DORTMUND, Germany – The fat man sang Tuesday, but that doesn’t mean it’s all over. Defending champion Brazil, powered by goals from Ronaldo, Adriano and Ze Roberto, swept into the quarterfinals of the ...

It’s July 1, 2006 and Ian Wright is spitting feathers in the BBC World Cup studio. “Please tell me no,” sighs a weary Alan Hansen. Cristiano Ronaldo’s crime? Winking at the Portugal bench shortly ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Dortmund, Germany – Suddenly, Ronaldo doesn’t look so fat anymore. Ronaldo, a three-time world player of the year, became the greatest scorer in World Cup ...

FRANKFURT – Brazil opened its new camp yesterday in Bergisch Gladbach, but still faced the same, paralyzing dilemma: What to do with Ronaldo, the team’s famously popular, but suddenly inept striker?

Speaking from his office in Brasilia, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva put the question directly to his country’s soccer coach. “He is very strong, president,” Carlos Alberto Parreira promised. “He is not ...

© Clive Brunskill/Getty ImagesCristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney playing for Manchester United. Cameras zoomed in on Ronaldo speaking to the official and then ...

Wayne Rooney has finally revealed how he really felt towards Cristiano Ronaldo after he was sent off during England's World Cup quarter-final tie with Portugal in 2006. Ronaldo and Rooney were ...

A total of 736 players went to the 2006 World Cup in Germany, with 32 nations fielding 23-man squads. Nineteen years later, ...

Here is an overview of Ronaldo’s World Cup record since his debut in the competition back in 2006. The Portuguese was merely ...

Cristiano Ronaldo has officially confirmed that the 2026 FIFA World Cup will be his final appearance on football’s biggest stage. The five-time Ballon d’Or winner, who has represented Portugal in ...