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On Friday, Catalonian football club FC Barcelona announced Brazilian forward Neymar signed a five-year contract extension, which runs through June 2021. Barcelona announced Neymar would be signing a contract extension in July, but Neymar was not physically present at their offices to sign at the time. Neymar joined the Blaugrana in summer 2013 from Santos FC and since then has featured in 151 games for the Catalonian club. Neymar has won nine trophies with Barça — two La Liga titles, two Copa del Reys and Supercopa de España, and one each of

On Tuesday, The English Football Association (FA) announced manager Sam Allardyce had resigned from his management duties due to "inappropriate conduct". Allardyce was appointed as manager for the English men's national team ten weeks ago. 61-year-old Allardyce's appointment as manager on July 22 filled the spot vacated by Roy Hodgson after Iceland defeated England in the UEFA Euro 2016 Last 16. In an investigation carried by The Telegraph correspondents, Sam Allardyce negotiated a deal worth £400,000 (about US$520,000) with supposed businessm

On Thursday, Spanish football club FC Barcelona announced signing of Dutch goalkeeper Jasper Cillessen from Dutch capital football club AFC Ajax for €13 million on a five-year deal. Per the agreement, Barça is obliged to pay add-ons of €2 million. 27-year-old Cillessen made his professional debut for his boyhood club N.E.C in 2010. A year later, he joined Ajax for €3.2 million. Spending five years at the Amsterdam ArenA, Cillessen has won three Eredivisie titles in a row and one Dutch Super Cup in 2014. Cillessen made his last appearance for

Yesterday, Poland-born German football player and Galatasaray S.K. forward Lukas Podolski announced retirement from international football. Debuting internationally in 2004, Podolski has won 129 international caps, Germany's third all time most capped player after Lothar Matthäus and Miroslav Klose. 31-year-old Lukas Podolski is the third top-scorer for Germany, netting 48 goals. Four years ago, Podolski became the youngest player to make 100 international appearances for Germany aged 27 years 13 days. He was part of the German squad for the

Yesterday, English football club Manchester United F.C. announced signing Frenchman Paul Pogba from Italian club Juventus F.C. Pogba rejoined The Red Devils on a five-year contract for €105 million making him the most expensive footballer of all time by breaking the previous fee record of Gareth Bale's transfer from Tottenham Hotspur to Spanish capital club Real Madrid. 23-year-old midfielder Paul Pogba made his professional debut for United in 2011 after graduating from their academy. He played only seven games before leaving for Juventus the

The Russian Vice-Consul for Rio de Janeiro — by reports disputed by the Russian Consul — shot and killed an attacker on Thursday, after two individuals attempted to commit a robbery. As reported, Brazilian lawyer Marcos Cesar Feres Braga — so-named by the Daily Mail newspaper — working for the Russian Consulate, was driving with his family through the suburb of Barra da Tijuca near the main Olympic Park complex when the incident occurred. According to reports from the Rio newspaper O Globo, the 60-year-old man, his wife, and his daughter were

On Thursday, German football club Borussia Dortmund (BVB) announced Mario Götze would rejoin the club from their arch rivals Bayern Munich after obligatory medical tests; Götze is to sign a four-year contract. On Friday, BVB announced signing André Schürrle from VfL Wolfsburg. Götze to rejoin his boyhood club 2014 FIFA World Cup winning goal scorer Götze has spent twelve years with Borussia Dortmund, joining the youth ranks in 2001. The 24-year-old midfielder has scored 44 goals in 156 Bundesliga appearances; 22 goals for each club. In thr

Yesterday, the Real Federación Española de Fútbol (Royal Spanish Football Federation) announced Julen Lopetegui would manage the Spanish men's national football team. As the coach, Lopetegui's first match is scheduled against Belgium in September. Julen Lopetegui has previously managed the U-21 (Under 21) Spanish men's team. He has also coached Portuguese club FC Porto. To manage the national team, Lopetegui should not have a contract with any football club. His predecessor, Vicente del Bosque, is the most decorated Spanish coach, winning the

The following is the second edition of a monthly series chronicling the U.S. 2016 presidential election. It features original material compiled throughout the previous month after an overview of the month's biggest stories. In this month's edition on the campaign trail: the effect of the Brexit vote on the US presidential election is examined; a well known businessman and sports team owner pitches his candidacy for vice president; and Wikinews interviews the winner of the American Independent Party California primary. Summary As June began, n

On Tuesday, English capital football club Chelsea F.C. announced 27-year-old Brazilian midfielder Willian has signed a four-year contract extension with the club. Willian joined The Blues three years ago in summer 2013 from Russian club FC Anzhi Makhachkala. Since then, Willian has made 140 appearances for Chelsea in all competitions. After agreeing to the terms, Willian said, "I'm very happy to sign a new contract with Chelsea. It's a dream to continue with this club and over the next four years I will try to help the team win more trophies

On Friday, Arsenal F.C. goalkeeper and Czech Republic football captain Petr Čech announced retirement from international football. Debuting fourteen years ago, Čech made 124 international appearances and became his nation's most capped player. The 34-year-old goalkeeper said, "This is a purely football-based decision. [...] I'm now 34 and the next [international] tournament is in two years which, in football, is a very long time." Čech said his childhood dream was to play a match in the national jersey. He has conceded 115 goals. Debuting a

Spanish footballer Fernando Torres has signed a one-year contract extension with the capital-based club Atlético Madrid, the club announced on Monday. Torres joined Atlético Madrid's academy aged eleven and made his debut appearance for the rojiblancos in 2001. Torres spent six seasons with Atlético, then transferred to Liverpool F.C., then Chelsea FC. After the signing, 32-year old striker said, Last season, Torres scored twelve goals in all competitions and crossed the landmark of 100 goals for the Atleti. Atlético were third in the La Li