2024 is probably the first year in football in a long time where it’s difficult to pick one standout moment of the year. Manchester City won a treble in 2023, Lionel Messi ascended to immortality in 2022, Italy won the Euros in 2021, and before that, we need look no further than Messi … Read more
Messi, Kroos, Magnan: who Donnarumma and Spalletti voted for in the best FIFA awards At the best FIFA awards, Italy captain Donnarumma chose Leo Messi as the player of the year, while coach Luciano Spalletti chose Toni Kroos. International journalists and national team captains voted for the FIFA Best Award 2024, so Donnarumma and Spalletti … Read more
Ancelotti: Brazil latest addition to Inter legend Ronaldo’s run for FA presidency gazzetta dello sport reports If Inter legend Ronaldo wins the election to become the president of the country’s football association, then Carlo Ancelotti will once again become a candidate for the post of coach of the Brazil national team. There is fresh speculation … Read more
Ronaldo made his debut in Brazil in 1994 [Getty Images] Brazil legend Ronaldo has announced he will run for president of the country’s football association and wants to “reclaim the prestige” of the national team. The 48-year-old, who has been capped 98 times, will run as a candidate to replace current Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) … Read more
Mikel Arteta has backed Bukayo Saka to emulate idol Cristiano Ronaldo by becoming a world-class centre-forward. From Hell’s End product to global superstar, the 23-year-old Arsenal winger’s evolution has taken most people by surprise – even within the club. 3 Mikel Arteta has backed Bukayo Saka to emulate Cristiano RonaldoCredit: AFP 3 Saka previously revealed … Read more
13 Ballon d’Ors ©TM/IMAGO Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are two of the most recognizable footballers of all time as a result of their incredible careers spanning three decades. The iconic duo has earned 13 Ballon d’Ors so far, with Messi winning the most in the awards history with eight Ballon d’Ors. The two were … Read more
One of Cristiano Ronaldo’s former Manchester United teammates has revealed there is a team he would never sign with despite receiving offers. Patrice Evra is a close friend of the five-time Ballon d’Or winner and the pair won three consecutive Premier League titles together, as well as the Champions League in 2008. Ronaldo’s first spell … Read more
Manchester United midfielder Casemiro has included his former team-mate Cristiano Ronaldo as one of the three ‘greatest players’ of the current generation of footballers – but he fails to make room for several other world-class players. Casemiro, 32, played alongside Ronaldo, 39, at Real Madrid and United before the five-time Ballon d’Or left the Red … Read more
Former Real Madrid midfielder Sami Khedira has revealed how a former team-mate was more ‘special’ than Cristiano Ronaldo – but the player made a “mistake” by leaving the club. Khedira, 37, has had a successful career at Los Blancos, winning La Liga, the Copa del Rey (x2), the Club World Cup, the Champions League and … Read more
UFC champion Ilya Topuria has told Cristiano Ronaldo to “fuck himself”. The two sports stars have been embroiled in a war of words after Ronaldo predicted a fight between them. 3 Ilya Topuria has targeted Cristiano RonaldoCredit: Getty 3 Al-Nassr striker claims UFC star ‘talks too much’Credit: Getty Topuria, 27, won against American fighter Max … Read more