Hilal beat Ronaldo’s team 4-1 in the final of the Saudi Super Cup last weekend. The 18-team league kicks off its season on Thursday. “I’m feeling a lot of apprehension because this season is going to be very difficult,” Al-Hilal defender Kalidou Koulibaly, who signed from Chelsea ...
Cristiano Ronaldo and Al-Nassr’s AFC Champions League Elite game with Esteghlal of Tehran on Tuesday will be as closely watched in India as it is in Saudi Arabia and Iran.
It also shows the budding dominance of Saudi Arabia, replacing Spanish and English clubs at the top of the tree, with four names on the list representing clubs from the Middle Eastern country. One of them, Ronaldo, was paid twice as much as second place - his long-...
Cristiano Ronaldo’s hopes of winning a first major trophy since arriving in Saudi Arabia in 2022 were given an unlikely domestic lifeline on Saturday and, on Monday, the Portuguese star can help Al-Nassr stay on course for a first Asian title. November 24 Ronaldo scores twice as Portugal ...
Ronaldo has reportedly been reaching out to former team-mates to encourage them to join Al-Nassr, where he has failed to win a trophy since joining 18 months ago. Last Friday he was in tears after they lost on penalties in the Saudi King Cup final to Al-Hilal, who ...
Ronaldo makes an unexpected intervention for a fellow player’s transfer. As most people are aware, Ronaldo joined Al Nassr recently after the contract he had with Manchester United terminated. Also, his move to this Saudi Arabia club has had implications for other star players of the club. ...
Newcastle will travel to Saudi Arabia next week for a warm-weather training camp at the home of Cristiano Ronaldo, Confidential can exclusively reveal. The non-international players, led by Eddie Howe and his staff, will train at Al-Awwal Park in Riyadh during a trip that will strength...
When Cristiano Ronaldo was dropped from the Portugal team during the 2022 World Cup and his replacement Goncalo Ramos scored a hat-trick, that felt like it might be the end for the great forward at international level. He was already bound for Saudi Ara...
The 'Riyadh XI' (or Riyadh Season Team) is a team consisting of players from Al Nassr and Al Hilal, Saudi Arabia's biggest clubs. It also features new Al Nassr signing Cristiano Ronaldo.Riyadh Season Team 2023 All-star KitThis is the new in-house Riyadh Season Team all-star jersey for...
Football is hugely popular in Iran and the national team has been a regular at the Fifa World Cup. Ronaldo scored when Portugal beat Iran at the 2006 tournament in Germany. Cristiano Ronaldo, who plays for the Al-Nassr club, is one of the crown jewels in Saudi Arabia’s push into footba...