Champions League winning Liverpool star 👏 12. Most successful Irish footballer in history 🔥 6. Free-kick specialist ...

The couple’s lawyer called the allegations “false.” By Shayla Colon Mariano Rivera, the Hall of Fame pitcher for the New York Yankees, has been accused in a lawsuit of concealing repeated ...

A new lawsuit in New York alleges Mariano Rivera and his wife, Clara, of ignoring the sexual abuse of a minor that occurred both at their home and a church. The New York Yankees legend is the ...

Yankees legend Mariano Rivera and his wife, Clara Rivera, have been accused of covering up the sexual abuse of a child affiliated with their Christian church. According to court documents ...

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Legendary midfielder Zinedine Zidane once named the player he believed was robbed of winning the Ballon d'Or – and it wasn't Real Madrid star Vinicius Junior. The Brazilian was the heavy ...

Zinedine Zidane knows who "deserved" to win the Ballon d'Or but never managed to during their career in football, but it's not Thierry Henry. Speaking in 2024 on CBS’ Champions League coverage ...

Lionel Messi promised to make Neymar a Ballon d'Or winner in a last-gasp attempt to keep the Brazilian at Barcelona prior to his move to PSG. The Brazilian made up one-third of football's most ...

Ten goals in 27 league games was a decent haul – matching the likes of Milan legend Gianni Rivera that term ... major honours and secure the Ballon d’Or. However, despite the brevity ...

Best, Law and Charlton together scored 665 goals in 1,636 games for the club. And each won the Ballon d'Or between 1964-68 — with Cristiano Ronaldo in 2008 the only United player to do it since.

Pic: AP The only Scottish player to have won the Ballon d'Or award, in 1964, he was also part of United's triumphant campaign in the 1968 European Cup - in which they became the first English club ...

Denis Law, the great Manchester United striker who won the Ballon d’Or and European Cup during a legendary career, has died aged 84. Law, the only Scot ever to be named European Footballer of ...