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Luke Shaw rents Ronaldo's plush five-bedroom mansion in Alderley, Cheshire.

In a year when the ISL brought Indian football to the notice of the world, its national team slumped to its worst-ever FIFA rankings in the 209-nation chart.

"I believe that Cristiano will finish his career at Real Madrid. He's happy at the club and is still keen to achieve more success in Madrid," says agent Mendes.

Wenger vented his anger on his striker Giroud saying the Frenchman deserved the red card in their Boxing Day encounter against the QPR.

United's seventh win in eight league games, the other was drawn, underlined their improvement since a sticky start to the season.

Twice in the past three years, City have won the title on the final day after finishing level with Manchester United on 89 points and edging out Liverpool with 86.

Balotelli will return to Liverpool's squad for the festive programme but manager Rodgers was hardly effusive in his praise of the Italy's striker's credentials on Wednesday.

Media reports have speculated Khedira could move to Bayern Munich and several English clubs are also interested in securing his services.

Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher has urged his old club not to re-sign Fernando Torres.

Blatter said the governing body will publish a confidential probe into the process that picked Russia and Qatar as hosts.

James cited the example of kerala team staying in a South Mumbai hotel while the venue for the final is DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai, which is at least a couple of hours drive.

David Silva had said that Argentine forward Lionel Messi is part of his dream team as he is the best footballer of all time.

The Red Devil's are closely followed by both Newcastle and Liverpool, while Manchester City and Arsenal are in 6th and 7th spot respectively.

Karim Benzema and Gareth Bale scored to help Real Madrid coast past Mexico's Cruz Azul 4-0 on Tuesday.

Ross Barkley scored a sublime solo goal as Everton beat Queens Park Rangers 3-1 at Goodison Park.

Villarreal ended Atletico Madrid's streak of 27 straight home games without a loss in the Spanish league after striker Luciano Vietto scored late to grab a 1-0 win.