A late Cristiano Ronaldo winner capped another Manchester United comeback in the Champions League on Wednesday, this time against Atalanta, as holders Chelsea and Bayern Munich cruised to big victories and Barcelona gave their campaign a shot in the arm. The knives were out for United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer as his side found themselves 2-0 down at halftime at Read More
Andros Townsend’s second-half equaliser earned Everton a deserved point against Manchester United at Old Trafford. Rafael Benitez’s men were unlucky to fall behind just before the break as Anthony Martial scored for the first time since February. But Demarai Gray escaped the attentions of Fred and Aaron Wan-Bissaka as Everton countered from a United corner, setting up the attack which Read More
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has admitted the drama of Wednesday’s last-gasp victory over Villarreal played a big part in his selection for the lunchtime kick-off vs Everton. Cristiano Ronaldo’s stoppage time winner spared Manchester United’s blushes to seal a late 2-1 win on his first Champions League appearance back at Old Trafford. Solskjaer conceded the Portuguese forward’s minutes would “need to be Read More
Benfica on Wednesday night defeated Barcelona 3-0 on a day Chelsea without playmaker Kante lost 0-1 away during one of the champions league games. Federico Chiesa’s goal 10 seconds into the second half secured victory for Juventus. Similarly, Manchester United defeated Villarreal 2-1 at Old Trafford. Details loading…
Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice on his return to Manchester United as the hosts eventually cruised to victory against Newcastle to send Old Trafford into raptures. Cheered from the moment he left the team coach on its arrival at the ground, throughout the warm-up and then once the game had started, Ronaldo repaid the backing in the best possible manner. Twelve Read More
Lionel Messi scored a hat-trick to overtake Pele as the top international goalscorer in South American football history on Thursday as Argentina cruised to a 3-0 victory over Bolivia in their 2022 World Cup qualifier. Messi pounced for his 77th, 78th and 79th international goals to keep Argentina firmly on course for a place at next year’s finals in Qatar Read More
Five times world footballer of the year, Cristiano Ronaldo has received his Guiness World Record certificate for scoring the most international goals in football. This comes after he became the first footballer to score 111 international goals some days ago. He achieved this feat in Portugal vs Ireland’s FIFA World Cup qualifiers on Wednesday, September 1, where he scored two Read More
Cristiano Ronaldo broke the world record for goals scored in men’s international football as he hit his 110th and 111th goals for Portugal in their dramatic 2-1 World Cup qualifying win over the Republic of Ireland. The 36-year-old scored two late headers – to break and extend the record – after he had a penalty saved by Gavin Bazunu. Ali Read More
Cristiano Ronaldo has completed his medical ahead of rejoining Manchester United. Ronaldo passed his medical in Lisbon on Monday morning and United are expected to announce his €23million signing before Tuesday’s 11pm transfer deadline. The Old Trafford Megastore is not printing Ronaldo’s name on shirts until Tuesday, fuelling expectation his squad number could be confirmed imminently. The Manchester Evening News revealed on Read More
Ferran Torres scored twice in an embarrassingly one-sided Manchester City victory to remind everyone Pep Guardiola does have a goal threat at centre forward even without Harry Kane and Cristiano Ronaldo. Following a difficult week for City in which they failed to land two big transfer targets, Arsenal caved in quickly to help them get over it. Goals from Ilkay Read More
Shares in Manchester United have soared by 8 per cent as a consequence of Cristiano Ronaldo’s return to the club. On Friday afternoon United announced that they have agreed a deal to bring the 36-year-old back to Old Trafford. That gave a major boost to the shares of United, which is publicly traded in the United States, as reported by CNN. Undoubtedly one of Read More
Football superstar Cristiano Ronaldo has rejoined Man United after 12 years. The club confirmed his return in a statement. It reads: “Manchester United is delighted to confirm that the club has reached agreement with Juventus for the transfer of Cristiano Ronaldo, subject to agreement of personal terms, visa and medical. “Cristiano, a five-time Ballon d’Or winner, has so far won Read More
Cristiano Ronaldo has now emerged the highest-paid player in the Premier League, following his shock return to Manchester United, according to Sky Italia. The 36-year-old has agreed on personal terms with United, which will see him sign a two-year deal worth £480,000 a week. Ronaldo is now ahead of Lukaku, who also moved back to Chelsea this summer. Once image rights and Read More
