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You know Cristiano Ronaldo’s first son for sure, the boy CR7 is molding in his own image. But one thing you may not have realized is that you don’t know who the boy’s mother is. Of course, it’s not Georgina Rodriguez. She met Ronaldo in 2016 but Cristiano Junior was born in 2010.

It wasn’t Irina Shayk either. Yes, Ronaldo and Irina started dating in 2010, but the only child Irina has is her daughter with Bradley Cooper.

You could keep throwing up names and nothing would stick because the identity of the mother of Cristiano Ronaldo’s first child is a big mystery. 12 years ago, when the boy was born, here’s the public statement Cristiano made:

“It is with great joy and emotion that I inform you that I have recently become father to a baby boy. As agreed with the baby's mother, who prefers to have her identity kept confidential, my son will be under my exclusive guardianship. No further information will be provided on this subject and I request everyone to fully respect my right to privacy (and that of the child), at least, on issues as personal as these are.”

And the truth is that his privacy has been respected so far on this. Nobody has been able to dig up the name or identity of Cristiano Junior’s mom.

You’d think athletes are born fit and in better condition than everyone else but even they have to put significant work in for results. Not all these results can look like Adama Traore or Cristiano Ronaldo’s transformation though. Others tend to be slightly understated even though the player has put in an immense level of work. Lionel Messi is one of these players. 

At just 5 foot 7, you wouldn’t notice the finer details of his physical changes right away but we assure you, they’re there. The Argentine’s body has undergone a massive transformation through the years that has enabled his career to be prolonged while also destroying every team in his path. Let us tell you about how the GOAT made his body into a footballing machine.

Sure you’ve heard the news by now. Cristiano Ronaldo has been banished from the Man United first team after he reportedly refused to come on in the game against Spurs and walked out while the game was still on. He will not feature in the squad that travels to face Chelsea on Saturday.

It was bold of Erik Ten Hag to mete out this punishment to the biggest player in the squad and he was completely backed by the club.

Cristiano Ronaldo’s banishment got us thinking; what other big players have gotten this sort of treatment? Well, here are 10 footballers who were banished for the craziest reasons.

1934 was the first time an African country featured at the FIFA World Cup after Egypt qualified for the tournament in Italy. The continent would, however, not have a representative at the competition until 1970. But since then, there has been a streak of 13 straight FIFA World Cup tournaments with, at least, one African country present. 2022 makes it 14.

But in all these tournaments where we’ve had African representation, the furthest a team from the continent has ever gone is the quarter finals.

Before you think that’s not so bad, compare it with the continent of Asia which has had representation in 15 World Cup tournaments and has managed to produce a country which finished in 4th place.

North America, a continent which obviously does not have as much talent as Africa, even if you add Central America and the Caribbeans, has produced a country which won bronze at a World Cup tournament.

And yeah, you could argue that Ghana were literally just one Suarez hand and then a penalty kick away from a 3rd or 4th place finish in 2010, but we honestly still don’t think that’s enough excuse for a continent blessed with that much talent. Africa should be regulars in the semis, at least.

I mean, the continent is home to the likes of Mo Salah, Sadio Mane, Frack Kessie, and Riyad Mahrez, and before them, it has been home to the likes of George Weah, Samuel Eto’o, Jay Jay Okocha, and Yaya Toure. But the farthest an African country has gone at the World Cup is the quarter finals? Why?

Erling Haaland is a robot. Every day he steps on a football pitch, he looks like a well-oiled machine, breaking records for fun and scoring freakish goals. Even when he’s not scoring, he still looks like a huge threat, terrorizing the opposition defenders and causing havoc in the box.

So, we would like to know what this robot feeds on to make him this good and keep him in great shape. It is no secret that the Norwegian striker follows a very strict diet. That is one of the secrets behind how good and strong he is.

It's easy to assume that football stars have it all laid down for them. And when you look at their goal records, trophies, huge salaries and the expensive lives they afford, you just think to yourself "that’s one lucky footballer".

But that isn’t always the case. And sometimes, footballers actually get on the wrong side of luck a whole lot.

In this video, we talk about some of these footballers who have been unlucky in the game for far too long.

So here are 10 most unlucky footballers in the history of football.

So, let’s get right to it.

Many of you have never watched a football match hosted in Qatar. Some of you have, but the stadiums have since been given facelifts so you probably don’t know what the stadiums over there look like right now. Well, wouldn’t you like to? Come along and take a tour with us.

Here are 8 brilliant Qatar World Cup football stadiums.

The FIFA World Cup is hands-down the biggest competition in world football, and perhaps also the most interesting. So interesting that we often wish that the tournament came around more often than just once every 4 years.

But then, why can’t it happen more frequently? Why does the FIFA World Cup only take place once every 4 years? Here are a few reasons.

Uhm, so, basically, Pep lied. He lied so bad. He lied amidst tears but he still lied. We know Sergio Aguero is perhaps Man City’s biggest legend ever, but he, like a few other legends of other clubs, was replaced pretty quickly, and frankly, pretty perfectly. Here are 10 players who replaced irreplaceable legends.

Top of the Premier League table. 9 games in and still on top of the table. Played Spurs, played United, played Liverpool, and is still top of the table. Second in the highest number of goals scored, second in most clean sheets, and second in the least goals conceded. Yet to drop a single point in Europe this season.

Really, what the heaven is going on with Arsenal?

Yes, we saw some improvement in the team towards the end of last season, but this was a team that had Champions League qualification in their hands and threw it away with just a handful of games to go. Now, just a matter of months later, they look like they really have a title charge in them.

How did it all turn around for the North London club? Let’s quickly look at a few things that have helped Arsenal have such a fine start to the 2022-23 season.