The Brazilian striker scored twice in a 3-0 win over Mohammedan Sporting in the National Football League.
Cristiano Ronaldo's son, Cristiano Ronaldo Jnior, has officially begun his international journey making his Portugal Under-16 debut in a 2-0 win over hosts Turkey on Thursday in Antalya.
Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo became a father for the fourth time after girlfriend Georgina Rodriguez gave birth to a baby girl Alana Martina.
According to AFP, British tabloid The Sun had reported in March that the quadruple Ballon d'Or winner was expecting twins.
Indian Super League side FC Goa was drawn along with superstar footballer Cristiano Ronaldo's Al Nassr of Saudi Arabia in Group D of the AFC Champions League 2.
The Dempo striker's funeral was held in Taguatinga, 30 kms from Brazilia in Brazil on Wednesday evening, a Dempo official said.
It would take a few days to get Brazilian striker Cristiano Junior's post-mortem report which would throw light on the cause of his death.
Indian soccer officials will launch an inquiry into the death of Dempo SC striker Cristiano Junior during the final of Federation Cup on Sunday.
The post-mortem report revealed that Dempo striker Cristiano Junior died following an cardiac arrest.
Goan football fans and Dempo players bid a tearful farewell to Cristiano Junior, whose body would be flown to Brazil.
Julianna also asked that some organs of Junior which had been removed for medico-legal tests be returned to the family after the formalities were completed.
Manchester City fans took a not-so-subtle dig at Real Madrid's Vinicius Jr during Tuesday's Champions League playoff game
'Cristiano scored 50 goals and you can't find someone today who scores that many. Some of us have to take a step forward and, while not scoring 50, what we need is two or three players who score 15, 20, or 10 goals and we don't have that.'
Brazilian striker Cristiano Junior scored a brace as Dempo outplayed Mohun Bagan 2-0 to lift the 26th Federation Cup Football Championship.
Ronaldo had won his first Ballon d'Or in 2008 while he was playing for Manchester United and still holds the record of the last Premier League player to claim the top prize. Messi won his first in 2009 and was nominated for 16 years.
Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo posted an adorable photograph of his newborn twins on Thursday.
Rumours and speculations abound that Cristiano Ronaldo will be heading to Old Trafford soon.
Brazilian striker Cristiano Junior collapsed during the finals of the Federation Cup Football Championship after being fouled by Mohun Bagan goalkeeper.
Dempo officials have disputed the autopsy report, which said there were no signs of injury, external or internal, in Cristiano Junior's body.
The defending champions edged past city rivals Tollygunge Agragami 1-0.
The Mohun Bagan goalkeeper claimed innocence saying he had no intention to hurt Cristiano Junior.
All India Football Federation decided to treat him leniently as he is a young player.
For months, the 2024 Ballon d'Or seemed to have a clear front-runner, with everyone anticipating the coronation of Vinícius Júnior as the new king of football.
'The only way to change things is to professionalise the administration,' says AIFF secretary Alberto Colaco.
International Master Divya Deshmukh maintained a slender half-point lead after defeating Norman Kseniya of Russia in the eighth round of the World Junior Girls' chess championship in Gandhinagar on Monday.
With 11 million likes, Beyonce's maternity shoot pic tops the list of most-liked pics of 2017.
Dempo's Coach Armando Colaco said if Junior had been taken to the nearby Mallya hospital, he could have been saved.
The event that was inaugurated by five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand will have 11 rounds before the best player in the under-20 category can be determined in both sections.
The Brazilian died of cardiac arrest following over-exertion and excitement, the final post-mortem report confirmed, a top police official said.
The Mohun Bagan goalkeeper was accused of an unfair tackle on Dempo's Cristiano Junior just before he collapsed to the ground.
The Goa team beat Everready 3-1 in the Federation Cup football match.
A 3-0 victory swelled the defending champions' lead atop the National Football League.
The Mohun Bagan goalkeeper said he felt terribly bad at the tragic death of Cristiano Junior.
The Brazilian striker scored both the goals as the champions beat Haywards Sporting in their concluding match.
East Bengal beat Mohun Bagan 2-1 and now stand just three points away from their third NFL title.
The defending champions maintained their standings at the top of the league table with 31 points from 15 matches with second placed Dempo on 28.
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