The England captain tops with earnings of $27 million in the 2003/04 season, while Ronaldo is second with 16.5 million.
Roberto Carlos will miss the return leg of his side's Champions League knockout tie against Bayern Munich.
Spain's Real Madrid kicked off its pre-season tour of the United States with a 1-1 draw against leading Major League Soccer side D.C. United on Wednesday.
Roberto Carlos said he had been offered a three-year contract by the English champions
Delhi Dynamos FC have signed former Real Madrid player Ruben Gonzalez as their second marquee player for the Hero Indian Super League Season 3.
New signing Michael Owen will prove to be a valuable addition to Real Madrid's squad, defender Roberto Carlos claimed on Sunday.
Ronaldo was named in the Real Madrid squad for Saturday's home league match against Espanyol after a month out with a calf strain.
The last time Brazil played Ireland, in a friendly on the same ground in 1987, they lost 1-0.
Ronaldo scored his first international goal for over a year to help world champions Brazil beat Venezuela 3-0 in their final World Cup qualifier.
There is only one team in the world which can rest high profile players and still win.
Brazilian international Roberto Carlos believes that England captain David Beckham would prefer to play for Real Madrid than arch-rivals Barcelona.\n\n
Real Madrid kept the Primera Liga title race alive by beating Malaga 1-0 in the Bernabeu on Sunday.
The Real Madrid defender, who is reported to have been targeted by Chelsea, was critical of the club's negotiating technique.
The Brazilian is penalised for pushing Israeli referee Alon Yefet in a 2-1 defeat to Portugal.
The Bayern Munich goalkeeper allowed a long-range free-kick by Real's Roberto Carlos to slip under his body in the Champions League first knockout phase match.
Real Madrid beat an over-cautious Barcelona side 2-1 on Saturday to claim their first league win at the Nou Camp in 20 years.
European champions Real Madrid beat Olimpia of Paraguay 2-0 and emphatically brought to an end to a poor run of results.\n\n\n\n
Depor's two Barcelona-born players scored in each half to secure victory at the Nou Camp.
Real Madrid won the Spanish league title for the 29th time defeating Athletico Bilbao
Ronaldo says 2002 was like a dream come true but he believes Roberto Carlos deserved to be named Footballer of the Year as much as he did
Former France and Chelsea striker Nicolas Anelka will return to Mumbai City FC as the team's marquee player-manager for the second season of the Indian Super League (ISL), the club announced on Friday.
Ghanaian striker Richard Gadze's late strike in the 87th minute helped Delhi Dynamos beat hosts Kerala Blasters 1-0 in the Indian Super League football tournament in Kochi on Sunday.
They may have had a poor outing in the inaugural season of the Indian Super League, but ask Delhi Dynamos' manager-cum-player and he would tell you that he is here to win the trophy for the team.
Former India football captain Bhaichung Bhutia said on Tuesday that a merger of the newly floated Indian Super League (ISL) and the long-running I-League is neither going to happen nor is it advisable.
Little more than a year has gone by since Tite took over as coach of a Brazil side still reeling from embarrassing exits in the World Cup and Copa America but in that short time he has transformed the team into favourites for Russia 2018.
Producing an inspirational performance, FC Goa demolished Delhi Dynamos 3-0 in the second leg semi-final to breeze into the summit clash of the Indian Super League (ISL), at Margao on Tuesday night. En route their entry into the final, FC Goa recorded a better goal aggregate of 3-1 after the two semi-final legs.
Brazilian striker Gustavo dos Santos struck an injury-time goal as Delhi Dynamos beat defending champions Atletico de Kolkata by a solitary goal in a closely-fought Indian Super League match.
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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav announced that a football stadium of international standard will be constructed in Lucknow for which a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) would be signed soon.
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