have no bearing whatsoever on the World Cup. The tournament is just a dry run to make sure Brazil's stadiums and services will be able to handle next year's influx of fans. Wha...

Neymar Does It Again: Talks Smack, Then Sets Up Winning Goal

This Confederations Cup has shown the world what Neymar brings to the table—and why Barça was willing to spend $74 million for his contract rights. The star Brazilian striker was back at it today, setting up a late winner after a bit of injured-opponent taunting....

We Should Entertain The Possibility That Neymar Is Good As Advertised

Last month, it was announced that Brazilian soccer star Neymar was sold to FC Barcelona. We were excited, because the 21-year-old is the best and most hyped prospect in the world, and might already be the best player on the planet outside of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. ...

It Took Neymar Three Minutes To Open Confederations Cup Scoring

The Confederations Cup kicked off today in Brazil, and the hosts made a statement early as Neymar pounded in a long-distance volley to score on Japan only three minutes into the match....

Brazilian Superstar Neymar Headed To FC Barcelona

Neymar, the Brazilian wonderkid who has already cemented himself as one of the world's top soccer players, announced last night that he is signing for FC Barcelona on a five-year deal. Brazilian club Santos accepted a $32 million bid from the Spanish giants for the player. It's one of the earliest b...

The Steven Soderbergh Experience: Brilliant, Modest, Fiercely Intelligent, Ultimately Disappointing

"I was watching one of those iconoclast shows on the Sundance Channel. Jamie Oliver said Paul Smith had told him something he hadn't understood until very recently: 'I'd rather be No.  2 forever than No.  1 for a while.' Just make stuff and don't agonize over it. Stop worrying about being No. 1. I s...

An Interview With The Woman Selling Photos Of A Supposedly Masturbating Terrell Owens

Yesterday, TMZ published an item about a woman who had approached them offering to sell some pics of Terrell Owens. Those photos, according to TMZ, were "some VERY graphic images featuring himself ... with himself." Translation: The woman says T.O. was fapping. Here's more:...

We'll Pay For Video Of Dana Jacobson Chugging Vodka From The Bottle And "Cursing Like A Sailor"

Yesterday, upon hearing the news that Dana Jacobson intends to leave ESPN, we hoped to pay our respects by posting a video clip of our favorite moment from her time in Bristol. Alas, actual footage of Jacobson chugging vodka from the bottle and "cursing like a sailor," in the words of the Press of A...

Neymar Basically Dribbled A Ball Into The Goal From 70 Yards Yesterday

Santos star and Brazilian international Neymar has been linked time and again, often prematurely, to transfers to big European clubs. But Neymar is still in Brazil, perhaps because he can do things there like dribble the entire length of the field without someone giving him a tumble, which is what...