Neymar: I could have been paralysed

Brazil star Neymar could not hold back the tears as he revealed he had come within a few inches of being paralysed.

Neymar, giving his first press conference after being hospitalised with a fractured vertebrae in Brazil’s World Cup quarter-final win over Colombia, also said he disagreed with his agent for calling coach Luiz Felipe Scolari “a repulsive and conceited old jerk”.