FOOTBALL: Ronaldo: Cowardly that Neymar has to choose

Brazil great Ronaldo says it is "cowardly" that Neymar has to choose between playing at the Copa America or the Rio 2016 Olympics later this year.

A special centenary event of the Copa America will take place in June, hosted by the United States, while Brazil's Under-23s will compete at the Olympic Games in August as the host nation. 

Neymar is expected to only be allowed to play in one of those tournaments, with Barcelona wanting one of their star forwards to have a decent break during the off-season.

However, Ronaldo believes it is wrong that Neymar has pick which competition he wants to play in. 

"This situation is very difficult for the player," the World Cup winner said during the presentation of his new school of football, the Ronaldo Academy.

"I think it's cowardly that he has to choose what competition he wants to play in.

"What we see is few care about the calendar, and we see more games and more competitions, and the players have less vacation time."

Asked which competition he would choose to play in, Ronaldo said he would prefer to fight for Brazil's first gold medal in football at their home Olympics.  

"I would opt to play in the Olympics," the 39-year-old added. "It would be something unheard of if they could get a gold medal at the Games in Rio.

"I don't know what the situation is like, but ideally, how wonderful it would be for Neymar to tell that story."

SOURCE: GOAL.COM

FOOTBALL: Hummels admits Schweinsteiger injury is huge blow for Germany

Germany defender Mats Hummels concedes that Bastian Schweinsteiger's knee injury is a serious blow and hopes that the Manchester United midfielder will recover in time to take part in Euro 2016.

The Germany captain suffered a partial ligament tear in his right knee following a challenge at the end of training on Tuesday and will consequently miss the friendlies against England and Italy.

Some reports have suggested Schweinsteiger could also miss the upcoming showpiece in France given the damage he sustained to the same knee earlier this season, but Hummels is hopeful the influential midfielder will make it.


"Of course, we all feel for Bastian after what happened," Hummels told the official German Football Association (DFB) website.
"Everybody who has recurring injury problems knows how frustrating this can be.

"It is very annoying for Bastian, but also for the team. He is our captain. I obviously hope his injury will not keep him out of the Euros.

"We know that Bastian, like any other player, will be focused on getting back as soon as possible. The first day is all about frustration when you get injured, but from there on, you are entirely focused on making your comeback as soon as possible."

FOOTBALL & PRESIDENCY: I would be proud to meet Obama- Messi

During a visit to Buenos Aires, Obama revealed that his daughters had asked him to arrange a meeting with the Barcelona star but that he had been unable to orchestrate it.

Messi revealed his surprise when asked for his views on Obama's frustration and said he would be happily spend time with the president's family.

"Obviously, I was surprised that he said that, but on the contrary, for me it would be completely the opposite," Messi told TyC Sports.

"For me it would be a source of great pride to be able to meet him and his daughters, but obviously I know it would be complicated.

"I don't know whether it is possible. Maybe he made the comment because he was in Argentina but I can say I was as surprised as everyone else."

Messi had been speaking after Argentina secured a valuable 2-1 win away to Chile on Thursday to reignite their World Cup qualifying campaign.

"We did a great job although we didn't start in the way we hoped," he said of the match. "The group managed to revert the situation and reply in the best way.

"I felt fine on the first half, but on the second I felt the fatigue a bit, as everyone did, because Chile were fighting hard, looking for the draw without caring about conceding another goal. But we managed to stand, revert a difficult situation and maintain the 2-1.

"Today's game gives us a lot of confidence for the next one [against Bolivia]. This way, we will get the six points we hoped for beforehand so we can be at the top of the table."

FOOTBALL RICH: Ibrahimovic offered £59million deal to move to China

The man with the biggest ego in football, otherwise known as Ibracadabra, has worked his magic again. Who else gets an offer this huge? The PSG star is out of contract at the end of the season and with many top clubs falling over themselves to land the talismanic striker, he can have his pick of the bunch. One offer that has stood out though is from the Chinese Super League, the Asian nation is so eager to have the 34-year-old, the government is willing to finance a deal.

If he settles for the lucrative deal, it will be the ideal ride into the sunset for a player whose trophy cabinet creaks under the weight of his many medals.

SOURCE: LINDAIKEJISBLOG.COM

FOOTBALL: AS Roma and Belgium footballer missed the terror attacks by a quirk of fate

Belgium footballer, Radja Nainggolan, 27, who PLAYS for AS Roma was fortunate to escape the terror attacks that rocked his country due to a commitment with his sponsor. He said:

"If I didn't have a commitment with my sponsor, I could have been at Zaventem airport that morning. Because of the event I had to go to, I arrived in Belgium a day earlier, but in Antwerp. Otherwise, I would have taken an early morning flight from Rome and I would have landed directly in Brussels.
Everything changed. The coach told us that the afternoon training session would be skipped and the camp would be delayed until further notice. So now we don't know what to do. Is our match with Portugal going to be cancelled? I have so many friends who work at the airport. I hope that they are all alright because here I can't talk to anyone. I don't even know the names of the victims, I hope everything is OK."

BRAWL: Katt Williams gets beat up by a 15 or 17 yo...

