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The Brazilian is to be investigated again, along with his father and former Barcelona president Sandro Rosell, for alleged fraud and corruption in his move from Santos in 2013 The Spanish High Court has ordered a judge to reopen the investigation into the transfer of Barcelona forward Neymar from Santos in 2013. The case was thrown out in July by judge Jose de la Mata due to a lack of evidence, but a group of magistrates led by Angela Murillo claim to have found evidence of fraud and corruption and have therefore decided to reopen the investigation. Two contracts from November and December 2011 were re-examined and it is claimed that the €40 million payment made by Barca to the player to guarantee his signing infringes the "free transfer market" for footballers. That payment meant Neymar and his father would have to pay €10m to Barca if the deal did not go ahead, something described in the latest document as "conscious similation" and "a scam" b

The midfielder has not had a flying start to his second stint at Old Trafford, but those pointing the finger at the player himself need to reconsider the circumstances Paul Pogba’s return to Manchester United is already an unmitigated disaster. Or at least that is the impression you might have got from reading some reviews of the Frenchman’s performances in the losses to Manchester City, Feyenoord and Watford which have set Jose Mourinho’s side back over the past couple of weeks. Alongside the plight of Wayne Rooney, the role of Pogba has been perhaps the biggest talking point to come from the ugly run which was momentarily brought to a halt by Wednesday’s EFL Cup win at Northampton ahead of Saturday's clash with Premier League champions Leicester City. But to single out Pogba is to unfairly highlight an issue which is not of the Frenchman’s making at a time when United have far more deep-rooted problems to alleviate. It was always going to be a tough task to placate all o

Sergio Ramos helped the hosts salvage a point after going behind at the Santiago Bernabeu, and the coach was left furious with a poor first half from his men Zinedine Zidane has voiced his frustration with Real Madrid's timid start in their 1-1 La Liga draw with Villarreal on Wednesday. Madrid fell a goal behind before the break when Bruno Soriano converted a penalty to open the scoring at Santiago Bernabeu, before Sergio Ramos eventually restored parity after the interval as the hosts stepped up their game. Los Blancos failed to net the winner, though, as their winning streak in the league ended at 16 successive matches. And Zidane has stressed they must improve the way they start games. "We managed to change things around after the break, but the first half was not good enough. That is not the first time this has happened. We will try to work on this," the Frenchman said at a news conference. We will now focus on our next game. We have to change some

The Barcelona talisman will almost certainly miss out the Champions League tie against Borussia Monchengladbach plus trips to Sporting Gijon and Celta Vigo Barcelona star Lionel Messi has been ruled out for three weeks with a groin injury he picked up in Wednesday's 1-1 draw with Atletico Madrid. The Argentine pulled up lame shortly after the hour mark in the La Liga clash after tussling with Diego Godin for the ball, immediately clutching his right leg. Messi's groin injury was initially feared to be an old problem he first picked up on international duty, and he now looks a certainty to miss the Champions League clash against Borussia Monchengladbach View image on Twitter  Follow FC Barcelona   ✔ @FCBarcelona [BREAKING NEWS] Leo Messi has groin strain in his right leg and he will be out for around 3 weeks

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger says he "certainly will not read" a book in which Manchester United counterpart Jose Mourinho is quoted as saying he would  break the Frenchman's face. Mourinho regularly clashed with Wenger while managing Chelsea, once describing him as a  "specialist in failure" . "I talk about football - that's all I do," said Wenger, 66, on Friday. "I'm not in a destructive mode, never. I'm more constructive. I am focused on Saturday's game against Chelsea." Mourinho, 53, described Wenger  as a "voyeur"  in 2005, after his rival questioned Chelsea's transfer policy. The Portuguese referred to Wenger as a "specialist in failure" in February 2014 after the Frenchman said other Premier League managers were playing down their title chances because they "fear to fail". In the aftermath, Mourinho is quoted - in a book serialised in the Daily Mail - as saying: &

