. Lionel Messi

Ronaldo names his 5 Ballon D’Or favourites

Juventus and Portugal superstar Cristiano Ronaldo has named his five favourites for this year’s Ballon d’Or including one African, but snubbed hoary rival Lionel Messi. The prestigious Golden Ball will be handed out by France Football on 3 December, and many believe there could be a new winner for the first time in 10 years, with Luka […]

Cristiano Ronaldo becomes first player to reach 400 goals in Europe’s top five leagues

Cristiano Ronaldo became the first player to score 400 goals in Europe’s top five leagues as Juventus dropped points for the first time this season when they made a 1-1 draw against Genoa. Ronaldo’s fifth Serie A goal for Juventus was added to his 84 Premier League goals he scored for Manchester United and 311 […]

Cristiano Ronaldo wins UEFA.com Goal of the Season vote

Cristiano Ronaldo‘s stunning overhead kick in the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals for Real Madrid against his current club Juventus has been voted as UEFA.com Goal of the Season. Ronaldo’s strike, which was applauded on the night by his opposing – and it turned out future – fans, topped the poll with nearly 200,000 of the total 346,915 […]

Stars attend glamorous post-wedding party of Cesc Fabregas and Daniella Semaan

Stars attend glamorous post-wedding party of Cesc Fabregas and Daniella Semaan

A string of A-list stars including Lionel Messi, Thierry Henry and John Terry partied together at Cesc Fabregas‘ post-wedding party in Ibiza on Tuesday night.   Chelsea star Fabregas tied the knot with Daniella Semaan in May, however the couple waited until the height of summer – and after the league season and World Cup – […]

France prefer Argentina in the Round of 16 rather than Croatia

Croatia are the team that France want to avoid at all costs in the Round of 16 at the World Cup in Russia, although that means playing instead against Lionel Messi‘s Argentina. The Balkans lead Group D after having won the first two games, but they can lose first place if Nigeria beat Argentina by a […]

Champions League Preview:Barcelona host Manchester City,Arsenal faces Ludogorets

Champions League Preview:Barcelona host Manchester City,Arsenal faces Ludogorets

The UEFA Champions League resumes on Wednesday 19 October 2016, with Barcelona hosting Manchester City as the Highlight of the day. The game is dominated by talk of the return of former Barcelona and Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola at the Nou Camp but other European top sides will be in action also. The Blaugrana […]

La Liga dominates FIFA’s Ballon d’Or shortlist

La Liga dominates FIFA’s Ballon d’Or shortlist

Spain’s Primera Division dominates the FIFA’s 23-man Ballon d’Or shortlist with 11 players with the Premier League and Bundesliga each contributing five. Real Madrid and Barcelona continue their dominance of La liga  with 5 and 6 players from both teams respectively. The list includes; 2014 winner Cristiano Ronaldo, Gareth Bale  the only British player on the list for […]

Chelsea confirm £21 signing of Pedro from Barcelona

Chelsea confirm £21 signing of Pedro from Barcelona

Chelsea have completed the signing of Pedro from Barcelona after beating Manchester United in a deal worth up to £21.1m. Despite United’s executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward flying to Barcelona on Monday 17 august, 2015 to try and finalise terms on the deal, Pedro changed his mind and opted for Chelsea. Chelsea football club released a statement on their […]

Barcelona wins European Super Cup in a nine-goal thriller over Sevilla

Barcelona wins European Super Cup in a nine-goal thriller over Sevilla

Barcelona substitute Pedro scored late in extra time to secure the European Super Cup with a 5-4 win over Sevilla in Tbilisi. Europa League champions Sevilla took a shock lead through Ever Banega in the third minute but Barcelona responded in style with Lionel Messi netting two stunning free-kicks in the seventh and 16th minute […]

Chile wins Copa America 2015 final on penalties

Chile wins Copa America 2015 final on penalties

Chile‘s wait for a major trophy come to an end after they beat Argetina 4-1 on penalties in the 2015 Copa America final. They were one of four teams who took part in the very first tournament in 1916 in Argentina but the best they had ever done was finishing as runner-up, a feat they […]