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Cristiano Ronaldo hints on retirement, next year

Ihesiulo Grace 21 August 2019 0

The 34-year-old Portuguese footballer, Cristiano Ronaldo has admitted that he could call time on his career as soon as next year. According to an interview with a Portuguese television station TVI on Tuesday, reports that although he is uncertain when he will hang up his boots to end his

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Cristiano Ronaldo: Criticis are always waiting with their rifles for me to fail

Ihesiulo Grace 14 May 2019

Cristiano Ronaldo is eager to point out that he is no “robot”, with the Juventus superstar having been forced to make peace with the fact that critics wait with “rifles” for him to fail. At 34 years of age, the Portuguese has operated under the brightest of spotlights for long enough to know what to […]

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Barcelona dread Lionel Messi’s Camp Nou departure

Ihesiulo Grace 8 March 2019 0

Barcelona “cannot imagine” life without star player Lionel Messi and are trying to commit him to a new contract to delay his departure, president Josep Maria Bartomeu says. The club’s all-time top goalscorer, Messi has helped fire Barca to nine La Liga titles and four Champions League crowns since his first-team breakthrough more than 15 […]

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Ballon d’Or: Cristiano Ronaldo’s sister under fire for blaming cabal

Ihesiulo Grace 5 December 2018 0

Cristiano Ronaldo’s sisters have hit out after he was beaten to the Ballon d’Or by Luka Modric. Real Madrid and Croatia star Modric was crowned the winner in Paris on Monday night, the first time since Kaka in 2007 that the prize has not gone to Ronaldo or Lionel Messi. Both five-time winners stayed away […]

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Ada Hegerberg first woman to win Ballon D’OR

Ihesiulo Grace 5 December 2018 0

Norwegian striker, Ada Hegerberg, made history Monday in Paris as the first woman to win women’s Ballon D’Or and she hailed it a “big step forward” for the game. The 23 year-old Lyon star — whose prolific form in front of goal helped the French club secure a third successive Champions League victory — edged […]