Cristiano Ronaldo

FIFA has just announced its shortlist for the Ballon d'Or (the best male player of the year for 2014). After votes from media, captains and managers from a list of 23 players, the following shortlist was determined: Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid/Portugal), Lionel Messi (Barcelona/Argentina) and Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich/Germany) were…

With both teams taking to the field this week for week three of Champions League, Saturday gives us one of the biggest derbies among clubs in the world, the El Clasico between Real Madrid and Barcelona. Is this Clasico different from previous years? Absolutely. In the last few years, Barcelona has been favored until recently, but Real Madrid look…

Real Madrid once again (sort of) made history in La Liga today, by defeating Deportivo La Coruna at the Razior, with an unbelievable score of 8 to 2. Before today, Deportivo's largest number of goals conceded at their home stadium came from a 7 to 0 defeat to Barcelona in 1998. The powerhouse that is Madrid was able break that record with a…

The war of words continues between Angel di Maria and Real Madrid president Florentino Perez. The Argentine winger now claims that Real told him to not play in the World Cup final against Germany, while Perez insists that the club offered him a great deal, only to be snubbed. But with all this talk, who will have come out the winner? Well, we have…