While   Khloe Kardashian   may not make as many New York Fashion Week appearances as little sister and model   Kendall Jenner , the 32-year-old reality TV star and business woman still loves style. Credit: Cindy Ord/Getty On Thursday, Kardashian took to Instagram to introduce Good American, a brand-new denim brand designed for women everywhere. "I'm so excited to announce my new denim brand @goodamerican!!!," she wrote as the caption to a promotional image that links to the line's newly-launched Instagram account. "This has been such an incredible journey and I feel so blessed to be able to bring this line to women everywhere of ALL shapes and sizes. I can't wait to show you!! Sign up now to be first to shop goodamerican.com #goodsquad." According to  WWD , the new project is set to launch on Oct. 18 at Nordstrom and on its own site. So what can we expect? While Kardashian took to Snapchat to offer a sneak-peek,  WWD  also reports the indi

Shaking it off!  Amber Rose  revealed she’s already lost weight after less than  two weeks on  Dancing With the Stars . “I feel like I’m getting super toned,” the model, 32, said during her Loveline With Amber Rose on Play.it  podcast on Thursday, September 22. “I feel like I’ve lost probably 10 pounds, maybe eight pounds already. It’s serious!” Rose is teamed up   with returning pro   Maksim Chmerkovskiy   on season 23. She’s taking the competition seriously and has been   working long hours in the studio   with the Ukrainian hunk, 36. “People don’t understand how much work goes into it,” she told her podcast cohost, Dr. Chris Donaghue. “You’re with your partner four to five hours a day. Then you get home, you’re on the phone with them, like, what you need to work on, what you need to do. Then you go to the ballroom and it’s all the other celebrities and other dancers — it really is like a family.” PHOTOS: Celebrities’ Weight Loss and Transformations: Before and After Pictu

Addressing supporters in suburban Philadelphia,  Donald Trump  laid blame for this week's unrest in Charlotte on Democratic rival  Hillary Clinton . "Those peddling the narrative of cops as a  racist  force in our society -- and this is a narrative that's supported with a nod by my opponent; you see what she’s saying and it’s not good -- shared directly in the responsibility for the unrest that is afflicting our country and hurting those who have really the very least," Trump told supporters at Sun Center Studios in Chester Township, Pennsylvania. Trump made the remarks as hundreds of demonstrators in North Carolina's most populous city kicked off a third night of protests following the fatal police shooting Tuesday of Keith Lamont Scott. Over the past three days, riot gear-wearing police have dispersed tear gas at protesters, some of whom have thrown bottles at officers, vandalized businesses, blocked an interstate, and tossed objects at vehicles. Chantin

After 12 years and six kids together, Angelina Jolie files for divorce from Brad Pitt just after their two-year wedding anniversary.  Subscribe now for the real story behind the split, only in PEOPLE. Angelina Jolie  broke the news to  Brad Pitt  that she wanted to end their two-year marriage and 12-year romance just days before filing for divorce.  “She sat down, talked to Brad and offered to file [for divorce] together,” a source close to the actress tells PEOPLE in this week’s cover story. “She said, ‘This is what I’d like to do.’ She explained everything. Angelina did what she felt she needed to do.”  Though Pitt, 52, was aware that their marriage was in trouble, he was still “wrecked” when Jolie told him of her plans two days before she filed divorce papers, marking irreconcilable differences as the reason for their split, says a source in his circle “He was appealing to her to do this quietly – not to save the marriage but to consider the well-being of the children

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has again defended the performance of Wayne Rooney ahead of Saturday's Premier League meeting with champions Leicester City. Rooney was roundly criticised for his display in the midweek EFL Cup victory at Northampton Town, with  the player himself insisting most of the negative comments are "rubbish." Mourinho said United will win as a team and lose as a team when he was questioned about his captain's form at his prematch news conference. "We are a team, we are not Wayne Rooney," he said. 'We all started well, we all won four matches, and we all lost three matches in a week, so that is not Wayne Rooney. "To be honest he did not even play against Feyenoord, so he was directly involved in the two matches. "We had a very good start to the season, better than we expected and prepared for, and we were guilty of raising the expectations of the people and then we lost three matches in a row.&