Manchester United are leading the race to sensationally bring Cristiano Ronaldo back to Old Trafford after rivals Manchester City withdrew their interest in the Juventus forward. Ronaldo’s agent Jorge Mendes was in talks with City after the Portugal star decided to leave Juventus, but it emerged on Friday afternoon that Pep Guardiola’s side will not sign him. The 36-year-old will now have a medical in Lisbon as Read More
Liverpool have been thrown into group B of the just concluded UEFA Champions League draw for 2021/22 season, to face Atletico Madrid, Porto and AC Milan. Manchester City are in group A alongside PSG, RB Leipzig. While Lionel Messi has completed PSG, his arch rival Cristiano Ronaldo is on his way to Etihad to seal possible Manchester City mega deal. Read More
Cristiano Ronaldo has agreed personal terms ahead of a sensational move to Manchester City, according to reports in Portugal. The 36-year-old’s future at Juventus has been cast into doubt this summer and his agent Jorge Mendes flew to meet the Serie A giants’ bosses to discuss a resolution this week. But now reports in the Portugal international’s home country suggest he has already spoken with City Read More
Both Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim Benzema produced a brace each to enable their countries – Portugal and France share honours, both top strikers converting from the spot (Ronaldo twice and Benzema once) during the final group matches on Wednesday night. Ronaldo and Benzema were teammates at Real Madrid before the former moved to Juventus in Italy. In the other fixture, Read More
Juventus coach Andrea Pirlo warned his side were “alive and kicking” as they take on Inter Milan for Champions League survival on Saturday. Antonio Conte’s Inter have already wrapped up the Serie A title but the battle behind for a top four finish that would secure elite European football next season is tight. Just three points separate second-placed Atalanta and Read More
Chelsea produced a composed performance to secure a fully deserved draw and a crucial away goal to put themselves in a promising position after their Champions League semi-final first leg against Real Madrid. Thomas Tuchel’s side were superior on the night and might even regard themselves as unfortunate not to take an advantage into the return at Stamford Bridge in Read More
Lionel Messi earns more than double of Cristiano Ronaldo’s salary according to a recently released figures by L’Equipe and quoted by Sportbible. The Barcelona tops the list of highest paid players in Europe with a monthly pay of £7million which is double of what Ronaldo who is in second place earns. Messi’s salary breaks down to an incredible weekly wage of Read More
The Chairman of Ekiti State Football Association, Bayo Olanlege, has challenged the kids in Ekiti state to become the next Cristiano Ronaldo. Olanlege, in a special message to the young footballers participating in the inaugural edition of Oba Ademola Ajakaiye Memorial U-13 football competition, reminded them of the epic rise of the 5- time Balon D’or winner to stardom. “Did Read More
Cristiano Ronaldo’s first half hat-trick helped Juventus to a 3-1 win over relegation-threatened Cagliari. Cagliari made the brighter start and were fearless in sending men forward as they looked to shock a Juventus side injured from their midweek Champions League exit. But the Old Lady and Cristiano Ronaldo dealt the suckerpunch against the run of play after just ten minutes, Read More
Cristiano Ronaldo’s Juventus crashed out of the Champions League in the last 16 for the second year running on Tuesday, losing to 10-man Porto on away goals despite winning the second leg 3-2 in Turin. Sergio Oliveira’s extra-time free-kick sent twice former winners Porto through to the quarterfinals as the tie finished 4-4 on aggregate. Leading 2-1 from the first Read More
Napoli eased the pressure on boss Gennaro Gattuso as they beat Juventus to halt the Serie A champions’ revival. Juventus captain Giorgio Chiellini had a game to forget in his 400th Serie A appearance as he handled the ball to give away the game’s only goal, with Lorenzo Insigne scoring the penalty. Alvaro Morata had a potential equaliser disallowed as Read More
Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has been named the top men’s coach at the Best FIFA awards, with Bayern Munich forward Robert Lewandowski claiming best men’s player. There was more success for Liverpool as four of Klopp’s players were named in the men’s team of the year alongside Manchester City midfielder Kevin De Bruyne. Manchester City and England defender Lucy Bronze Read More
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