The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), the governing soccer body in Europe, expressed “disbelief” on Monday over FIFA’s decision to suspend the questionable red card issued against U.S. team striker Folarin Balogun.
Europeans have been claiming that FIFA gave the United States special treatment after the organization cleared Folarin Balogun.
Cristiano Ronaldo’s seemingly innocent show of affection and appreciation to a handicapped Iranian artist could land him 99 lashes if he ever visits the Islamic Republic of Iran again.
The shock announcement on Tuesday that golf’s elite PGA Tour would merge with its Saudi rival LIV Golf prompted a wave of outrage and concern that Saudi Arabia, one of the world’s most prolific human rights abusers, was succeeding in a quest to use sports to polish its public image.
An Iranian state news agency called the Young Journalists Club (YJC) recently broadcast a fabricated story alleging Portuguese soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo referred to Israelis as “the most hated” soccer fans and “assassins,” Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) reported on Monday.
Despite claims that a positive test for the coronavirus is a death sentence, many sports stars have gone on to become champions after positive tests.
LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Cristiano Ronaldo has tested positive for the coronavirus, the Portuguese soccer federation said Tuesday.
U.S. women’s soccer team co-captain Megan Rapinoe is begging prominent male soccer stars to must begin agitating for political causes.
Rio de Janeiro (AFP) – Many high-profile figures seeking to denounce the fires in the Amazon — from Madonna and Cristiano Ronaldo to Leonardo DiCaprio and Emmanuel Macron — have unwittingly ended up misleading millions on social media, either sharing photographs of the region that are years old or images taken in other parts of the world.
Madonna and Leonardo DiCaprio were among the scores of Hollywood figures demanding action to address the ongoing crisis in the Brazilian Amazon, where fires continue to ravage the world’s largest tropical rainforest.
Portugese soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo took to Twitter on Wednesday, to deny allegations of rape levied against him. He is accused of rape by Kathryn Mayorga, who is seeking monetary damages from him.
Raking in $88 million, Real Madrid soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo earned more than any other professional athlete in 2016.
Considered by many to be the greatest soccer player of all time, Pele contends today’s footballers come up short compared to those of the past.
When it comes to tackling the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement targeting the Jewish state, Israel and its champions should start fighting fire with fire, comic legend Jackie Mason proposed during a radio interview Sunday.
The Anti-Defamation League is pushing back against social media backlash in response to Cristiano Ronaldo’s appearance in an Israeli cable TV commercial. The ADL sent out the following Tweet in response to a Breitbart Jerusalem article posted on Twitter by the news
TEL AVIV – Predictably, international soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo has been attacked by lone anti-Israel critics on social media over his appearance in an Israeli commercial. The 31-year-old player features in a new ad for Israeli internet provider HOT, alongside
Portuguese soccer star Christian Ronaldo has reportedly bought an Israeli-made private jet. The Real Madrid striker paid €19 million for the Gulfstream G200 business jet produced by Israel Aircraft Industries, according to Lisbon-based news-site Correio da Manhã. Portuguese media reported that
International football star Cristiano Ronaldo has reportedly stumped up $18.5m for a luxury apartment in U.S. Presidential Candidate Donald Trump’s Trump Tower in New York City. The Fifth Avenue apartment is likely to rouse speculation over Ronaldo’s future at his
On the heels of being dumped by golf’s top ranked player in the world Rory McIlroy in 2014, Caroline Wozniacki’s 2015 is off to a bad start as well. Scandinavian apparel designer JBS just dumped the tall, blonde, attractive tennis star from her underwear modeling contract to focus on soccer sensation Cristiano Ronaldo’s underwear line instead.
