CRISTIANO RONALDO

A wild summer transfer window was about to close with Manchester United and Manchester City completing deadline-day signings and other Premier League clubs still active in the market despite England’s top flight already spending more than $2 billion on new players.

Manchester United delivered a performance of intensity and spirit against a backdrop of protests against the club’s ownership to beat fierce rival Liverpool 2-1 and finally claim its first points in the Premier League this season.

Thousands of Manchester United fans angry at the direction of the club under its American owners took part in a protest ahead of the Premier League game against Liverpool.

It appears Ralf Rangnick was correct when he made the blunt assessment that Manchester United needed soccer’s equivalent of “open-heart surgery” to fix the many issues afflicting England’s biggest club.

Temperatures soared in England and no one was feeling the heat more than Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag.

Seven-time Ballon d’Or winner Lionel Messi was omitted from the 30-man list of nominees for the prestigious award.

The World Cup in Qatar takes place from Nov. 20-Dec. 18.

One of the most eagerly anticipated World Cups in memory — as much for off-the-field reasons as those on it — is just around the corner in Qatar and excitement is building after the qualification period was wrapped. The tournament starts on Nov. 21 and the final is set for Dec. 18.

Cristiano Ronaldo has arrived at Manchester United’s training ground with his agent with the Portugal great’s future at the English club up in the air.

Cristiano Ronaldo has not yet returned to preseason training with Manchester United because of what has been publicly described as “personal reasons.”.

Cristiano Ronaldo wants a U.S. judge to order a woman’s lawyer to pay the international soccer star more than $626,000 after claiming in a failed lawsuit in 2018 that Ronaldo raped the woman in Las Vegas nearly a decade earlier.

An employee of Ronaldo crashed the vehicle while delivering it to him on holiday in Majorca on Monday, the Daily Mail reported. No one was injured.

Ronaldo’s legal team does not dispute Ronaldo met the woman and they had sex in June 2009, but maintained it was consensual and not rape.

The lawsuit was thrown out to punish the plaintiff's attorney over the use of leaked and stolen documents detailing attorney-client discussions between Ronaldo and his lawyers.

A Nevada woman has lost her bid in a U.S. court to force international soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo to pay millions of dollars more than the $375,000 in hush money she received after she claimed he raped her in Las Vegas in 2009.

Karim Benzema was in a supporting role to Cristiano Ronaldo the last time he was in a Champions League final.

It'll be a clash of styles when Jurgen Klopp and Carlo Ancelotti lead Liverpool and Real Madrid into the Champions League final on Saturday.

Manchester City has agreed to sign Erling Haaland from Borussia Dortmund.

Cristiano Ronaldo continues to be the shining light in an otherwise disappointing season for Manchester United.

Cristiano Ronaldo’s fifth goal in three games has salvaged a point for Manchester United in a 1-1 draw against Chelsea that further damaged his team’s chances of a top-four finish in the Premier League.

Cristiano Ronaldo took to social media on Monday to say one of his newborn twins has died.

Soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo and his partner Georgina Rodriguez said their newborn son had died.

The soccer star and his girlfriend, Georgina Rodríguez, who also gave birth to a daughter, said they are “devastated at this loss."

"Our baby boy, you are our angel. We will always love you," Ronaldo and his partner said in a joint statement.

"Our baby boy, you are our angel. We will always love you," Ronaldo and his partner said in a joint statement.

Ronaldo apologized to the fan via Instagram and invited him to a future game.

A bid by the New York Times to obtain a Las Vegas police file compiled about Cristiano Ronaldo after a Nevada woman claimed in 2018 that the international soccer star raped her in 2009 could be moved from federal to state court.

A quick exchange with Manchester United star Cristiano Ronaldo was enough to fuel speculation that Tom Brady might not really be retiring from the NFL.

Tom Brady picked the perfect moment to come to Old Trafford to witness a rarity from Cristiano Ronaldo who scored only his second Manchester United hat trick.

Man City dropping points, Newcastle winning a game and a drone stopping play.

Ralf Rangnick has started his tenure as Manchester United manager with a 1-0 win over Crystal Palace in the Premier League thanks to a rare goal from Fred at Old Trafford.

Spain, Serbia and Croatia are heading to next year’s World Cup.

Eric Bailly scored an own-goal in the seventh minute and Bernardo Silva beat David de Gea at his near post in first-half stoppage time as Manchester City won 2-0 at Manchester United.

Robert Lewandowski has scored a hat trick on his 100th Champions League appearance to lead Bayern Munich into the last-16 with a 5-2 rout of Benfica.

Ole Gunnar Solskjær has celebrated a vital win with Manchester United after doubts were raised about his future.

A federal magistrate judge in Nevada is siding with Cristiano Ronaldo’s lawyers against a woman suing for more than the $375,000 in hush money she received in 2010 after saying the international soccer star raped her in Las Vegas.

Cristiano Ronaldo was grumbling to himself and shaking his head as he went straight toward the tunnel at the final whistle of Manchester United’s latest slip-up at Old Trafford.

For weeks, the Afghanistan national girls soccer team had been waiting for word they could leave.

