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Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Finally, after months of frustration on both sides, Real Madrid appears ready to offload Gareth Bale, with the Welsh winger headed for Los Angeles FC in Major League Soccer. In other elite-player news, Paris Saint-Germain seems prepared to keep Neymar by offering the world’s most expensive transfer a lucrative contract extension, as it did with Kylian Mbappé not long ago. For Neymar, this would reportedly be a five-year deal . As the big breakaway edges closer for Bale, who can soon put any troubles firmly behind him, he and Neymar seem to be taking different decisions, with one seeking a fresh challenge and the other staying put. Yet, with discontent never far away from both players, they each represent the same curious reality within super clubs today, which has been growing in relevance for a while—that money is virtually boundless, and what it brings is never enough. Combined, Real and PSG have spent well over €300 … [Read more...] about Gareth Bale And Neymar Have Different Plans; Both Reflect The Same Issue

HANOI, June 25 (Bernama): The national men’s football team of Vietnam remains in FIFA's top 100, according to the Vietnam Football Federation. The Golden Dragons are in the 97th spot in the FIFA ranking with 1,219 points, reported Vietnam News Agency. A 2-0 victory over Afghanistan in a friendly match held on June 1 has helped Vietnam gain 3.46 points. However, it was not enough for the team to advance in the rankings because its closest rivals such as Palestine and Kyrgyzstan had very good performances in the 2023 Asian Cup Third Qualifier. Although Vietnam has dropped one spot compared to the previous ranking update, it is the only South-East Asian team in the world’s top 100. Notably, maintaining the position since November 2018 is considered a very impressive record for the team. Vietnam still leads South-East Asia, followed by Thailand and the Philippines. In Asia, Vietnam ranks 17th. Meanwhile, Thailand retained its ranking at the 111th position as it earned 3.01 … [Read more...] about South-East Asian champions Vietnam remains in Fifa’s top 100 and the highest ranked in region

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Elon Musk has gained 17 million Twitter followers since April, when he first announced plans to buy the social media company. But there is one billionaire who still has even more followers than he does. Oh, the power of an enormous Twitter following paired with an enormous fortune. Elon Musk—the world’s richest person—has 99.5 million Twitter followers who are exposed regularly to his rants and musings. He uses Twitter as a publicity tool (journalists regularly rush to cover whatever he says) and as a bully pulpit, complaining about regulators (including the Securities and Exchange Commission ), people he doesn’t like (that “pedo guy,” a term Musk used in 2019 to describe Vernon Unsworth, a British cave diver who helped rescue a trapped junior football team in Thailand. Unsworth sued for defamation and lost ) and politicians. President Joe Biden , Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Sen. Bernie Sanders , to whom he … [Read more...] about Here Are The Billionaires With The Largest Twitter Following