BEB Weekend Sports: News Update!

Messi scores as Argentina beat Brazil in Saudi Arabia

Lionel Messi scored on his first Argentina appearance since July as they beat old rivals Brazil in Saudi Arabia.

Messi had a penalty saved by Alisson in the friendly, but scored the rebound for his 69th international goal.

Gabriel Jesus had earlier missed a penalty for Brazil.
Barcelona forward Messi was returning from a
three-month ban for saying the Copa America was "fixed for Brazil", with the hosts beating Argentina in the semi-final and Peru in the July final.

Brazil - who handed a late debut to Aston Villa striker Wesley - have failed to win in the five games since winning the Copa America.

Argentina are due to face Uruguay in Tel Aviv on Monday (19:15 GMT) but the game could be cancelled due to fighting in Israel.
Brazil will play South Korea in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday (13:30 GMT), their last game before the 2022 World Cup qualifiers begin in March.

Zlatan confirms LA Galaxy exit

Zlatan Ibrahimovic says his two-season stint at LA Galaxy made him "feel alive again" as he confirms he will leave the Major League Soccer side.

The former Sweden striker, 38, scored 52 goals in 53 starts for LA Galaxy since arriving in March 2018.

"You wanted Zlatan, I gave you Zlatan. You are welcome," said Ibrahimovic in a social media message to Galaxy's fans.

Ibrahimovic has been linked with a return to Serie A side AC Milan, where he played between 2010 and 2012.

"Since his arrival in 2018, Zlatan has positively influenced the sport of soccer in Los Angeles. We are grateful for his work ethic and passion," said LA Galaxy President Chris Klein. 

"We thank Zlatan for his professionalism and immeasurable impact on the Los Angeles community and the soccer community in North America as a whole."

Ibrahimovic was named in the MLS Best XI in both his seasons in the US. While his contract expires at the end of 2019, Galaxy reportedly offered him a two-year deal to extend his terms in California.

I will never switch to boxing –Adesanya

Ultimate Fighting Championship middleweight champion, Israel Adesanya, says he has no intention of switching to boxing.

Top UFC fighters from Jorge Masvidal to Stipe Miocic want to make the crossover to boxing , but newly -crowned Adesanya has no intention of leaving the cage.

The Last Stylebender in a recent edition of Ebro said he plans to make mega - money in the UFC and can't understand why other fighters won’ t adopt the same attitude.

“This (UFC ) is where I ’ m going to end my career, ” Adesanya said.

“People say, ‘ oh, after UFC, you can go to boxing and have one super fight maybe with Canelo and make a hundred million . ’ I ’ m like , I can do that in the UFC. I might be the first fighter to do that in the UFC.”

Adesanya added that fighting in the ring wiould take away more of his skills , a situation he will not like to find himself , no matter the price.

Kenyan runner gets four-year ban for anti-doping violation

Abraham Kiptum has been banned for four years over an anti-doping violation, the Athletics Integrity Unit has said.

The AIU, which oversees integrity issues in athletics, including doping, had provisionally suspended the 30-year-old Kenyan on 26 April for an athlete biological passport (ABP) violation.

The ABP programme collects and compares biological data to spot discrepancies over time that suggest possible doping.

All his results going back to 13 October 2018, including a half-marathon world record of 58 minutes and 18 seconds that he had set in Valencia later that month, have been disqualified.

His time was five seconds better than the previous mark set by Eritrea's Zersenay Tadese in Lisbon in 2010.

from Bola Esho's Blog