The Portuguese agreed to rejoin the Red Devils on Friday after deciding to end his association with Juventus. Ronaldo arrived in Lisbon from Turin on his private jet to begin preparations for the international break. It is now reported that Cristiano Ronaldo underwent his medical over the weekend without any problems. Manchester United are now expected to complete the rest of the paperwork before the end of deadline day....
Ronaldo was thrown right into the starting lineup in a game that had the feel of a major occasion at Old Trafford, where he last appeared in a Manchester United shirt back in May 2009. He didn’t disappoint the sell-out crowd on hand. The Manchester United No. 7 poached his first goal just before halftime after the Newcastle goalkeeper spilled a shot and Ronaldo was at the doorestep to push the ball over the line....
Vivieros, who worked as a cleaner moved to Australia to find a better life about 20 years ago along with his wife and children.Ronaldo was only nine years old back then. Ronaldo’s mother, Maria Dolores, decided not to join her parents and siblings, choosing to remain in the family’s modest home in Funchal, the capital of Madeira, while her teenage son established himself with Portugese powerhouse Sporting Lisbon. Dolores still makes her home in Madeira, while her immediate family have long since settled in Yangebup, a suburb of Perth, Australia....
— John C. Maxwell Creating change that your team will want to embrace is a big undertaking yet also very doable with support, planning, and constant communication. When people feel like they can be successful and the heroes of the transformation journey, they will be your biggest champions. Why can change be so hard? In an article by Tony Robbins, he addresses one of our basic needs: the need for certainty....
During the first decade or so that rosuvastatin was on the market, it was widely touted as a “third-generation statin,” and hence as being more effective and possibly causing fewer adverse effects than most other statin drugs. As the years have gone by and as evidence from clinical trials has accumulated, much of the early enthusiasm for this specific statin has become moderated. Most experts now consider the relative risks and benefits of rosuvastatin to be largely similar to those of other statins....
South Africa are themselves missing regular captain Faf du Plessis, who has opted out of the first match of the four-test series due to family reasons, leading batsman AB de Villiers and pace spearhead Dale Steyn. Thursday’s match will be Joe Root’s coronation as England’s new test captain, while the hosts are missing injured pace duo Chris Woakes and Jake Ball. England’s experienced pace duo James Anderson and Stuart Broad are also returning to the side after injury-forced absences....
Players and staff were travelling from Barsapara Stadium back to their team hotel in the eastern city when the rock pierced the window on the right-hand side of the bus, CA said on its website . The board said the rock was “believed to be roughly the size of a cricket ball” and had ended up inside the bus. “In a remarkable piece of good fortune, no one was sitting on the seat next to the window when it was broken,” CA’s report said....
Eranga was reported during the second test against England at Chester-le-Street in May 2016 and was barred from bowling in international matches when his action was found to be illegal following an independent assessment. “Eranga underwent a re-assessment of his bowling action… with the assessment concluding that the amount of elbow extension in his standard deliveries was within the 15-degree level of tolerance permitted,” the governing body said. Eranga’s ban was announced a few hours after he was taken to hospital for heart tests when he reported feeling discomfort while batting during a one-day international against Ireland....
The year also had its share of controversy with sandpaper gate being one of the major highlights. It brought in the limelight, some of the very talented young players through U-19 World Cup but also witnessed some of the greats bidding adieu to the game. To everything that happened in the last twelve months, there is no way a social media platform like Twitter may not reflect the timeline of events....
“We have been proud of you for the last 20 years and will always be. With you cricket is in safe hands,” Ganguly, also the CAB joint secretary, said at the event. “He has been a proven administrator and we can only hope of better things from him,” he said. Dalmiya has held the top post in CAB since 1993 except for a 19-month hiatus after he resigned in December 2006 on being expelled from the Board of Control for Cricket in India on charges of embezzlement....
It is a known fact that the BCCI has been calling the shots in the cricketing world for quite some time now. They decided to make it official by the introduction of the concept of ‘Big Three’, which comprises of India, Australia and England. While it is difficult for an average cricket follower like me to understand the exact terms under this new structure, I can only hope that it will be good for cricket in the long run....
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Defending champions Mumbai Indians start their ninth edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) campaign against new franchise Rising Pune Supergiants at the Wankhede Stadium here on Saturday. “I am very much traditionalist as far as our game is concerned. I might be looking like an old school guy like I am saying. Players I believe should still be judged on how good a Test player they are. I think that it is the way cricket has been looked upon all the time....
Ronaldo has never played in Europe’s second-tier club competition and should United’s rut continue, he might demand to leave Old Trafford at the end of the season. The Portuguese prodigy has scored nine goals in 13 outings so far, with five coming in the Champions League alone. Sadly, Manchester United have hit an unexpected slump under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, who appears lost at Old Trafford. Rio Ferdinand recently expressed his views on the subject stating if Cristiano Ronaldo would consider playing in the Europa League, it would be a massive ‘stain’ on his career....
The Portugal superstar drilled through the legs of Lukas Hradecky late in the Group D contest at Allianz Stadium to complete a routine victory in which Gonzalo Higuain and Federico Bernardeschi were also on target. Leverkusen became the 33rd team in the competition that Ronaldo has scored against, meaning the 34-year-old matched a benchmark set by his fellow Real Madrid great Raul. Ronaldo is already the player with the most goals in Champions League history, while his 17 strikes in Madrid’s 2013-14 success was the most netted by a player in a single campaign....
In case you didn’t know… After winning three consecutive Champions League trophies among other notable accolades, Ronaldo moved to Juventus from Real Madrid last year. In his nine seasons with Los Blancos, he became the greatest goalscorer of the club with 450 goals. Since his transfer to Turin, the five-time Ballon d’Or winner has played a pivotal part for the Old lady in his debut season in Italy. He has racked up 28 goals in all competitions - 21 of them coming in the Serie A which helped the Bianconeri win their eight consecutive league title....
Fires have been blazing on the Island for the last three days. Four people have died so far and more than 300 hundred have been injured and more than 1000 people have had to be shifted. There is a conjecture that the blaze, which started outside the city may have been fired intentionally and the heavy wind has done the rest of the damage. So far several suspects have already been arrested....
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Every summer window is incomplete without linking Ronaldo to a move away from Real Madrid but the statement from the Laliga confirmed that Ronaldo requested his move to Turin and thus, he will be allowed to leave. The love between the fans of Old Lady and Ronaldo was witnessed when Ronaldo scored his miraculous bicycle kick against the Italian side. Juventus’ fans stood on their feet to praise the Portuguese winger which amazed Ronaldo....
Cristiano Ronaldo was officially unveiled as an Al-Nassr player on January 3 in front of the club’s supporters at Mrsool Park. Before the unveiling, Ronaldo claimed that he not only wanted to develop Saudi Arabian football, but the country in general as well. Ahmed asked the former Real Madrid superstar to do the humane thing and shed light on human rights violations across the country. She said (via Amnesty.org):...
