32-year-old Portugal and Real Madrid ace, Cristiano Ronaldo, on Thursday capped his wonderful year with one of football’s most-priced awards as he became the winner of the Ballon d’Or Award for 2017. Ronaldo has now equalled his fierce rival, Lionel Messi, who also has won the prestigious award on five occasions. The Portuguese won his […]
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Liverpool have secured their place in the last 16 of the Champions League as Group E winners courtesy of a ruthless 7-0 thrashing of Spartak Moscow at Anfield. Philippe Coutinho scored his first career hat-trick as the Reds set a new goalscoring landmark for English clubs in the Champions League, recording their second 7-0 win […]
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Former Manchester City and Real Madrid striker Robinho was sentenced to nine years in prison in Italy on Thursday after he was convicted of gang rape. According to local media, the alleged incident occurred in January 2013, when Robinho was playing for Milan in Serie A. He was found guilty in absentia by an Italian […]
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Zinedine Zidane’s Real bounced back from their 3-1 loss at Tottenham Hotspur last time out by crushing APOEL, with four of the goals coming before half-time in the UEFA Champions League. The record 12-time winners had to wait until the 23rd minute to take the lead through Luka Modric, but a run of five goals […]
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Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester City have both booked places in the round of 16 of the UEFA Champions League. Tottenham Hotspur handed Real Madrid their second successive loss in four days. The London side thrashed the European champions 3-1 at Wembley Stadium in London. Tottenham had held Madrid at home 1-1 when they met two […]
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Champions League matchday three is halfway over after eight fantastic matches on Tuesday that produced 31 goals, with each match seeing at least two goals. Tottenham got a fantastic 1-1 draw on the road at Real Madrid, which tastes like a victory after Borussia Dortmund failed to beat APOEL. Spurs remain six points above Dortmund […]
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Real Betis gave Cristiano Ronaldo’s Real Madrid nothing to smile about their 73-game goal-scoring run was ended on Wednesday after the former pulling off a shock 1-0 victory at the Santiago Bernabeu. Antonio Sanabria struck deep into stoppage time to hand Real Betis the win away to Real Madrid on Wednesday as the European champions […]
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The day 2 of the 2017-2018 Champions League proved to be like the games played on Tuesday, as the teams produced lots of goals. In the games played on Wednesday, Real Madrid starting its trophy defense by romping to a 3-0 win over APOEL. Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice in the Group H encounter, while Sergio […]
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Real Madrid followed up on their first leg 3-1 win over rivals Barcelona, beating them 2-0 at Santiago Bernabeu for a 5-1 aggregate victory to lift the Spanish SuperCup for the tenth time. Marco Asensio who scored a sensational blast on Sunday, scored the first goal against Barcelona in the 4th minute of the encounter, before […]
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Spanish Football Federatio (RFEF), on Monday slapped a five-match ban on Real Madrid’s star forward, Cristiano Ronaldo following his red card in Real Madrid’s Spanish Super Cup first leg 3-1 win over Barcelona. The Portugal international was ordered off after picking up two yellow cards, one for taking his shirt off after putting Real 2-1 […]
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