Denmark striker Nicklas Bendtner was sentenced to 50 days in prison after being convicted of assaulting a taxi driver on Friday. Having missed the summer’s World Cup with injury, 30-year-old Bendtner now faces an uphill task to regain his place in the national team after being suspended by the Danish Football Association. CCTV footage appeared […]
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After failing to score in his first 319 minutes of league action for Juventus, Cristiano Ronaldo finally opened his goals account scoring two in 15 minutes in the Old Lady’s 2-1 home win against Sassuolo on Sunday. In what was turning into another frustrating afternoon for the five-time FIFA Player of the Year winner after […]
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Cristiano Ronaldo is still waiting for his first competitive goal in Italy but the Portuguese superstar made a 2-0 winning home debut with Juventus as Carlo Ancelotti’s Napoli came from two goals down to beat AC Milan 3-2 in the second round of Serie A action. Ronaldo, 33, unintentionally played a role in Mario Mandzukic’s […]
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Real Madrid on Tuesday confirmed the transfer of Cristiano Ronaldo to Italy’s Juventus, with the Portuguese superstar saying the time had come “for a new stage” in his life. “Today Real Madrid wants to give thanks to a player who has demonstrated he is the best in the world and who marked one of the […]
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Cristiano Ronaldo showed nerves of steel to score an injury-time penalty and send holders Real Madrid into the semi-finals of the Champions League in dramatic circumstances. The Spanish side progressed to the last four despite losing 3-1 to Juventus on Wednesday but won a thrilling tie 4-3 on aggregate. Juventus looked to have staged a […]
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Champions League quarter-final first leg games played on Tuesday, saw Cristiano Ronaldo add to his tally as the top scorer in this season’s UEFA Champions League by bagging a spectacular brace to help holders Real Madrid beat Juventus. Ronaldo and Real laid down a marker by leaving Turin with a 3-0 victory after their quarter-final […]
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Harry Kane and Christian Eriksen helped Tottenham back from the brink to hold Juventus to a 2-2 in Turin, spoiling what had looked set to be a Gonzalo Higuain one-man show in the Champions League last 16, first leg on Tuesday. Higuain had put Juventus two goals up within the first nine minutes at the […]
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It rained goals as the Champions League returned on Tuesday night, with Lionel Messi finally scoring a goal against Gianluigi Buffon, as Barcelona outclassed Juventus 3-0 at the Nou Camp. It was Messi who opened the scoring almost on the stroke of half time, after exchanging passes with Luis Suarez. The Argentine helped to set […]
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Hundreds of Juventus fans watching the Champions League final in one of Turin’s main squares were injured when loud bangs created a panic and mayhem. About 400 people were being treated for slight injuries, Italian media reported. About five people were seriously hurt, including a seven-year-old boy who was trampled. Thousands of fans had gathered […]
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Zinedine Zidane’s Real Madrid are the first team in the Champions League era to retain the trophy after defeating Juventus 4-1 in the 2017 final. It was Cristiano Ronaldo’s brace that put Madrid in front before Juventus pulled level through Mario Mandzukic’s brilliance, before Casemiro edged Madrid back in front after the break and the […]
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