Brazil Great Ronaldo to Run for CBF Presidency

 Brazilian former football star Ronaldo waves to the crowd during a friendly match with legends of Brazil's Flamengo and Italy's Inter Milan as farewell of former Brazilian player Adriano at Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on December 15, 2024. (AFP)
Brazilian former football star Ronaldo waves to the crowd during a friendly match with legends of Brazil's Flamengo and Italy's Inter Milan as farewell of former Brazilian player Adriano at Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on December 15, 2024. (AFP)
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Brazil Great Ronaldo to Run for CBF Presidency

 Brazilian former football star Ronaldo waves to the crowd during a friendly match with legends of Brazil's Flamengo and Italy's Inter Milan as farewell of former Brazilian player Adriano at Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on December 15, 2024. (AFP)
Brazilian former football star Ronaldo waves to the crowd during a friendly match with legends of Brazil's Flamengo and Italy's Inter Milan as farewell of former Brazilian player Adriano at Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on December 15, 2024. (AFP)

Former Brazil striker Ronaldo will run for the presidency of the country's football confederation (CBF), the 48-year-old said on Monday.

Ronaldo, who won the World Cup with Brazil in 1994 and 2002, will run as a candidate in the CBF elections to replace current president Ednaldo Rodrigues in 2026.

"Among hundreds of things that motivate me to become a candidate for president of the CBF, I want to recover this prestige and respect that the Selecao (Brazil's national team) always had and today nobody else has," he told Globo Esporte.

The former Barcelona, Inter Milan and Real Madrid forward currently also said he expects to sell his stake in Spanish top-flight side Real Valladolid.

"We're negotiating a possible sale very soon and we should close the deal. It won't be an obstacle to my candidacy," he added.

Ronaldo previously owned a 90% stake in Brazilian team Cruzeiro, which he sold earlier this year.



Bayern Full Back Sacha Boey Out with Ankle Ligament Issue as his Run of Injuries Continues

FILED - 30 November 2024, North Rhine-Westphalia, Dortmund: Munich's Sacha Boey plays the ball during the German Bundesliga soccer match between Borussia Dortmund - Bayern Munich at Signal Iduna Park. Photo: Federico Gambarini/dpa
FILED - 30 November 2024, North Rhine-Westphalia, Dortmund: Munich's Sacha Boey plays the ball during the German Bundesliga soccer match between Borussia Dortmund - Bayern Munich at Signal Iduna Park. Photo: Federico Gambarini/dpa
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Bayern Full Back Sacha Boey Out with Ankle Ligament Issue as his Run of Injuries Continues

FILED - 30 November 2024, North Rhine-Westphalia, Dortmund: Munich's Sacha Boey plays the ball during the German Bundesliga soccer match between Borussia Dortmund - Bayern Munich at Signal Iduna Park. Photo: Federico Gambarini/dpa
FILED - 30 November 2024, North Rhine-Westphalia, Dortmund: Munich's Sacha Boey plays the ball during the German Bundesliga soccer match between Borussia Dortmund - Bayern Munich at Signal Iduna Park. Photo: Federico Gambarini/dpa

Bayern Munich full back Sacha Boey has suffered an ankle ligament injury as his struggle for fitness continues.
Boey had only returned to action late last month after tearing the meniscus in his left knee in September.
“FC Bayern will be without Sacha Boey for the time being after the defender suffered an ankle ligament injury in training,” The Associated Press quoted the club as saying on Tuesday.
Boey joined Bayern from Galatasaray in January but has spent more time out of the squad than in it. Two hamstring tears restricted him to just two Bundesliga games in the 2023-24 season and he's played only eight times in all competitions this season.