Ronaldo will retire at Real Madrid!!

Amid growing speculations that Cristiano Ronaldo, the Portuguese forward of the Real Madrid, may join Manchester United or a big -spending French club of Monaco, Real Madrid president Florentino Perez has vowed that Ronaldo will never leave Real Madrid and would ultimately retire from them.

Perez said: "Ronaldo wants to retire at Real Madrid, and we want him to retire here, just like [Zinedine] Zidane and so many other great players did."

Florentino Perez added Real have not made a bid for Spurs' Gareth Bale, or received an offer from Arsenal for Gonzalo Higuain.

It may be added that Argentine striker Higuain has been heavily linked with a move to the Gunners  since saying he wanted to leave the Bernabeu at the end of last season.

"We don't want Higuain to leave," he said. "What's more, no-one from Arsenal has come to us and made us any offers at all for him. There are no offers on the table."

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Football: Monaco set to make world record £85m bid for Cristiano Ronaldo

Monaco is poised to make a world record €100m (£85m) bid for Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo, it is learnt.

Ronaldo has just two years left on his contract at Madrid and is known to be disillusioned with life at the Santiago Bernabeu, at the end of his fourth season there.

Monaco are closely monitoring Ronaldo's negotiations with Real Madrid over a contract extension, and if no deal is done by late July or August they will make their move.

Monaco is reported to offer Ronaldo an annual salary of €20m, which would equate to nearly £330,000 per week. The principality of Monaco does not charge its residents income tax and so Ronaldo would become the highest-paid footballer in the world.

It may be added that The Ligue 1 club, funded by Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev, have already spent over £110m this summer on Radamel Falcao of Atletico Madrid and James Rodriguez and Joao Moutinho of Porto.

via The Independent
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Ronaldo Takes Real Madrid to Champions League Last Four for Record 24th Time

Ronaldo rejoices his goal over Galatasaray

It was Cristiano Ronaldo's day when Real Madrid played their Champions League quarterfinal match against Galatasaray last evening.

Although the match ended in 3-2 in favour of Galatasaray, Real Madrid made it 5-3 on aggregate to reach the last four stage for a record 24th times.

Ronaldo opened the account for Real Madrid in the 8th minutes and then rested and waited like a hungry lion to strike at the right moment.

Meanwhile Galatasaray scored three goals in the second half. Eboue struck in the 57th minute, while Sneijder and Drogba scored a goal each at a minute's interval in the 71st and 72nd minute.

And then they left the match for Ronaldo to win over. Ronaldo struck just before the final whistle in the 90th minutes as he drilled past Fernando Muslera in injury-time - almost 90 minutes after seemingly ending their hopes with the opener.

The home crowd erupted as they sensed a remarkable upset, but in truth Galatasaray failed to capitalise as Mourinho brought on Raul Albiol for midfielder Mesut Ozil to stifle the hosts.

via BBC Cport/Football 
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Ronaldo's two goals against Barcelona propel Real Madrid into Copa del Rey final

Tuesday night duel between Barcelona and Real Madrid was treat to watch as Real Madrid stunned the Barca with a 3-1 victory, completing a 4-2 aggregate win in the Copa del Rey semi-final second-leg in the Nou Camp.

Ronaldo sent Jose Manuel Pinto the wrong way to open the scoring from the spot

It seemed theat Lionel Messi was some where else and not in the arena as it was Cristiano Ronaldo shinning and striking. And in the match, when the absence of ex-Barca boss Pep Guardiola and his successor Tito Vilanova really started to show, Ronaldo was imperious.

He raced away on 15 minutes to draw a foul from Gerard Pique inside the area, then picked himself up and put the penalty past Manuel Pinto to become the first player ever to score in six  consecutive away Clasicos.

In the second half, with stunned Barcelona chasing the game, Angel Di Maria sped past Carles Puyol in another lightning counter attack and when the ball fell to to Ronaldo, the former Manchester United striker scored again — the first player to score doubles in consecutive Clasicos away from home.

