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Juventus skipper Giorgio Chiellini has heaped praise on his teammate Cristiano Ronaldo for consistently showing up when the team needed him the most this season. In case you didn’t know… The Bianconeri side went head-to-head with Atalanta in a Serie A game that almost saw the table-toppers lose for the first time in the league this season. Manager Massimiliano Allegri had initially decided on giving his star recruit a rest for the first time since his famous move to the Old Lady as the club wanted the former Real Madrid man to be “in his best shape in March” when the UEFA Champions League journey gets more challenging....

In case you didn’t know… Cristiano Ronaldo joined Juventus from Real Madrid last summer and he has been in a sensational form since then. The Portuguese international scored 19 goals in the league thus far this season, helping Juve maintain a healthy 15 points lead at the top of the Serie A table. The 34-year old is in a fine goal scoring form in the Champions League as well and he guided Juventus to the quarter-finals of the tournament by scoring a brilliant hat-trick against Atletico Madrid in the second leg of the round-of-16 tie....

This will also be the first time since 2004 that they enter the competition as a Premier League side, having only been promoted back to the top-flight last summer. They’re currently languishing on 12th in the standings. The Peacocks have impressed with a fluid attacking brand of football which has caused plenty of trouble for opponents. It’s a similar story for Crawley, who’re the joint-most prolific side in their division, despite sitting only sixth in the rankings....

In this piece, we attempt to build the best backline on the planet. We set up the side with a back four, two centre-backs and two full-backs and a goalkeeper. This is of course not discounting the fact that any choices made here are slightly biased and require picking one player over another. Statistics are important but it is also reputation and reliability which affect the choice of players....

There are roughly 57.3 million freelancers working in the United States, and only about 33 percent of them would prefer a traditional job. Eighty percent of freelancers report being satisfied with their jobs—an optimistic metric given the dreary state of traditional work. Likewise, among our traditional workforce, 36 percent of workers are gig/temp workers. The pros and cons of this shift in the economy are straightforward. Freelancers have autonomy in choosing work and freelancer jobs generally pay well....

The matchup between 8-seed San Diego State and 9-seed Creighton will be no different, as two of the NCAA’s elite defenses go head-to-head for an opportunity to advance to the Round of 32. MORE: Boise State or Memphis? | UNC or Marquette? San Diego State (23-8, 13-4 MWC) is coming off of a hard-fought loss in the Mountain West Conference Championship Game but has stuck to its identity all season....

BRISBANE (Reuters) - A captain’s century hewn from granite and two wickets in a fiery pace assault after tea saw Australia wrest the momentum away from England by the end of an enthralling day three of the series-opening Ashes test in Brisbane on Saturday. Josh Hazlewood snared two victims to leave England 33 for two at stumps and clinging to a seven-run lead after skipper Steve Smith inspired the hosts with a brilliant, unbeaten 141 in front of a grateful crowd of 33,474 at the Gabba....

Jason Sangha, 18, became the second-youngest batsman after Sachin Tendulkar to score a first-class hundred against England on his way to 133, while his captain Matt Short finished the day unbeaten on 134. The tourists would have wanted to take the seven wickets they needed to wrap up a victory in the four-day match fairly quickly but coach Trevor Bayliss said a day labouring in the field was also good practice....

South Africa thrashed England by 340 runs in Nottingham on Monday, levelling the four-match series and consigning Joe Root’s men to a seventh loss in 10 tests. With the first Ashes test set to begin on Nov. 23 in Brisbane, Johnson said England’s preparations had suffered a setback with the defeat. “It’s only one game, but it’s the way they got beaten,” Johnson told Australian media in Sydney on Wednesday....

World Cup finals have always produced historic matches. The pressure that comes with playing a World Cup final is so big that only the best emerge victorious. Teams take three to four years to build the team for the World Cup. They try out different combinations from a pool of players to find a core who will be representing the country in the quadrennial event. Teams after having an impressive run in the group stages have failed miserably in the WC finals....

While Lionel Messi continues to ply his trade for Barcelona, Cristiano Ronaldo has been Juventus’ talisman since securing a move to Turin in the summer of 2018. Both players are still going strong in their 30s and have shown no signs of slowing down, cementing their status as all-time greats of the game. Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have faced off several times in domestic as well as in European competitions over the years....

The Portugal international, who has scored four goals and provided two assists in 11 La Liga games thus far this season, trained away from the group, after suffering from slight discomfort following the Club World Cup final against Gremio. Ronaldo has not trained with the group at any point this week, but sources have told Goal that there is no possibility of him missing the encounter with Barca. Instead, on Thursday, he took the to the training pitch and worked out with a ball, away from his team-mates....

In case you didn’t know… Ronaldo is currently on holiday with his family in Greece after concluding a successful domestic and international campaign. The recent season saw the 34-year-old tally 21 league goals and 8 assists to help the Old Lady to their eighth consecutive Serie A title. He was named Serie A Player of the Year for his contributions, which could be considered a great achievement for a debutant in Italy....

In case you didn’t know… Cristiano Ronaldo has added another trophy to his already illustrious trophy cabinet by winning the inaugural UEFA Nations League after Portugal’s narrow 1-0 win over Netherlands in the final on Sunday. The 34-year-old Portuguese has now won two major international trophies with his national side after breaking his duck back in 2016 UEFA Euro. Ronaldo, who already is the leading scorer for his country with 88 international goals, also ended up as the tournament’s leading goal scorer with 3 goals, courtesy of a stunning hat-trick in the semis against the Swiss....

In case you didn’t know… Along with his arch-rival Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo has dominated world football for more than a decade. After enjoying success with Manchester United, Ronaldo moved to Real Madrid in 2009 and became the top scorer for Los Blancos. Ronaldo moved to Juventus last summer in a world shocking move after netting 450 goals and winning three consecutive UEFA Champions League in his nine year tenure with the Spanish giants....

The 34-year-old Portuguese superstar has already scored in almost 30 countries throughout the world which includes continents like Europe, Asia, and South America. In case you didn’t know…. Despite impressing at Sporting Lisbon, Ronaldo became the superstar at the Manchester United under the guidance of Sir Alex Ferguson where he won first of his five Ballon d’Or. The Portuguese moved to the Spanish capital in the summer of 2009 where he scored a staggering amount of 450 goals in just 438 appearances....

“France had a good tournament, they were unlucky because if Gignac scored, then it would have been finished, give us the trophy,” Abidal said, according to Grup14. Abidal also went on to say that Ronaldo’s absence united the squad: “Ronaldo was out because he was injured and it was a problem for France and an advantage for Portugal. Portugal was more relaxed without Ronaldo, the players there normally play for Ronaldo but without him the team spirit is different, and there was no stress....

It could happen. iTraders now logs about 30,000 hits a day, a tally set to multiply after individual Japanese investors commence discount stock trading on Friday. The latest installment in Tokyo’s “big bang” financial reforms, deregulation will empower some 28 million traders to flee Japan’s major brokerages, stodgy firms notorious for steep commissions and inattentive service. Moreover, cheap computers and a price war among Internet service providers are ushering in Japan’s digital age....