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As Brazil gears up for the 2014 World Cup, superstar striker Neymar is expected to be a very popular figure at this year's Rio Carnival. So much so, thousands of face masks of the footballer have been created so fans can look like their hero.

A little spare time on your hands this holiday season and in desperate need of a break from your Xbox? Well if you're part of the Nike+ club, NikeFuel Missions is the newest piece of content in the Nike+ FuelBand story and is the first game to use NikeFuel to unlock levels and content.

Nike have recruited world class players Neymar, Wayne Rooney and Andres Iniesta to show the benefits of their Winter 12/13 range of Nike Pro Combat apparel items, aiming to keep players focused on the game in adverse weather conditions.

Neymar this week celebrated making his 200th appearance for Santos, all of which for the Brazilian sensation have come whilst wearing Nike Mercurial Vapor football boots. Since 2008, Neymar has worn over 25 different Vapor boots and colours, so we've put together a selection of the best.

We all marvelled when the Nike GS football boots were unveiled, and we were excited to see how the boots looked on pitch, but what did the man who had the privilege of wearing Nike's most revolutionary boot think?

Nike have confirmed the news we were expecting. Neymar will be bringing the Nike GS to UK shores for the 2012 London Olympic Games. The fleet-footed striker will be Nike's only athlete to wear the revolutionary Green Speed, making him the brand's youngest ever player to be given exclusivity on a single boot.

Reacting to Spain's record-breaking European Championship final victory, Nike kick-start the road to Brazil 2014 with a new video starring the man who could offer the biggest challenge to Spain winning their fourth successive international title.

Neymar, Ganso, Pato, Ronaldo and Argentine rival Javier Mascherano all star in Nike's entertaining new ad to promote the latest Brazil home & away kits. It's Brazil vs Brazil in the ultimate fantasy match-up! Watch the silky skilled Seleção sensations go one-on-one with each other as Brazil Home take on Brazil Away!

The star-studded FIFA Ballon d'Or awards hit Zurich once more in a celebration of the worlds finest football players. As expected, Lionel Messi stole the show, taking home his third Ballon d'Or Award in as many years. Teenage sensation Neymar pipped Messi and Wayne Rooney to the FIFA Puskas Award, while Barcelona boss Pep Guardiola landed the FIFA Coach of the Year Award.

Santos have booked their place in the FIFA Club World Cup Final after an impressive 3-1 win over Kashiwa Reysol, setting up a sure-fire showdown between Brazilian teenager Neymar and the worlds best player Lionel Messi.