In contrast, Messi, who went into the game looking for his 50th goal of the season, cut a  forlorn figure as Barcelona repeated the same starting 10 outfield players as they had against AC Milan and delivered a similarly lacklustre performance.

The third and final goal came for the 19 years old Varane, which was a carbon copy of his first-leg equaliser — brought the most emotional of responses from Mourinho, who embraced the centre back on the touchline and was in turn mobbed by most of his players as Madrid celebrated a home humiliation for Barcelona.

As for Messi, he was high and dry and could not complete his 50th goal of the season. It was Jordi Alba who scored a late consolation goal as a face saver for the Barcas.

via Mail Online

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It is Tonight: FIFA Annual Awards Gala - Ballon d'Or | Watch Live Free Streaming - 7 January 2013

The much awaited FIFA Annual Awards Gala - Ballon d'Or arrives tonight, Monday evening.

Three contenders for the coveted Ballons d'Or [Photo: AFP/BBC]

Something that everyone has been wanting and waiting, even Lionel Messi himself, is the historic 4th time world's best player honour for Lionel Messi.

Lionel Andrés Messi, who hails from Argentina and plays for the leading club Barcelona broke many records this year as weh at Movin' Sports have been monitoring and writing about earlier.

He first broke the record of Pelé, who scored 75 goals in 1958 and Messi overtook him. Then it was the world record made by German Mueller of 85 goals in a calendar year made in 1972 - Messi has scored 91.

The Legends: Pelé [left] Messi [centre] - Mueller [right]

For his superb performance all along, he has thrice been honoured with the Ballon d'Or and in all probabilities, he should make it for the fourth time this year as he broke two world records of decades old and emerged as the highest scoring football player ever.

If he is honoured tonight, he will break the world record of three-time winners Zinedine Zidane and Ronaldo of Brazil and even of himself. For tonight's award giving ceremony  Messi is certainly is the most favourite to win the FIFA Ballon d'Or prize ahead of club teammate Andres Iniesta and his great rival Cristiano Ronaldo of Real Madrid, who complete the three-man shortlist in Zurich.

Although Pelé and Maradona are the big names in the world of football, the emergence of Messi may make him one of the living legends ever.

The FIFA Annual Awards Gala - Ballon d'Or is scheduled for Monday, 7 January at 18:00 GMT at Zurich, Switzerland.

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Ronaldo not to celebrate goals against Red Devils

Real Madrid's ace striker Cristiano Ronaldo says he will not celebrate if he scores against Manchester United.

Ronaldo with Sir Alex

Real Madrid have been tied against the Red Devils in the Round of 16 of the Champions League at the Bernabeu on 13 February and then at Old Trafford on 5 March following Thursday's draw.

Ronaldo has six years' affiliation with the Red Devils and his nostalgia will not allow celebrating his goals against his old club - something he still values and remembers:

"It is thanks to Manchester United that I play for Real Madrid. Without them, I wouldn't be the player I am today."

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The recent draw takes 27 years old Ronaldo for his first visit to Old Trafford since his £80m move to Spain in June 2009.

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Elbow from Navarro leaves Ronaldo briefly losing eyesight from both eyes

Cristiano Ronaldo is out of Portugal's friendly with Gabon on Wednesday after 'losing the vision in both his eyes' following an elbow in the face during Real Madrid's win over Levante.

Ronaldo was due to have tests at a Madrid hospital after being caught by defender David Navarro in the opening exchanges of last night's clash. 

A patched-up Ronaldo celebrates scoring against Levante [Photo: AFP/Getty Images]

Ronaldo returned to the action after being patched up on the sidelines and even managed to score Real's opener in the 21st minute. However, the former Manchester United star was unable to return for the second half and coach Jose Mourinho said that his star forward 'lost vision in both eyes and couldn't go on'. 

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Ronaldo set to make Portugal's Russia date

Portugal's star striker Cristiano Ronaldo is set to shrug off a weekend shoulder injury sustained playing for Real Madrid in time for Friday's World Cup qualifier with Russia, the Portuguese team doctor said Monday.

