The 31-year-old, who is known to have taken part in the European Poker Tour, has been ruled out for the remainder of this season as he recovers from surgery. Nevertheless, Neymar made headlines on Wednesday after appearing to lose âŹ1million in an online poker game. According to Brazilian news outlet Globo Esporte, this was nothing more than a marketing ploy by an online bookmaker.
Already dealing with labour uncertainty surrounding her team, Canada coach Bev Priestman now finds herself anxiously waiting on the health of several players ahead of this summer's World Cup. Priestman, who is holding an April camp in France ahead of a friendly with the fifth-ranked French, has already lost the influential and versatile Janine Beckie, a veteran of 101 caps who tore the anterior cruciate ligament in her knee earlier this month playing for the Portland Thorns. "That's a huge loss
The 29-year-old was dropped for the Foxesâ last Premier League game at Brentford.