“The nickname originally came from Italy, the Italians started to call me ‘Il Fenomeno’,” Ronaldo Nazario tells The Athletic, explaining the origins of the old nickname that has now become the title ...

Genuine, unanswered and impenetrable mysteries are rare in modern football: rare, in fact, in modern life. Little is left to the imagination of an avid celebrity follower, with daily updates on ...

Iuliano and Ronaldo collided in the penalty area and the referee waved away appeals, followed by a Juve counter-attack to ...

The shirt won by Brazilian striker Ronaldo in the 1998 World Cup final and a lock of Diego Maradona’s hair are among over 200 items to be auctioned in Paris on December 15. Ronaldo — widely recognised ...

It’s one of the great mysteries of our time: not the Loch Ness Monster, Stonehenge or the Lost City of Atlantis; it’s the case of the missing striker — not so much a whodunit, more a kind of a what ...

The World Cup kicks off this afternoon with all of the pressure on a 21-year-old Brazilian who already has been anointed as the next Pele. Ronaldo may not be a household name in the United States, but ...

Editor's note: Each day between now and the kickoff of the first match of the 2022 FIFA World Cup on Nov. 20, we'll unveil a different memory from World Cup history. The countdown from 101 continues ...

Ronaldo was the Ballon d'Or holder heading into the 1998 World Cup final against France and was tipped to lead his Brazil to glory but suffered a seizure before the game Ronaldo also played a vital ...

Brazil striker Ronaldo was the best player in the world at the time. The 21-year-old had enjoyed an unbelievable 34-goal season with Inter Milan and was targeting the Golden Boot having already scored ...

Former Inter Milan President Massimo Moratti feels that even VAR would not have changed the scandal around the 1997-98 Juventus title win. The former Nerazzurri President bitterly looked back on the ...

It will not be the World Cup opener for Scotland on Friday. It is only a European Championship curtain-raiser. Brazil, therefore, will not be the opposition, and Paris is not the venue. Instead, it is ...

However, his greatest contribution to his country might just have been in Yokohama; his personal touch on the day of that final might just have made all the difference. The events of July 12, 1998, ...