Cristiano Ronaldo
Cristiano Ronaldo is one of the most hated, respected, ridiculed and loved football stars today. He is a true icon – splitting public opinion right down the middle. A Portuguese national and a Manchester United star, the right-winger had a career-changing 2006/2007 season, when he came in off an excellent World Cup performance (although people only remembered the diving and the Rooney incident) and led Manchester United to their first Premiership title in four years.
He’s a good player, that boy Ronaldo.
Cristiano Ronaldo: “I am suffering and I have the right to suffer alone.”
Cristiano Ronaldo and his Portugal side were eliminated by Spain after only conceding one goal in four matches. It is said that misery loves company but apparently this was not the case for Cristiano in Cape Town. In comments published by the Madrid broadsheet, Marca, Ronaldo explained his reasons for not attending the post-match press…
World Cup News: Cristiano Ronaldo Spits His Dummy Out!
Morning all, and welcome to the daily World Cup column on Soccerlens. There’s a bit of a strange hush falling across the planet today, as we face the first football-less day in nearly three weeks – and I tell ya, it just don’t feel right. However the good news is, although the action itself is…
Footballers, girls and scandals
You are probably thinking John Terry or Ashley Cole or maybe even Ronaldinho, Robinho and Adriano… Then Cristiano Ronaldo might also come to mind and of the less talked about players, Filippo Inzaghi, Franceco Coco and Christian Vieri. All of these footballers of today are so much obsessed with sex and women, don’t you think?…
Kaka’: “Maradona’s goal was an intentional handball”
Ricardo Kaka’ was probably the last person we would expect to see red in South Africa. “They’d been talking to me about a kid in Brazil. I’d never heard of Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite. From the name he sounded more like a televangelist and that wasn’t far wrong. He looked like a Jehovah’s witness….
Portugal 7 North Korea 0 – So you wanted more goals?
In a sentence A rout. Less organized in defence, more swashbuckling in attack Compared to their defiant effort against Brazil, North Korea were sloppy at the back. Portugal’s fifth and sixth were gifted by defensive errors. Several of the others were the products of loose marking. That being said, for the opening half hour they…
Best World Cup Shirts – Cape Town Fashion Show
The World Cup is quickly approaching, and this means the launch of the biggest show in the world. One month of sweat, tears, joy, sore throats, loud noise, beers, women, and football. Over 2.2 billion people watched the games of the 2006 World Cup, with over 760 million watching the final alone. Since the World…
World Cup Preview Part 1: Rooney’s Metatarsal, Dunga’s Demise and French Revolution!
Now I can point to endless articles I have written on here that have been so on the money, in terms of their predictions/forecasts, that it’s scary! Only recently I predicted the demise of Benitez and that Chelsea would win the PL. I have also clearly pointed out that Mourinho is a lucky wanker, Wenger…
A:3K Football Champion
On 17th July, 2010 at the O2 Arena, A:3K will bring six of the world’s greatest footballers to compete and be crowned the first A:3K Football Champion. A:3K have gathered over £300 million (transfer value) of global football talent to compete in a serie of gladiatorial games of skill. They have confirmed that Cesc Fabregas,…
Kim Kardashian was swept by Cristiano Ronaldo?
If you’re a fan of either of Kim Kardashian of Cristiano Ronaldo, you would know better than I do that Kim has already said that the Portuguese is ‘a good guy’ and ‘a good friend’. Some of the very over-excited people are trying to make an issue out of the two knowing each other that…
Irina Shayk – CR’s Russian WAG
Irina Shayk was born on January 6, 1986 in Russia as Irina Shaykhlislamova. She started modeling in 2005 after being advised to follow a career in show business by a scout. In 2007, she took over for the face of Intimissimi; she held that position until 2009 and she got her claim-to-fame-photo-shoot out of that…

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