Madrid: Real Madrid’s Croatian international midfielder Luka Modric has admitted that neither he nor his teammates expected both coach Zinedine Zidane and star Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo to leave the football club last summer. Zidane stepped down as coach after leading the club to three consecutive Champions League titles, while[Read More…]
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Ronaldo scores Serie A goal, Juventus’ winning streak continues
Portugal superstar Cristiano Ronaldo scored his first Serie A goal on Sunday, then went on to make it a brace as he led Juventus to a 2-1 win against Sassuolo, extending the Italian league leader’s winning streak. Ronaldo had not scored in his first three Serie A games with Juventus,[Read More…]
Ronaldo, Modric, Salah shortlisted for The Best FIFA Men’s Player Award
Portugal superstar Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus), Croatia midfielder Luka Modric (Real Madrid) and Egypt forward Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) were shortlisted on Monday for The Best FIFA Men’s Player Award for 2018. The three finalists were announced at an event in London in the presence of football greats, including Peter Schmeichel, Sol Campbell, Nwankwo[Read More…]
Juventus online shop crashes hours after Ronaldo shirts put on sale
Rome: Juventus’s online shop went down on Wednesday just hours after the Italian club released its new line of jerseys emblazoned with the number seven and the name of its latest signing, Portuguese superstar Cristiano Ronaldo, who has completed a $131.46 million transfer from Real Madrid. The 33-year-old striker, who[Read More…]
Fifa World Cup 2018: Uruguay beat Portugal 2-1 to reach the quarterfinals
Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal are heading home after a brace from Edinson Cavani secured Uruguay a place in the World Cup quarter-finals. There have been all manner of arresting goals scored in this tournament but a pair of centre-forwards combining to convert what was effectively a 100-yard one-two for the opening[Read More…]
Cristiano Ronaldo wins FIFA best player award for 4th time
Cristiano Ronaldo won his fourth FIFA best player award on Monday. He began his speech by exclaiming “Wow, wow, wow.” and went on,”it was a year that was magnificent at a personal level and at a sporting level,” the 31-year-old Ronaldo said in Portuguese his acceptance speech. Ronaldo’s 34.54 percent[Read More…]
Cristiano Ronaldo pips Lionel Messi to win Ballon d’Or 2016
Cristiano Ronaldo beat rival Lionel Messi to win the prestigious Ballon d’Or award for a fourth time. The 31-year-old is now one behind Barcelona’s Messi, who took the honour for a fifth time last year. Atletico Madrid’s French forward Antoine Griezmann finished third in the vote. Ronaldo helped Real Madrid[Read More…]
Best of the lot! Ronaldo will be named Ballon d’Or 2016 winner: Reports
Cristiano Ronaldo is expected to be crowned the latest winner of the Ballon d’Or on Monday night, according to Spanish sports newspaper Mundo Deportivo. Francesc Aguilar, a well-connected journalist within the Barcelona-based sports daily, has revealed that the announcement will be made a 7pm next Monday (8pm, CET) and the[Read More…]
Cristiano Ronaldo, Gareth Bale shortlisted for 2016 Ballon d’Or
Real Madrid wingers Cristiano Ronaldo, Gareth Bale and Manchester City’s Sergio Aguero were nominated for the coveted 2016 Ballon d’Or football award, a French sports magazine France Football announced on Monday. The magazine said that Borussia Dortmund striker Pierre Emerik Aubameyang and long-serving Italian goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon of Juventus were[Read More…]