Cristiano Ronaldo and Sergio Ramos attempted to talk Robert Lewandowski into joining them at Real Madrid three years ago, the Bayern Munich striker has claimed. Lewandowski has been repeatedly linked with the LaLiga giants during his decade in Germany with Borussia Dortmund and Bayern. Despite the best efforts of Ronaldo and Ramos, the Poland international […]

Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo skipped training with his Italian club Juventus on Tuesday to dash to the Madeira home of his mother, victim of a stroke, local press reported. “All we can say is that he’s not at training for personal reasons,” Juventus told AFP, without giving further details. READ ALSO: Klopp to beef up FA […]

Cristiano Ronaldo scored for a record-equalling 11th consecutive Serie A game in his 1,000th professional match as Juventus extended their league lead on Saturday with a 2-1 win over basement club SPAL. The 35-year-old tapped in six minutes before the break to equal the mark held by Gabriel Batistuta and Fabio Quagliarella. The five-time Ballon […]

Ronaldo Nazario has admitted that he never wanted to leave Barcelona when his contract expired in 1997. Ronaldo joined Inter upon leaving the Camp Nou before moving on to play for Real Madrid.”I was about to sign my contract extension after the end of the season and then went to Brazil on holiday,” Ronaldo told […]

Cristiano Ronaldo and Zlatan Ibrahimovic are set to go head-to-head in Thursday’s Italian Cup semi-final, first leg between Juventus and AC Milan at the San Siro. Both Ronaldo and Ibrahimovic scored at the weekend in defeats as Juventus fell 2-1 at Hellas Verona, while AC Milan threw away a two-goal lead in a 4-2 defeat […]

Cristiano Ronaldo marked his 50th goal for Juventus in their victory over Fiorentina yesterday afternoon at the Juventus Stadium. The Portuguese star managed to twice find the net in the 3-0 win, with both goals coming from the penalty spot. His 49th Juve goal was struck in the 40th minute, as the 34-year-old buried his […]

Cristiano Ronaldo stretched his scoring streak to nine consecutive league games with a penalty double on Sunday as Juventus bounced back from last weekend’s defeat to Napoli with a 3-0 win over Fiorentina. The Portuguese striker slotted in both his goals from the spot in either half in Turin with Dutch defender Matthijs de Ligt […]

Cristiano Ronaldo extended his scoring streak as Juventus eased past Roma 3-1 to advance to the Italian Cup semi-finals on Wednesday. The Portuguese star picked up a Gonzalo Higuain cross after 26 minutes in Turin finishing off from an angle. It was the 34-year-old’s 12th goal in eight consecutive games in which he has played […]

Gianluigi Buffon praised Cristiano Ronaldo and Gonzalo Higuain for leading by example in Juventus’ 2-0 win over Bayer Leverkusen in the Champions League on Wednesday. Juve already had top spot in Group D wrapped up ahead of their trip to Leverkusen, who needed to avoid defeat to have any chance of advancing to the last […]

Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s return to Italian football seems to be nearing ever closer, which has unsurprisingly led to many interesting comments in the media from the Swedish striker. The 38-year-old, who will become a free agent on December 31 after announcing his decision to depart LA Galaxy, has made several hints about joining a team in […]