Cristiano Ronaldo won FIFA Ballon d'or award 2013

January 14, 2014
Real Madrid and Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo has been honored as the best football player in the world for 2013 with the FIFA Ballon d'Or award ahead of Lionel Messi and Franck Ribery.  It's the second time he's won the award in the past five years. He was overcome with emotion after being named the world’s best player for 2013 on Monday, which ended Lionel Messi’s dominance of the award.

 C. Ronaldo with Pele after reviving award
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Although he failed to win any major titles with Real Madrid last season was rewarded for his bumper year having scored 66 goals in 56 games for Real Madrid and Portugal throughout the year as well as a brilliant hat-trick against Sweden in World Cup 2014 playoff match saw him scrape football's most prestigious individual award at FIFA's gala evening in Zurich. Ronaldo won this award in earlier in 2008. 

Thank you to everyone, my team mates, the national team and my family, to everyone here, ‘’ the Real Madrid and Portugal forward said, with emotion after accepting the trophy. 

Ronaldo added that, I cannot speak’’, runner up for three of the last four years.

Messi won this award for the past four years, but he missed last six weeks of the year owing injury but he scored 42 goals in 45 games for Barcelona and Argentina, he also won La Liga and Copa Del Rey for Barca. 

World Cup draw 2014

December 6, 2013
Football is the popular game in the world. The FIFA World Cup or World Cup is an international association football competition participated by the senior men’s national teams of the members of Federation International Football Association (FIFA). The championship takes place every four years and it was first played in 1930. Spain is the defending champion of the tournament in South Africa 2010. There are 32 teams who are participating for the title it was just 13 teams in 1930 world cup and it became 16 in 1934 world cup the number of participating team increased from 16 to 24 in 1982 world cup and from 1998 it became 32 till now.  Brazil is the host country in 2014 world cup. Total 19 world cup tournaments have been held and there are 8 different countries who won the title. Brazil is the most successful country with five titles and they are the only team to participate in every tournament. Italy won four times, Germany won three times, Uruguay and Argentina won two times and England, France and Spain won one time each. Ronaldo (Brazil) is the leading goal scorer with 15 goals followed by Gurd Mullar and Miroslav Klose of Germany with 14 goals. Portugal, France and England played playoff match to qualify for world cup. Portugal beat Sweden by 4-2 goals in which Cristiano Ronaldo scored all 4 goals and Zlatan Ibrahimovic of Sweden replied brace for the team. C. Ronaldo scored hat-trick in the second leg match. Gareth Bale of Real Madrid and Wales, Peter Cech of Chelsea and Czech Republic, Zlatan Ibrahimovic of PSG and Sweden and Robert Lewandowski of Doutmand and Poland are the some star footballers who will miss the upcoming world cup tournament. C. Ronaldo, Messi, Neymar, Hugeine, Ronney, Robin Van Persie, Roben, Benzama, Ribery will be the star footballers to play in upcoming world cup 2014.  German’s forward Miroslav Klose may break the record set by Ronaldo (Brazil).  Following s is the world cup draw of 20th world cup 2014.