Rimet’s mission was no mean task considering the fact that the Olympics dates back to 776 BC – about 3,000 years ago, when the games were held in Olympia, Greece, every four years, before transmuting into the modern Olympic Games, first held on April 6, 1896.
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An absolute favourite for football fans around the world, the 65th ceremony will be broadcast on 29 November and Showmax Pro subscribers are set to catch all the action live. With all of the favourites for the award being regulars on local TV screens, fans will be eagerly waiting to see who will claim the most prestigious individual award in football.
The Argentine forward, who joined PSG on a two-year contract after leaving Barcelona, found the top corner superbly in the second half.
Sources have told ESPN that Man City are closing in on a deal for Ronaldo, while Messi will be embarking on his first Champions League campaign away from Barcelona after joining PSG earlier this month.
Messi arrived at Le Bourget airport to the north of the French capital and was greeted by hundreds of PSG supporters who had gathered hoping to catch a glimpse of their new signing.
Following the Argentine’s failure to reach an agreement on a new deal with the Catalan mega-club after a meeting last Thursday, there have been rumours linking the 34-year-old to PSG.
Sports paper, L’Equipe, said this on its website, adding he was due to arrive in Paris in the coming hours
Rio de Janeiro club side Flamengo spent eight days in Ecuador, played two games in the Copa Libertadores and then returned home with more than 15 infected players.
This was after the European Union’s top court on Thursday dismissed an appeal against the player from a Spanish cycling clothing brand.
The Argentine had kept the club on tenterhooks by trying to force a move away for free last month.
This has come days after his shock announcement that he wants to leave the only club he has played for professionally.
The 33-year-old told Barcelona chiefs on Tuesday evening that he wishes to leave the Nou Camp, believing he has a clause in his contract that would allow him to walk away for free.
Kaka has confessed that he rates Lionel Messi higher than Cristiano Ronaldo, with the Barcelona superstar “a genius, a pure talent”.
The 30-year-old football player defrauded the Spanish authorities in 2013 of €490,000 (£436,000; $576,000) by using foreign firms to handle his earnings, according to Spain’s EFE new service.
The match will, to a large extent, determine who stays or leaves after the Group matches
All eyes are on Messi and his nemesis and Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo, as soccer fans salivate for the World Cup set for June in Russia.
Speaking with FIFA.com on Monday, Okocha opined: “Yes, I think he will be the one to do it. Messi and Ronaldo have dominated world football for a decade and, given the nature of football, at a certain point the baton will have to pass to someone else. I think Neymar has a great chance of filling that role.
Spanish firm Mediapro, which will run the attraction with Chinese broadcaster Phoenix Group, said the Messi Experience Park would be “a unique global experience”.
Saul Niguez’s solo wondergoal for Atletico Madrid against Bayern Munich is among the more memorable from the list of worldies, while Wales striker Hal Robson-Kanu’s career-defining matchwinner against Belgium in Euro 2016
Messi, who is widely recognised as one of the greatest players of all time, has won 29 trophies during a 12-year career with Barcelona, scoring 456 times in 535 appearances for the Spanish giants