41 year old Comedian, Katt Williams who just got out of jail for ordering someone to get beat up by his goons was beat up by a 15 year old recently. In the video that has since gone viral, Katt sucker punched a teenage boy who had been harassing him for awhile, the boy retaliated and threw Katt on the floor, beat him up and held in a choke hold.

In the full video, you could see Katt Williams, the boy and other teens playing football, then for some reason, the boy in red kept following Katt and talking smack. Katt told him to quit following him and get out of his face but the boy didn't listen. Katt sat on the grass while the boy kept talking.
He said "You used to be really funny, what happened? You're not funny no more"
Kat said: Boy I just got out of jail..and some other words that were faint.
The boy kept mocking Katt who got fed up and sucker punched the boy with his left fist.

People who knew the boy called him Luke and they all told him to let go off Katt Williams. Eventually he let go but Katt remained on the ground.

While on the ground Katt Williamsn asked someone if the teensger was her son and she said NO. He said

"Tell me that's your child..I got sons".
While still talking smack the boy kept trying to defend his actions to the eyewitnesses there. He said Katt punched him firsat.

Katt told the boy:
"Don't back up on me little boy. You could be my child."
"Why did you hit him like that?" someone asked the teenager. He said "He hit me first"

The person who couldn't be seen in the video responded:"But you was all in his face".

Then a male voice told Katt Williams."Get up before the police come".

Kat then said.." In this community you hit a celebrity, I probably don't care about that no more". "I am in the hood everyday".

Then he got off the ground and some teenage girl said "Why don't you sign some autographs, lol".

The boy who beat up Katt Williams put a part of the video on his facebook page and titled it "HAHa! He nothing but talk💯"

Watch the video below.

Video credit: Luke Dagreat

Watch a longer version of the video here:

US President Obama and FirstLady Michelle Tango in Argetina

US President Obama and his family traveled to Buenos Aires, Argentina to meet its new leader Mauricio Macri after their visit to Havana, Cuba.  Both Obama and his wife danced the tango with professional dancers. More photos and video after the cut...

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FOOTBALL: 18yr old Man U. hero Marcus Rashford to get new salary increase from £500 to £15,000 per week

Marcus Rashford, Manchester United's star of the moment, who on his first match for the club, scored two goals in a must win Europa league clash and has scored important goals against Arsenal and Man-city while still going for his Chemistry and Biology exams in between training, is now set to receive a new contract worth £15,000 per week.

The boy who has been playing for Man U since he was 10, is currently on a meagre £500 per week salary despite scoring 5 goals in just 8 appearances, a good record seeing that just over a month ago he was playing for the club's academy and wouldn't have played if not for injury to Wayne Rooney.According to The Sun, Rashford could now put pen to paper on his new deal in the coming weeks as United bid to ease the growing hype around their young sensation.

The new deal would mean that the 18-year-old would earn over 30 times his current wage. Rashford's performances also mean that he has enjoyed a better start to his career than Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Wayne Rooney, no wonder the immense hype towards this talented player.

FOOTBALL: Manchester United FC worth $1billion less than when Louis van Gaal took over

Dutch coach Louis van Gaal took over management reins at the club in the summer of 2014, after leading Holland to third place at the World Cup. Since he joined Man U, the club's share price has dropped by $6.25. It went from $19.58 to $13.33, on the close of the New York Stock Exchange on March 23 2016. Over the same period, the US stock market has risen by 3 percent.

"Football clubs typically don’t present a particularly attractive investment proposition because their revenues are lumpy, and their employees are rather expensive," said stock market analyst Laith Khalaf.

"Mistakes on the pitch can be costly for shareholders too – in 2015 Manchester United’s broadcast revenues dropped by £30 million as it failed to qualify for the Champions League in that season. So far this year things seem to be picking up with a bounce in revenues, but if the club fails to qualify for the Champions League this season, next year could be a fallow one for investors."

Suspect comments on his own wanted poster asking why he's top of the list, "Wtf? Man y'all doing too much"

This is so hilarious! A suspect wanted by the police in connection with a possible offence trolled them on Facebook asking why he is top of the list. Lol. According to the UK Mirror, Roderick Hill wanted to know why his face was on top of the police's wanted list. 

 

The Linden Police Department police posted on March 20: "Roderick Hill of Linden and Mobile is wanted for Attempting to Elude, considered armed. Anyone caught helping him will be charged with Hindering Prosecution."

Hill replied in the comment section a day later, saying: "Wtf?? Man y'all doing too much... it's murderers out here and y'all worried bout lil ol' me? Wow...sad," 

 

Explaining further, he later added: "And it was not a high-speed chase I ran on foot so it's not even a felony"

When someone asked what his supposed offence was, Hill explained:

"I ran from them... I've never been caught or charged with a gun never robbed. So how is it fair to label me armed over a traffic offence."

He further explained, "And it was not a high-speed chase I ran on foot so it's not even a felony..."

A Facebook user pointed out that he should probably turn off his location on his phone.

"Bruh all I can say is to turn your location off on your phone."

SOURCE:LINDAIKEJISBLOG.COM