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Since January 1, 2023, 5 times winner of the “Golden Ball”, Cristiano Ronaldo is continuing his football career, in the Saudi Football Championship and more specifically in the Al-Nassr team, making him the first of the “stars” ” of world football, which passed in this championship, to pave the way for the transfer of “stars”, such as Karim Benzema, N’Golo Kante and many, many others.

Recently, in a statement to the media, Ronaldo spoke about his transfer to the “giants” of Al-Nassr, where he showed that he did not regret his transfer to Saudi Arabia, even the “Lusitanian” is convinced that football in the Middle East has started an important journey that will be very competitive in the future, as he added that currently the Arab championship is stronger than Ligue 1 in France.

“The choice to move to Saudi Arabia was the right one and the most perfect choice I could have made. Saudi Arabia has just started its journey and it will take some time to grow. But, step by step, the level will increase and after a few years I think that this championship will be one of the three strongest in the world.

The people here in Saudi Arabia have something to be proud of. This league is not less strong than Ligue 1, I even think it is stronger. After a year spent here, I can say this with complete certainty”, said the 5-time “Golden Ball” winner.

Meanwhile, we remember that until now, the former “star” of Manchester United, Real Madrid and Juventus has so far made a total of 44 appearances, with the Al-Nassr team, where he managed to find the net 38 times. , as well as assisting his teammates on a total of 13 occasions.

Jannik Sinner qualified for the 1/8 stage of the first Slam tournament of the calendar year 2024: “Australian Open”.

The Italian tennis player had a very easy victory over the Argentinian Sebastian Baez, whom he beat with the numbers 3-0 (6-0, 6-1, 6-3).

The match didn’t have much of a story, with Sinner dictating the Melbourne pitches. The challenge between the two tennis players did not even last two hours, with Jannik in excellent form. With this victory, the 22-year-old will face the Russian Karen Khachanov, who triumphed easily over Tomas Machac, the tennis player from the Czech Republic.

In the other matches of the day, Novak Djokovic easily defeated Argentine opponent Martin Etcheverry. The world number 1 beat his rival 3-0 (6-3, 6-3, 7-6) in a match that lasted 2 hours and 30 minutes. Djokovic remains the tennis player to beat in this competition.

On the other hand, 24-year-old Etcheverry has to leave the distant continent despite a good tournament.
The Australian Open event entered its 13th day, with the best tennis players advancing. The grand final of this Slam will take place on January 28 in Melbourne.

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The matches of the 1/32 stage were played for the first important Slam competition of this year, the “Australian Open”.

Number two in the world, Carlos Alcaraz managed to pass the Italian Lorenzo Sonego with considerable difficulty.

The tennis player from Murcia won with the result 3-1 (6-4, 6-7, 6-4, 7-6) in a challenge that lasted a full 3 hours and 30 minutes.

Alcaraz started the match better than Sonego, with the latter trying to rival the 20-year-old, but unable to succeed.

With this victory, the Spaniard passed to the next stage of the tournament, where he will face the Chinese Juncheng Shang, who in turn eliminated the Indian Sumit Nagal.

In the next match in Melbourne, Casper Ruud managed to overcome the Australian Max Purcell with great suffering.

The meeting, which lasted for nearly 4 hours, ended 3-2 (6-3, 6-7, 6-3, 3-6, 7-6) in favor of the Norwegian.

The challenge was extremely exciting, which was decided only by the “Tie-Break” round. Disadvantage for Ruud in this duel was the local public who was a fan of their “boy of the house” 25-year-old Purcell.

With this success, Ruud moved to the top 16, where he will face the British Norrie, who defeated the Italian Zeppieri with great difficulty.

The strongest match of this phase is expected to be that of Jannik Sinner who will challenge the Argentine Sebastian Baez. There have been no surprises on the Australian tour so far, with the best tennis players advancing.

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An unbelievable and embarrassing joke. Such is the story of the former star of Chelsea and West Ham, Carlton Cole, who has remembered one of the moments with the national team of England, at that time led by Fabio Capello.

Cole spoke about a joke made by Wayne Rooney, who dropped a viagra pill in one of his drinks before a training session. This joke from the former Manchester United footballer forced him to hold a training session “on his feet”, much to the laughter of his teammates:

“I had a prolonged erection in training. I wasn’t excited, but it was because of what Rooney had done to me. I was the fastest person on that pitch, I had three legs.”

Jermain Defoe also recalls the joke: “Carlton was always smiling and happy, so Rooney and I had chosen him as the victim. He only took his drink because he thought: Oh yeah, vitamins, good for my body. It didn’t make it to hold back his laughter when we revealed to him what he had just received.”

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Messi’s triumph for the best player of FIFA 2023 has aroused a lot of controversy. A very controversial assessment given that the time frame referred to for the vote started from December 19, 2022, thus excluding the World Cup in Qatar where he had seen the Argentinian protagonist .

Lothar Matthaus, German football legend and winner of the FIFA World Player award in 1991, spoke to Sky Deutschland:

“If you look at the big successes, then a player from Manchester City deserves it. It had to be Erling Haaland. He has won more important titles with City and his goal percentage is impressive, something decisive for this decision.”

Messi ended up equal in points with Haaland in the vote, but the award went to the Argentine since FIFA in this case then uses the evaluation of the captains of the national teams, which were more in favor of the Argentine.

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