"We think we can get him fit in time for the Russia match," said Dr Henrique Jones.

Ronaldo suffered a sprain during Real's 2-2 draw with Barcelona but still joined up with the national squad.

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The striker, who scored both of his club's goals at Barcelona's Camp Nou stadium on Sunday, landed badly on his shoulder after trying to score with an overhead kick in the 64th minute.

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Spain beat Portugal on penalties to defend title in Euro 2012 Final

The match Wednesday night between the defending champion Spain and Portugal was nothing but exciting, hair raising and a treat to watch.

Jubilation in the Spanish camp after their penalties finished win over Portugal that takes them to defend title in the Euro final on Sunday [Phot BBC]

While many thought that Spain will simply prevail upon the Portugese were proved wrong as Portugal put up a stiff resistance and did not let the Spaniard score any goal in the two halves. The match finished 0-0 after extra time and took the decision to the penalties - something reminding the England vs Italy quarterfinal.

It was finally the Barcelona midfielder Cesc Fabregas who struck the winning penalty to take his team to 4-2 win over the Portugese.

The defending champions have won nine knowckout matches at major tournaments without conceding a goal. But credit should be given to Portugal who stood to their feet and put up a formidable resistance against the World and Euro champions, which is something many were not expecing.

Portugal's Ronaldo did make concerted efforts to take his team to final, but it was lady luck that prevented him the honour. 

As for Fabregas, it may be recalled that it was he, who had scored the winning penalty in the Euro 2008 quarter-final win over Italy. And last night he was the one who took his team to defend the title in the final of Euro 2012 being played on July 1 at Olympic Stadium, Kiev, against either Germany or Italy who clash Thursday evening for a final decider.

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Portugal vs Spain Free Live Streaming: Semi Finals Euro 2012 - 27 June

The Euro 2012 has entered in to the semi finals stage with the defending champion Spain, Portugal, Germany and Italy eyeing at the cup which is now so close.

The first semi final is being played between the dfending champion Spain and Portugal from Group B on on Wednesday, 27 June.

From Group, Portugal and Germany qualified for the semis. Portugal finished second in Group B behind Germany. While Portugal overpowered Denmark and Netherlands in the group matches, they  only lost to Germany. Portugal mett Czech Republic in the quarterfinals and beat them 1-0 with a solitary goal by Ronaldo to reach the semis.

Portugal meets defending champion Spain which not lost a single game so far. The Spaniards defeated Ireland, Croatia and France with no goals scored against them - however, it was only Italy that scored a goal and levelled their match 1-1.

So we watch the first semifinal of Euro 2012 Wednesday and see how can Portugal's ace scorer and midfielder Ronaldo influence the outcome of the match against Spain. 

Watch the exciting semi final between Spain and Portugal on Wednesday, 27 June 2012 at 02:45 PM ET

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Messi, Ronaldo making history at La Liga scoring record of 41 goals

Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi have both broken the record for league goals in a Primera Division season on the very same night.

Messi and Ronaldo: Making 

History

Ronaldo headed a crucial second for Real Madrid as Jose Mourinho's men came from behind to beat Sporting Gijon 3-1 at the Santiago Bernabeu, while Messi hit a double in Barcelona's match at Levante later on Saturday.

Ronaldo had equalled last season's total of 40 with a hat-trick in the 4-1 derby win at Atletico Madrid on Wednesday, but surpassed the mark on Saturday after scoring with a 73rd-minute header at the Bernabeu.

Messi, meanwhile, began the day on 39 league goals but his two second-half goals saw Barca come from behind at Levante and he, too, now has 41 Primera Division strikes this term. The Argentine also equalled a Liga record by scoring for the 10th game in a row.

Messi now has 64 goals in all competitions, while Ronaldo has scored 53. Madrid also levelled their all-time Liga goals record of 107 strikes and will look to surpass that total, set by John Toshack's Real side in 1989-90, in next weekend's Clasico at Camp Nou.

Source: IBN Live