Cristiano Ronaldo has again beaten longstanding rival Lionel Messi in the overall earnings stakes, maintaining his status as the highest paid footballer in the world.
Overall, the Portuguese pocketed $82 million in 2015, as revealed by Forbes magazine. Messi, meanwhile, finished in second place with total earnings of $77 million.
Ronaldo received $53 million in salary and bonus payments, plusRead more
Japan on Thursday denied a report that its Tokyo 2020 Olympic bid team had paid 1.3 million euros ($1.48 million) as part of its efforts to host the Summer Games, saying it had won the bid cleanly.
The Guardian newspaper reported on Wednesday that the Tokyo team had made the payments to a Singapore bank account it said was linkedRead more