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Fifa World Cup 2014
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World Cup Diary
James Porteous

World Cup diary: Never mind Suarez and Ghana - Neymar's been caught with his pants ... er, up

Fifa might punish Brazil star for apparently indulging in some 'ambush marketing' to promote his underwear sponsor

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Neymar shows off his pants and is set to be banned from football for life and possibly even executed depending on Fifa's whim. Photo: EPA
James Porteous has been a sports journalist for more than 15 years, covering events all over the world, from Olympics and Champions League finals right down to local amateur action.

It was a good day for scandals at the World Cup, what with Luis Suarez getting his just desserts after a main course of spalla di chiellini and Ghana sending home Sulley Muntari and Kevin-Prince Boateng.

Now the next star in hot water could be none other than the hosts' Neymar, according to Brazilian website UOL

With seemingly every part of the body and every aspect of a star like Neymar's life up for grabs by sponsors, his underpants are paid for by a company called Lupo. 

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It does look like he made sure the waistband were on display after the selecão's win over Cameroon - since his pants aren't official team / Fifa issue, the governing body could take a dim view. 

After all, never mind biting opponents, if there's one thing Fifa really frown upon it's promoting companies that aren't part of the 'Fifa family'.

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Nicklas Bendtner famously was hit with a 100,000 euros fine and one-match ban by Uefa at the last Euros for displaying a bookies' logo on his underpants - far more than they routinely punish teams for instances of racist abuse as many pointed out.

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