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Another prize for Real showman

Cristiano Ronaldo has two Champions League winner medals to show off along with his two world player of the year awards.

Woman boss 'not afraid' of new role

Portugal's Helena Costa was unveiled as the new coach of French side Clermont on Thursday and insisted she was "not afraid" of becoming the first woman to take charge of a men's professional team in a leading European nation.

Wozniacki takes comfort from Liverpool connection

Danish tennis player Caroline Wozniacki said she was drawing comfort from her fellow supporters of the Liverpool soccer club in her first public comments since golfer Rory McIlroy announced their wedding had been called off.

Newcastle's Dummett gets death threats

Newcastle United defender Paul Dummett has received death threats from angry Uruguay fans who blame him for the injury that has put striker Luis Suarez's World Cup campaign in doubt, British media reported on Friday.

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A whole new game for generous Gao

Chinese soccer players are often associated with some of the more unseemly things in life; including corruption, carousing at night clubs late at night and excessive drinking and smoking.

What he said

"It was my father who passed on to me the (generous) spirit ... so by naming the schools, I want to salute to my father and pass the spirit on to my son."

Bale has the stage he craved

On the final day of the Premier League season in May last year, Gareth Bale produced the latest in a series of wonder goals to hand Tottenham Hotspur a 1-0 win over Sunderland.

Prandelli plays down racist taunt at Balotelli

Italy coach Cesare Prandelli played down a racist incident aimed at striker Mario Balotelli at a pre-World Cup training camp but striker Ciro Immobile said players have to help stamp out the scourge.