In 2004, 19-year-old Cristiano Ronaldo sporting a frizzy look, wearing a loose Portuguese top uncharacteristic of current times, yet to be proven, was seen shedding tears as he sat down on home soil. The pitch at that moment could not have felt any stiffer. Dreams shattered, crushed into…
Cristiano Ronaldo And His Softer Side
Tsunami 2004: A 9-yr-old Acehnese boy called Martunis, was swept a mile away from his home by an onslaught of massive waves that hit the region, which eventually was triggered by an earthquake. For 19 lonely days, he survived on wild berries, dried noodles and water from rain…
Nike Suggests You Risk Everything For The Love Of The Game
2008 – The entertaining and voguish director of successful English contemporary movies – “Snatch” and “Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels” takes a go at a commercial for Nike. Creates a masterpiece. You know – the ad, which somehow built a distant image of that faceless person in…
Ronaldo Paves The Path To Rio And Eventually A Ballon D’ Or
Another match-winning display, another feat achieved by Ronaldo. Last night’s extraordinary performance against Zlatan’s men could not have come at any better time than this. Both legs were always going to be labeled as Ibrahimovic versus Ronaldo. But it was latter who sent his country to Brazil. No…
Was Cristiano Ronaldo Campaigning For Palestine?
What to make of all the rumors flooding the internet that Cristiano Ronaldo refused to exchange jerseys with Israeli players? Nothing. The video above clearly shows that CR7 made no gesture to taking off his shirt and offering it in exchange to any player from the Israeli squad. The match…
Observations on a Wednesday Night Comeback
– Writing in caps lock that Cristiano Ronaldo is better doesn’t make him better. I too can invoke <h1> <h2> tags but choose not to. – Lionel Messi does not belong to this planetary system. He must reside on the star Alpha Centauri, closest star to our solar…
Cristiano Ronaldo – The Great Dipper
Greatness is always accompanied by a skill that is both signature and is almost difficult to imitate with the fair degree of precision. Cristiano Ronaldo has that skill when it comes to dead ball situations. We celebrate that stance with this design, which leaves the opposition in jittery…
Happiness Comes In The 90th Minute
Gonzalo Higuain, David Silva, Mehmet Ożil, Carlos Tevez, Iker Casillas, Yaya Toure and the majestic Cristiano Ronaldo. These were some of the names on display in the first round of games in the journey in attaining European glory. It truly couldn’t get better than this in opening night,…