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Former Real Madrid and AC Milan star, Kaka, has hilariously said there’s only one way that Barcelona superstar, Neymar can become World’s Best Player, and that is by replacing the ‘N’ in his name to ‘R’.as the best Brazilian players all begin with the letter ‘R’. He reasons that the best Brazilians – such as Ronaldinho, Ronaldo and Rivaldo – all had names starting with ‘R’ hence Neymar should follow suit.

According to SCORENigeria who exclusively reveal that Leicester City and Super Eagles star Ahmed Musa has divorced his wife and mother of his two children, Jamila. This followed a much-publicized disagreement between husband and wife at the home in England this month. A top source told only SCORENigeria: "Ahmed Musa has divorced his wife. "He gave her Saki Uku (which in Hausa literally means a final divorce).

Former Chelsea striker Didier Drogba has become the first football player to own a club after taking over a top football club in America named Phoenix Rising. The Chelsea legend who was convinced by Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich has bought US club Phoenix Rising for himself. Benuefamily understands that Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich was instrumental in this deal as he was said to have convinced the Ivorian to purchase the club.

A fan has cited referee Deniz Aytekin's performance in the encounter as a good enough reason to have the remarkable comeback wiped from the record. A petition calling for Barcelona's 6-1 win over Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League to be replayed has received the support of over 200,000 signatures. Barca appeared to be on their way out of the competition after they lost 4-0 to the Ligue 1 side in the first-leg of their second round tie.

Lionel Messi and Barcelona are the "perfect marriage" according to club director Ariedo Braida. Braida insists five time Ballon d'Or winner Messi WILL sign a new contract at the Catalan giants. The Argentina international's current deal runs out at the end of the season - with Paris Saint Germain and former mentor Pep Guardiola's Manchester City keen on stealing him away from the Nou Camp. But Barca bosses are confident the 29-year-old will see out his career at the La Liga table toppers.

Lionel Messi was recently attacked by a world-renowned archaeologist when the Barcelona star pay a visit to Egypt. The world-renowned archaeologist who showed him round the Egyptian pyramids during his recent ambassadorial trip to the north African country ranted on the footballer thus 'I’m sorry to say it but he is a moron ’. Zahi Hawass, the former Egyptian Minister of Antiquities, is said to have made the astonishing claim during a call to a private Cairo-based TV station on Sunday but later distanced himself from the comments, claiming they were lost in translation.

Manchester United are set to offload captain Wayne Rooney, as Chinese clubs offers him £500k per week deal in January. Manchester United coach Jose Mourinho has told England/Manchester United captain Wayne Rooney that he can leave the club if he desires to play regular football once again. Rooney has been left out of the starting line up in Man U's last 3 EPL matches and on Sunday reached a new low as he was totally left out of the traveling squad to Chelsea altogether.

Lionel Messi is currently know to be the world best player and also the second highest-paid athlete in the world — after fellow footballer Cristiano Ronaldo, according to Forbes. For one of the richest sportsmen ever, Messi is surprisingly private — preferring to let his football skills do the talking. But no-one earns that much money without using some of it.

The 2016 UEFA Champions League Semi-Finals has been drawn as we all see four teams will battle for the final spot to be held in Italy, the city of Milan precisely. See the draws as pictured below. On 26th April, English side Manchester City will host Spanish giants Real Madrid in the first leg while Atletico Madrid who trashed defending champions Barcelona out in the quarter finals will face German side FC Bayern Munchen at the Spanish home side the following day.

Nigerian Super Eagle's coach Samson Siasia has invited 42 players in preparation for next months African Cup of Nation qualifiers against Egypt. One among the players invited to the Eagle's squad is Benue born star and Portland Timbers’ forward Fanendo Adi who ply his trade in the United State of America. The 42 man list was released on Thursday afternoon by the Nigerian Football Federation has 22 local based and 20 foreign based professional players.

Former Sunderland midfielder Adam Johnson has been found guilty of sexually abusing an underage college girl. The footballer was found guilty by the jury on March 2 for sexually touching a school girl. According to BBC reports, that the former Sunderland midfielder puts his hand ‘inside her trousers’, thereby, penetrating her.

Before now, i thought Cristiano Ronaldo was the highest paid footballer of the year 2015 because he played for the elite club of Spain Real Madrid. Little do i know that he actually receive less than another top notch talented and skillful football player in the same country. See who the highest paid footballer of 2015 is below.