District attorneys in Las Vegas declined to prosecute a sexual-assault claim against Cristiano Ronaldo.
Police matched a DNA sample from Cristiano Ronaldo to evidence from an alleged 2009 rape at a Las Vegas hotel, but detectives struggled with uncooperative attorneys for his accuser before prosecutors declined to pursue a criminal charge, according to correspondence obtained by Outside the Lines.
In emails between Clark County prosecutors and Las Vegas police, detectives expressed frustrations about attorneys for Ronaldo’s accuser, Kathryn Mayorga.
“Communicating with the victim is now impossible…

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District attorneys in Las Vegas declined to prosecute a sexual assault claim against Cristiano Ronaldo.
Police matched a DNA sample from Cristiano Ronaldo to evidence from an alleged 2009 rape at a Las Vegas hotel, but detectives struggled with uncooperative attorneys for his accuser before prosecutors declined to pursue a criminal charge, according to correspondence obtained by Outside the Lines.
In emails between Clark County (Nevada) prosecutors and Las Vegas police, detectives expressed frustrations about attorneys for Ronaldo’s accuser, Kathryn Mayorga.
“Communicating with the victim is now impossible…

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Cristiano Ronaldo’s lawyers are trying to push a lawsuit by a Nevada woman who alleges the football star raped her out of U.S. court and into private arbitration.
Court documents filed in Las Vegas ask a judge to declare a confidentiality agreement and $375,000 hush-money settlement stemming from the 2009 encounter are still in effect with plaintiff Kathryn Mayorga.
Mayorga’s lawyers didn’t immediately respond Wednesday to messages.
Ronaldo’s attorney, Peter Christiansen, declined comment. He has…

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Lionel Messi ensures Barcelona fans the club will fight for every trophy in 2019-20 after only winning La Liga and the Spanish Super Cup in 2018-19.

Stewart Robson cites Barcelona’s defeats against Liverpool and Roma in response to Cristiano Ronaldo’s comments that money cannot buy a UCL title.

Ross Dyer and Shaka Hislop go through the nominees for FIFA’s The Best men’s player award, including Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Virgil van Dijk.
Barcelona forward Lionel Messi and Juventus ace Cristiano Ronaldo have been nominated for the UEFA Champions League Forward of the Season award.
UEFA also announced their list of nominees for the best goalkeeper, defender and midfielder from last season’s tournament.
Messi scored 12 goals in the tournament as Barcelona reached the semifinals before suffering a comeback defeat to eventual winners Liverpool. Meanwhile, Ronaldo scored six goals — including a hat-trick against Atletico Madrid — as…

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LAS VEGAS — Cristiano Ronaldo has lost a bid for dismissal or complete secrecy in a federal lawsuit by a Nevada woman who accuses him of raping her at a Las Vegas resort in 2009.
Attorney Larissa Drohobyczer, representing Ronaldo’s accuser, Kathryn Mayorga, said Friday she was satisfied with U.S. District Judge Jennifer Dorsey’s ruling in Las Vegas. Ronaldo’s attorney, Peter Christiansen, declined to comment.
Ronaldo’s attorneys have said their client and Mayorga had consensual sex in June 2009….

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Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk won the Premier League Player of the Year in May.

Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk and Juventus forward Cristiano Ronaldo are among the nominees for FIFA’s The Best award for 2019, along with Barcelona’s Lionel Messi and Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah, organisers have announced.
Premier League Player of the Year Van Dijk won the Champions League with Liverpool last season, as well as finishing runner up in the UEFA Nations League with Netherlands.
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Ronaldo — who won the award in 2016 and 2017 — helped Juve to the Serie…

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Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk won the Premier League Player of the Season in May.

Virgil van Dijk and Cristiano Ronaldo are among the nominees for FIFA’s The Best award for 2019, along with Lionel Messi and Mohamed Salah, organisers have announced.
Premier League Player of the Year Van Dijk won the Champions League with Liverpool last season, as well as finishing runner up in the UEFA Nations League with Netherlands.
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Ronaldo — who finished runner up for the award last year — won the Serie A in his first season with Juventus, finishing the season with 21 league goals….

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The FC crew examine Real Madrid’s current issues as Zinedine Zidane’s side head into the La Liga season on the back of a dismal ICC performance.

Steve Nicol and Stewart Robson explain why they’re convinced Atletico Madrid are set up to have more success than rivals Real Madrid this campaign.

Gab Marcotti explains how Real Madrid’s shocking defeat to Atletico Madrid has reignited efforts to bring Paul Pogba to the Santiago Bernabeu.

Gab Marcotti shares the latest on a potential swap deal that would send Paulo Dybala to Manchester United and Romelu Lukaku to Juventus.

Shaka Hislop and Stewart Robson disagree on whether a Romelu Lukaku-Paulo Dybala swap would be good business for Manchester United and Juventus.

ESPN FC’s Matteo Bonetti and Steve Nicol have a difference of opinion on whether or not Maurizio Sarri’s methodologies are innovative.
Ex-Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo has cited former rivals Barcelona as proof that money cannot buy success in the Champions League.
Ronaldo, who was in Madrid to pick up his Marca Leyenda lifetime achievement award, is hoping to become just the second player to win the Champions League with three different clubs and.
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“It is always the year of Juventus, of Madrid,…

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