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I waited my entire life for this – Pele congratulates Brazil on Olympic football gold

Brazil
legend, Pele
has congratulated Brazil’s Olympic football team over their long-waited Olympic triumph.
The host won
their first ever Olympic gold medal after beating Germany 5-4 on penalties at the Maracana on Saturday. Pele
took to his twitter page to describe the feat as a dream come true
“I
waited my entire life to see Brazil win a gold medal in football and now my
dream has come true.”He said  
He  also heaped praises on the organizers for the successful games. “Brazil
welcomed the world with open arms and showed everyone our special way of life – in both work and play.  Our role as proud hosts
of the World Cup and Olympics has come to a close. I wish you all a safe
journey home. Please visit us again soon.” He added.
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My critics will have to shut up – Neymar

Brazil beat Germany on penalties last night to claim their first ever Olympic Gold in football. For Neymar, the soccer star who provided the winning goal, the feat is one of his best personal experiences . 
“This is one of the best things that have happened in my life. That’s it,” he added. “Now my critics will have to shut up. I can’t begin to describe my feelings. I have fulfilled my dream and to have fulfilled it in my home country makes me very proud.” He affirmed.
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Rio 2016: Nigeria win their first medal

Nigeria’s Dream Team won their first medal, a Bronze at the Rio Olympics after a 3-2 win over Honduras last night. Meanwhile, Japanese business mogul, Katsuya Takasu who pledged to give the squad a  $10,000 bonus for winning the bronze medal has fulfilled his promise.

He presented a $190k cheque to Mikel Obi and $200k cheque to Samson Siasia, a total of $390k.
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Kelechi Iheanacho signs new deal with Manchester City

Nigerian football sensation, Kelechi Iheanacho has extended his contract with Premier League side, Manchester City. The 19 year-old who scored 14 times in 35 appearances last season expressed excitement on Manchester City website after the new deal.
 “I can’t express how I’m feeling! I’m very happy to sign my new deal for this Club, I’m excited. “I just need to keep working hard and express my feelings on the pitch, and work really well and do great things for the team. I’m happy and I appreciate everything the Club has done for me so far at this point so I really need to help and work for them as well.”
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Arsenal star Petr Cech speaks on his car crash


Petr Cech
Petr Cech had an unforgettable evening this week
Following Arsenal’s 4-3 loss to Liverpool on Sunday, the 34-year-old damaged his Audi RS7 sports car while leaving the Emirates. The former Chelsea skipper had no idea how it happened.

“What happened is I hit a pillar, that’s the reality. How it happened is difficult to say.
“But it was one of those days where nothing is really happening.
“We were just getting out of the car park and talking about the game and suddenly I just heard ‘careful’ and that was it.
“Nothing happened to anyone, everybody else was fine. We were going very slowly, obviously in a car park you can’t go any faster than a few miles an hour.
“So that was the lucky part of it.”
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Neymar scores fastest goal in Olympics history

Brazil’s Neymar today set record for the fastest goal in Olympics history. The Barcelona star netted the opening goal of Brazil’s semifinal against Honduras 15 seconds after kickoff. He intercepted a faulty pass from the Hondurans, sent it in, collided with the keeper, got injured and stretchered off  and then re-entered the game. He also scored in the last minutes of the match which ended 6-0.  
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RIO Olympics: Best Images So Far

catch me if you can

So i came up with a list of some mind-blowing images taken from the 2016 RIO Olympic Games.

Chinese divers get engaged on Olympic medal stage

Algeria
Yesss!

Michael Phelps' opponent realizes he's been beaten.
I just got beaten. Damn!

Spirit of sportsmanship 
Simone Manuel reacts after winning gold.
I actually just won. OMG!

Fencers in action — fencers in flight.

A tangle of body parts in Xuechen Huang and Wenyan Sun of China's routine.
Way too magical

Not a bad view from the women's road race.

Argentina's Santiago Lange (right) and Cecilia Carranza Saroli celebrate winning sailing gold.
He beat Cancer and won Olympics sailing gold

Germany
Divers plunge into the mysteriously green pool water.
Jamaica
Great Britain's Ben Saxton and Nicola Groves hike all the way out.
Anastasia Gloushkov Leventhal and Ievgenia Tetelbaum of Israel are in sync.
Additional Images from Business Insider
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Guardiola lacks common decency in his treatment of Joe Hart -Joey Barton:

Rangers midfielder, Joey Barton is far from impressed with
Manchester City coach, Pep Guardiola over his treatment of Manchester City
goalkeeper Joe Hart. Hart wasn’t included in the starting line-up for Pep’s
first matches in charge amidst claims he will soon be replaced with Barcelona
goalkeeper, Claudio Bravo.
The former City
player considers Pep’s actions towards the player who has spent 10 years at the
club disgusting.
He told talkSPORT.
“It
is not the club I left. The club I left and watch now are two totally different
organisations. The club I
played for wouldn’t have treated a player that had been a servant for as long
as Joe has in the manner that it has. It is common human decency, regardless of how good a
coach you are. Why treat him like that?
He continued, “He is a full international, somebody
who, probably before City took the money, could have gone on to bigger and
better things himself but stayed and wanted to be at City. I don’t see what he has done wrong to be
treated the way he has. His attitude isn’t terrible. I don’t like this. I’ve watched Caballero and are you
telling me Caballero is better with his feet than Joe Hart? I haven’t seen it. Why not let him fight for his place and
then if he is not good enough say: ‘I have given him an opportunity’. That’s
what every manager should do, give everyone an opportunity.”
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Giwa FC are back in the NPFL

Three months after it was expelled from the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) for failing to honour three matches and in accordance with the competition’s rules following their banishment to Ilorin over violence in their home game against Enugu Rangers leading to the abandonment of the match. Giwa FC have been asked to return to the NPFL. They were reinstated following an interim order from the Plateau State High Court.
The League Management Company have stated that “processes to reschedule matches concerning (the) Jos side (are) now being activated as directed by (the) Plateau State Court.”
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Liverpool portrayed me as a traitor – Torres

Atletico Madrid star, Fernando Torres has claimed he was portrayed as a traitor by former club, Liverpool FC following his £50m move from Liverpool to Chelsea in 2011.

The Spanish international opned the lid in a new book by Simon Hughes entitled “Ring of Fire: Liverpool FC into the 21st Century – the players’ stories”. He was shocked had asked if he was going to be sold but the club’s managing director, Christian Purslow assured that players would remain at the club for Liverpool’s value to remain high ahead of a possible takeover. 
“Comolli told me that the new owners (FSG), they had an idea of how to spend their investment, They wanted to bring in young players, to build something new. I was thinking to myself, this takes time to work. It takes two, three, four, maybe even 10 years.
“I didn’t have that time. I was 27 years old. I did not have time to wait. I wanted to win. Here we are five years later and they are still trying to build – around the same position in the league as when I left.”
“It was presented as if I was a traitor. “It was not like this in the discussion(s).
“Liverpool could not admit they were doing something wrong with the whole team. They had to find a guilty one.”
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