Cristiano Ronaldo began the comeback as Manchester United won 2-1 at West Ham thanks to Mark Noble having a penalty saved in stoppage time straight after being brought off the bench.

Cristiano Ronaldo began the comeback as Manchester United won 2-1 at West Ham thanks to Mark Noble missing a penalty in stoppage time for the hosts straight after being brought off the bench.

Cristiano Ronaldo has scored twice on his return to Manchester United after 12 years in a 4-1 victory over Newcastle in the English Premier League.

Julie Foudy, a two-time World Cup champion and two-time Olympic gold medalist, speaks about the international effort to evacuate members of Afghanistan's girls national soccer team and their families over fears of reprisal by the Taliban. (Sept. 1)

An international effort is underway to evacuate members of Afghanistan's girls national soccer team and their families over fears of reprisal by the Taliban. (Sept. 1)

Cristiano Ronaldo has become the highest-scoring man in the international soccer history with his 110th goal for Portugal on Wednesday.

Mason Greenwood is making sure Manchester United doesn’t neglect his scoring prowess when Cristiano Ronaldo returns.

Two goals and an assist from Ferran Torres led Manchester City to a 5-0 victory over 10-man Arsenal.

After 12 years, Ronaldo is going back to Old Trafford, where he achieved success as a young player.

Cristiano Ronaldo's agent Jorge Mendes says a deal that would see the Portugal captain return to Man Utd is very close, Sky Sports reports.

Cristiano Ronaldo is headed back to Manchester United.

Barcelona say Lionel Messi will not stay with the club.

Thomas Delaney and Kasper Dolberg scored a goal each to give Denmark a 2-1 win over the Czech Republic and a spot in the European Championship semifinals.

Belgium held Cristiano Ronaldo scoreless and defeated defending champion Portugal 1-0 to advance to the quarterfinals of the European Championship.

Tomas Holes and Patrik Schick scored second-half goals to give the Czech Republic a 2-0 win over 10-man Netherlands and a place in the quarterfinals of the European Championship.

The group stage of the European Championship is compete.

Cristiano Ronaldo scored two penalties to tie the overall men’s scoring record with 109 goals and Portugal advanced to the round of 16 at the European Championship after a 2-2 draw with France.

Populist Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has long used soccer to advance his right-wing politics.

Germany got half of its goals from Portugal in a 4-2 victory at the European Championship.

By the end of Ronaldo's press conference, Coca-Cola's shares had already started falling.

The trend of removing sponsor bottles at European Championship news conferences was started by Cristiano Ronaldo.

By the end of Ronaldo's press conference, Coca-Cola's shares had already started falling.

By the end of Ronaldo's press conference, Coca-Cola's shares had already started falling.

Cristiano Ronaldo set the record for most goals at the European Championship with two of them in Portugal’s 3-0 victory over Hungary at a packed Puskas Arena.

Cristiano Ronaldo was stopped by a security official to have his identity checked before playing for Portugal against Hungary at the European Championship.

Italy will play Turkey in the opening game of the European Championship on Friday.

More than a decade after soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo paid $375,000 to hush a Nevada woman’s claim that he raped her in Las Vegas, new allegations about cyber hacking, document theft and attorney misconduct are being raised to block the woman’s bid for another payout. Ronaldo’s lawyers are asking a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed after reports of the sexual encounter became public and to punish the woman’s attorney, Leslie Mark Stovall, for soliciting allegedly stolen documents in July 2018 from an entity called “Football Leaks," months before filing the case. “No sanction less than dismissal will suffice,” Ronaldo’s attorneys, Peter Christiansen and Kendelee Works, wrote in a federal court filing submitted May 27.

Lionel Messi is set to play his 45th “clásico” match against Real Madrid.

Serbian state TV has reported the captain’s armband that Cristiano Ronaldo angrily threw to the ground during Portugal’s World Cup qualifier in Belgrade last week has been sold to an unidentified bidder for $75,000 at a charity auction.

Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo reacts during the World Cup 2022 group A qualifying soccer match between Serbia and Portugal at the Rajko Mitic stadium in Belgrade, Serbia, Saturday, March 27, 2021. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)Portugal and Belgium were left frustrated by draws in their World Cup qualifying matches. Stéphanie Frappart made more history as the first woman to referee a men's World Cup qualifier as the Netherlands beat Latvia 2-0. TV replays indicated the ball did cross the line, but goal-line technology and video review aren't used in the World Cup qualifiers. Artem Dzyuba scored both of Russia's goals to move within one goal of the Russian team record of 30 held by retired striker Alexander Kerzhakov.

Ronaldo was supposed to play against Sweden on Wednesday, but he was dropped from the match.

Ronaldo's lawyer in Las Vegas, Peter Christiansen, declined to comment about the documents he filed Oct. 14. A companion document also filed Oct.14 in U.S. District court asks the judge to order out-of-court talks to settle the lawsuit. Las Vegas police last year reinvestigated the rape allegation, but no criminal charge was filed. Mayorga, now 36, is a former schoolteacher and model who lives in the Las Vegas area. A federal judge in Las Vegas has not set a hearing date on Ronaldo's bid to stop the court case.

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