Neymar, the world's most expensive footballer, took an online kicking on for tweeting a picture of himself grinning in a wheelchair and wearing a bathing suit to pay homage to Stephen Hawking
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Neymar, the world's most expensive footballer, took an online kicking on for tweeting a picture of himself grinning in a wheelchair and wearing a bathing suit to pay homage to Stephen Hawking. A brilliant British astrophysicist, Hawking died earlier on Wednesday after spending most of his life confined to a wheelchair by motor neurone disease. He was 76. Neymar, who faces
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just a few weeks in a wheelchair after breaking his right foot while playing for Paris Saint-Germain, posted this picture along with an inspirational quote from the science icon. The backlash against the Brazilian striker was quick. "It's the height of self-centeredness to put Hawking's death in terms of yourself," tweeted Sports Illustrated reporter Grant Wahl. "No ethics no morals no sympathy!" angrily tweeted one sports fan, who added that he hoped Neymar loses "all his money."
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