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 Barcelona superstar Neymar was involved in a training ground bust up with the club’s assistant manager Juan Carlos Unzue on Monday morning.   The spat, according to Mundo Deportivo, began when Neymar and Unzue were discussing tactics on the training pitch. The conversation developed into a heated argument and the tricky Brazilian winger was told to “focus on his football.” Unzue was said to have pointed out a few things to Neymar which led to tensions rising, to the point where other members of staff were forced to intervene. The situation concluded with Neymar remaining unhappy. He and his entourage declined to…

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Renato Sanches admits he has failed to live up to expectations during his first season with the Bavarians. The Portuguese midfielder arrived at the Allianz Arena last summer in a £27.5million move from Benfica off the back of an impressive season and an excellent feat at the Euro 2016 but has struggled to find his feet at the German giants. The 19-year-old has only managed six starts in the Bundesliga. Speaking to the Chinese media, he has accepted that he must improve in 2017-18. ‘It was not very good, but the next season is sure to be better,’ he said.…

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Mercedes have no ‘magic bullets’ to solve the problems that slowed Lewis Hamilton in Russia last month, but they are focusing on finding a solution, team boss Toto Wolff said about the Formula One Champion team on Monday. Hamilton started and finished fourth in Sochi on April 30, ending a run of eight successive appearances on the podium. The triple world champion was left puzzled by ‘a very odd weekend’. The Briton had complained of his Mercedes overheating from early on. He ended up finishing 36 seconds behind team mate Valtteri Bottas, who took the first win of his F1…

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Following a convincing 3-nil victory Chelsea are just one step away from being crowned Champions of England. While Middlesbrough’s status in the league has been confirmed as they head to the Championship next season. Chelsea re-establish a seven-point lead over Tottenham. Antonio Conte’s men can now win the title before Spurs next play with victory at West Brom on Friday night. Goals from Diego Costa, Marcos Alonso and Nemanja Matic were enough to give the league leaders maximum points as they cruised in front of their fans. Costa scored his 20th league goal of the season, converting a pass from…

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Dick Advocaat is set to be appointed Holland coach for a third time, according to reports in the country. Advocaat, who turns 70 in September, would become his country’s oldest ever national coach, usurping Guus Hiddink, who was 68 when he left the hot-seat in June 2015. Hiddink’s successor Danny Blind, who was unable to lead the team to Euro 2016, was sacked in March this year in the wake of their World Cup qualifying loss to Bulgaria. The Oranje have suffered two defeats in their opening five Group A games and sit fourth in the pool, already six points…

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Super Eagles’ Technical Adviser Gernot Rohr has called up 25 players for the planned camping programme in France and the international friendly match against the Corsica Senior National Team later this month. The three-time African champions will open camp in Corsica on 24thMay and then play against the Corsica Senior team on two days later, before moving camp to Paris, capital of France for the second phase of the camping programme ahead of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against South Africa’s Bafana Bafana. Nigeria, unbeaten in a competitive game at senior level by South Africa since the Rainbow Nation returned…

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