Rafael Nadal, the most searched athlete on Yahoo 2015

Rafael Nadal became the most requested in the Yahoo search athlete ahead of Lionel Messi , Cristiano Ronaldo or Garbiñe Muguruza, all three located among the ten most sought after in the Internet portal.

 Nadal, who in 2015 won tournaments in Hamburg, Stuttgart and Buenos Aires, failed to lift a trophy in any of the four major competitions. His best records he achieved in Australia and Roland Garros, where he reached the quarterfinals.

Its irregular season has not prevented Nadal is the most searched athlete in 2015. The Spanish tennis player stood in front of the words "Formula One," which took the silver medal in this classification.

In the third step of the podium he stood the player Real Madrid Cristiano Ronaldo, who, like Nadal, did not live his best season at the helm of the club. Although in early 2015, in January, he picked up his third Golden Ball after the Whites failed to win any title.

Another who experienced a 2015 was erratic Fernando Alonso, who took fourth place in the search engine. Alonso, in his debut with the McLaren-Honda team, was fifteenth in the World Cup after scoring eleven points (one in the British Grand Prix and ten in Hungary).

The fifth, sixth and seventh place were occupied by championships. Thus, " Champions League "," Roland Garros "and" Moto GP ", respectively, were in great demand in Yahoo searches.

They closed the list of top ten Argentine footballer Lionel Messi, who was eighth after winning the treble with Barcelona , goalkeeper Iker Casillas , who left Real Madrid to go to Porto , and tennis Garbiñe Muguruza, the big surprise of the season on the women's tour.

Liverpool, Schalke, Tottenham ... the round of Europa League met more ranked teams!

Has ended the penultimate round of the Europa League group stage, and the second major tournament of the Old Continent clubs already know some classified for phase knock-out tournament, which will also feature the teams that finish the group stage Champions League third.

 Classified until now: Athletic Bilbao, Lazio, Liverpool, Schalke, Tottenham, Villarreal, Braga, Dortmund, Krasnodar, Lazio, Molde, Napoli, Rapid Vienna Sparta Prague, St. Etienne

Liverpool, Lazio and Tottenham three favorites for the title, are among the eleven clubs classified on Thursday the second phase of the Europa League after the first clashes of the 5th round of the group stage, while the Dniepropetrovsk, current runner-up, It was eliminated. Schalke 04, Saint-Etienne, Basel, Sparta Prague, Athletic Bilbao, Braga, Krasnodar and Villarreal also guaranteed spot in the next phase, which will join Molde, Borussia Dortmund, Napoli and Rapid Vienna secured since the last round.

The Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp, without the Brazilian Philippe Coutinho, saved, put the vacancy in the pocket by defeating turning Bordeaux by 2-1, taking the lead in Group B with nine points, one more than the Sion of Switzerland .

In Group G, Lazio won the current runner-up Dniepropetrovsk (3-1), guaranteed ranking and first place, which is worth him the right to be seeded in the draw for the next round clashes, on December 14 . The Saint-Etienne, who drew against Rosenborg (1-1), took second place.

Tottenham sealed his ticket to the next round thanks to a goal at the end of Harry Kane attacking game, which gave the victory to the English on the Qarabag of Azerbaijan by 1-0 in Group J. Anderlecht, which surprised the Monaco in the Principality (2-0) took the second place with one point more than the Monegasque.

Athletic Bilbao, complete with two goals in three minutes Aduriz, defeated Augsburg (3-2) and assured once the first place of Group L. In Group I, the Basel, after starting losing by 2-0, it sought a major draw against Fiorentina, a result worth the Swiss a place in the next phase as finishers of the key. The 'Viola' need only draw with Belenenses in Portugal in the last round to stay with the second wave.

Finally, in Group K, Schalke 04 and Sparta Prague, winning by the same score 1-0 to APOEL, Cyprus, and Asterias Tripolis, Greece, respectively, will also be in the second phase of the Europa League.

- The 5th round of the Europa League results:- The 5th round of the Europa League results:

Red Bull guarantees according to an engine supplier in 2016

Red Bull finally has an agreement with a supplier of engines for the season 2016 Formula 1 announced the team boss Christian Horner on Friday. According to the international press, the expectation is that Renault continue developing the power units for the Austrian team despite the troubled relationship between the parties this year and a new contract should be made official in the coming days.

"Next year will be a transition year," Horner warned. "We have an agreement with a supplier for next season I hope to be confirmed in the coming days," added the Briton.

"(The partnership) will have a development path that, ironically, in a way, is what we were trying to achieve 12 months ago, and let's see what this is going," added Christian Horner.

During the World in 2015, pilots and engineers at Red Bull did not hide dissatisfaction to weave public criticism of the power units of the French manufacturer. The team of energy then talked to Mercedes and Ferrari looking for a partnership, but the two biggest teams in category ruled out supplying engines to a rival considered dangerous.

The last attempt before returning to talk to Renault was Honda, who returned to F1 this season, reviving the partnership with McLaren. However, the proposal was discarded by the CEO of the British team, Ron Dennis, claiming to have exclusive rights contract with the Japanese.

In an almost desperate situation, Red Bull even threatened to leave F1, but Renault, which will have its own team next year with almost enshrined acquisition of Lotus, agreed to negotiate again and to continue supplying engines to the team based in Milton Keynes.

