One of the finest footballers in the history of the game, Cristiano Ronaldo couldn’t find himself a spot in the Portugal starting XI as his side squared-off against Switzerland in the FIFA World Cup Round of 16 match on Tuesday. While Portugal manager Fernando Santos’ decision left many fans stunned, the move eventually paid off as Ronaldo’s replacement Goncalo Ramos …

Portugal coach Fernando Santos said his decision to leave Cristiano Ronaldo out of his team for Tuesday’s 6-1 triumph over Switzerland in the World Cup last 16 had been “strategic and nothing more.” Santos had expressed his unhappiness with Ronaldo’s reaction to being suspended in the final group stage game against South Korea but he said that matter had no …

Portugal’s hat-trick hero Goncalo Ramos said he had not even dreamt of starting a World Cup knockout match, let alone scoring three in his first start in the tournament. The 21-year-old striker was handed a surprise start ahead of five-times Ballon d’Or winner Cristiano Ronaldo and rewarded coach Fernando Santos with a brilliant match-winning display. “Not even in my wildest …

With Portugal into the FIFA World Cup knockout game against Switzerland, manager Fernando Santos made the big call of dropping Cristiano Ronaldo to the bench. Seeing Ronaldo not in the starting XI, fans and football pundits went berserk on social media, wondering what transpired between the Portugal captain and his manager. Not long after the development former Manchester United defender …

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  The FIFA World Cup 2022 is entering the most exciting stage of the tournament, where top teams will be up against each other in the final few rounds of the tournament. Argentina and Brazil — two South American giants who have already passed the Round of 16 stage — are just one step away from facing each other in …

Cristiano Ronaldo will play for Al-Nassr from January 1, 2023. The Portuguese footballer will join on a two-and-a-half-year contract with the Saudi Arabian side, as reported last week by MARCA. The striker ended his relationship with Manchester United just days before the World Cup in Qatar, making him free to negotiate with any team. Despite the claims that he would …

Neymar returned from injury to help inspire Brazil to a 4-1 victory over South Korea on Monday as the favourites cruised through to the quarter-finals of the World Cup. The world’s most expensive player had sat out his team’s last two matches with a sprained ankle suffered in their first game in Qatar, a 2-0 win over Serbia. But he …

The FIFA World Cup is nearing its business end with six teams already qualifying for the quater-finals. On Monday, Brazil entered the last eight stage after defeating South Korea 4-1 at the Stadim 974 in Qatar. After the match, there was a controversial incident outside the venue involving former Cameroon great Samuel Eto’o, who is also the current Cameroon Football …

Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo, who is a free-agent, having parted ways with Manchester United during the ongoing FIFA World Cup in Qatar, has reportedly been tabled a mouth-watering offer of 200 million Euros a year by Saudi Arabia club Al-Nassr. Ronaldo, who himself claimed to have already turned down a £305 million deal in the summer, isn’t said to have …