If history ultimately judges the finest talents by their achievements on the international stage, where neither player has tasted success, then the Portuguese captain could use Sunday's Euro 2016 final to land a haymaker blow in one of football's great rivalries.
Rio Games organizers stepped up police patrols around the Olympic Park on Wednesday after two people were injured when a bus was hit by what security officials said were stones hurled by vandals.
Summary of the South American World Cup qualifiers played on Thursday
Sukanya Verma shares her exciting filmi week with us.
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field
A quick look at the Oscar 2015 nominations.
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field
Carlos Tevez holds out no hope of being part of Argentina's World Cup squad and prefers not to watch their matches on television, the Juventus striker said on Friday.
It has also filled a key gap in its payment systems team by hiring Ravi Byakod, a senior Google engineer.
Former World Cup winning captain Dunga is the favorite on a short list of candidates to coach Brazil's national soccer team, two sources with direct knowledge of the situation said.
A look at the winners of the 89th Annual Academy Awards.
'Imran cannot escape responsibility for providing a mask to the Pakistan army to engage in unlawful activities and to wage aggression after India retaliated to the terrorist attack,' says Ambassador T P Sreenivasan.
World No. 40 Anirban Lahiri will be a part of the International Team, which will take on United States in the biennial Presidents Cup in Korea.
A summary of sports events and persons in the news on Saturday.
The SuperBat movie could be a massive letdown, but it won't be because of Ben Affleck, believes Raja Sen.
France soccer coach Didier Deschamps will file a legal complaint against Eric Cantona after his former national teammate suggested the squad selection for Euro 2016 was racially motivated, Deschamps's lawyer said on Friday.
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field
Now that Jeremy has decided to try his hand at something new, we asked Top Gear's Top Fan Anywhere, Raja Sen, to give Mr C some advice.
Saluting Tom Alter, who passed into the ages on September 29.
British pilots Steve Brooks and Matt Jones will circumnavigate the globe in a restored Spitfire.
Spain captain Iker Casillas has said he finds it strange that the format of the draw for the World Cup finals allowed the holders to be placed in the same group as Netherlands, the team they beat in the final in 2010.
Former England football captain David Beckham announced on Wednesday that he is exercising his option to become the owner of a Major League Soccer team in Miami.
Cernan, a captain in the United States Navy, left his mark on the history of exploration by flying three times in space, twice to the moon.
Rediff.com takes a look at this epicentre of reefer madness that is the 4/20 celebration.
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field
Uruguay's Cristian Rodriguez scored a soft goal in the holders' laboured 1-0 win over outsiders Jamaica when they opened their defence of their Copa America title on Saturday.
Barcelona soccer star Lionel Messi has been sentenced to 21 months in prison after a court in Barcelona found him guilty of three counts of tax fraud, a statement from the court said on Wednesday.
The batting icon has been busy practising for the last 10 days to get in shape for his brainchild the All Stars Cricket League, to be played in the US next month.
In his penultimate State of the Union address, Barack Obama said that the economy is improving.
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field
Salvadorian businessman approached the players with financial inducements before they travelled to Canada for the match at the weekend.
The United State senate has confirmed Indian-American Vince Girdhari Chhabria as the federal judge of the US district court for the northern district of California.
In Brazil it will be the Olympic moment everyone remembers.
News of all that transpired on and off the football field.
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field
Trade and economic issues, including visa, totalisation pact and impediments hampering investments, are likely to figure at Monday's US-India CEO Forum meeting, which will be jointly addressed by visiting US President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo will go head-to-head once again for the title of world's best footballer after being short-listed along with Neymar on Monday for the 2015 FIFA Ballon d'Or.
Used to relying heavily on one key player for their European glory in the past -- Michel Platini and Zinedine Zidane in the 1984 and 2000 tournaments respectively -- French fans have two talented players on whom to pin their hopes at Euro 2016.
The Legend Of Tarzan has too many subplots, and most of them are boring, warns Namrata Thakker.