The hit late-season with interests for 2016, seems to be over. Red Bull has an engine for the coming season and will therefore regularly at the start. After months of negotiations with Mercedes and Ferrari, and threats of pre-wedding circus of the four wheels, Christian Horner, team principal of the team of "cans" announced the happy news over the weekend of the Grand Prix of Abu Dhabi, the last race of the World Cup in 2015. 

" We have an agreement for an engine for next year, we hope that everything will be confirmed in the coming days. It will be a year of transition , "the words of Horner Autosport. According to rumors, the Red Bull should rely on a power unit Renault but unbranded. " There will be a path of development , "concluded Horner.

Luis Fabiano is 90% agreed with Luxembourgo team in China

Indicated by Vanderlei Luxemburgo, Luis Fabiano has everything to play for Tianjin Songjiang, the Second Division of Chinese football in 2016. "He's hit 90%. Will have a millionaire salary and sign one-year contract with possibility of renewal for two more "guarantees an entrepreneur who is helping Luxemburgo to assemble his team.

The intent of Tianjin is becoming the great power of the local football in three years. For the coming season, they are already hired five players working in the Chinese team. Luxa was even entitled to indicate three Brazilians. 

The coach chose athletes who work the middle to front. In addition to Luis Fabiano, Tianjin is in final negotiations with Everton striker whose contract with Flamengo ends only in December 2017. It will be bought. The third name is not yet defined.

Through its advice, the Fabulous have said other polls and ensured that only take a position at the end of the Championship.

China, Luxemburgo will have manager status: train the team, take care of expenses related to football, decide on the modernisations of the stadium and the CT ... The pre-season will be in Rio.

Total silence:

Luxemburgo only take office in Tianjin in January. In recent weeks vacation, the manager decided to be interviewed or appear at public events.

Separation:

After 20 years of partnership, Antonio Melo will not be the trainer of Luxemburgo in China. The professional who has worked in the national team, is looking for work.

Conmebol supports Infantino for FIFA presidency

The leaders of the CONMEBOL support to "block" the Swiss Gianni Infantino, current general secretary of UEFA, for the presidency of FIFA, said on Thursday the president of Conmebol, Juan Ángel Napout.

"We will vote as a block, is decided. We've talked with Gianni and define it," said the Paraguayan Juan Ángel Napout the Brazilian press after a meeting of the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) in Rio de Janeiro.

Infantino last of the seven candidates for the post of outgoing Joseph Blatter, met earlier this month with Napout and other leaders at the headquarters of the South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) in Asunción.

Amid corruption scandal in FIFA Infantino defends the need to renew the institution and undertakes to strengthen the poorest countries on the planet channeling resources of the world football matrix for social development projects.

The Swiss leader assured during his visit to Asuncion that South America will maintain the four direct places and one in the playoffs for the World Cup.

Infantino entered the fray after UEFA president Michel Platini, be temporarily suspended by the FIFA Ethics Committee to receive a controversial payment of 1.8 million euros in 2011, Joseph Blatter, for a work completed in 2002.

Recently, Infantino said that Platini is finally allowed to participate in the election, he will give up his candidacy.

Seven candidates are in the running to chair FIFA after the election of February 26: Infantino, Sheikh Salman Bahrain, the South African Sexawla Tokyo, Jordanian Prince Ali, the French Jerome Champagne, the Liberian Musa Bility and Platini.

Del Nero resigns over at the FIFA Executive Committee

The Conmebol accepted on Thursday unanimously the resignation of the president of the CBF, Marco Polo Del Nero, the position on the Executive Committee of FIFA and appointed as a substitute Fernando Sarney, son of former President of the Republic José Sarney.

"Mr. Marco Polo Del Nero has requested its withdrawal from the FIFA Executive Committee on behalf of Conmebol and appointed Mr. Fernando Sarney as his replacement, which was approved unanimously," said the continental body said in a statement after the meeting summit leaders, in Rio de Janeiro.

Shortly after, the very CBF confirmed the information in a separate statement, emphasizing, however, the Del Nero's time in office on the Executive Committee of CONMEBOL. Also according to CBF, the decision to leave the FIFA summit is due to the fact that the Brazilian leader has chosen to "give full attention to Brazilian football debates and issues."

This is the argument that Del Nero has used to justify its controversial international absences, since we landed in Rio hours after the arrest in Switzerland of its predecessor and political godfather, Jose Maria Marin.

The former president of the CBF was arrested on May 27 in Zurich, accused of corruption along with six other leaders of FIFA, when the scandal exploded in world football.

Since then, Del Nero did not come out of Brazil and missed every meeting of the FIFA Executive Committee. The president of the CBF also did not travel more with the Brazilian team, missing the Copa America to Chile.

The agent of Brazilian soccer justified absences, saying it preferred to remain in Brazil to follow closely the activities of the Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry (CPI) to investigate the accounts of CBF.

Chaired by former player and now a senator Romario, sworn enemy of Del Nero, the CPI approved in August the breach of bank secrecy of the leader.

The Del Nero substitute in the FIFA will be Fernando Sarney, one of the vice presidents of the CBF and son of former President of the Republic José Sarney.