Cristiano Ronaldo broke Raul's career Real Madrid scoring record and his 324th goal for Los Blancos also extended his lead over Lionel Messi of Barcelona in this season's La Liga.

Bollywood actor-producer John Abraham has thanked Portuguese football star Cristiano Ronaldo for sending him a signed Real Madrid jersey.

Cristiano Ronaldo says he still dreams of finishing his career at Real Madrid and can see himself playing until he is 40.

Zinedine Zidane has voiced his admiration for Cristiano Ronaldo and believes the rivalry with Barcelona ace Lionel Messi only spurs on the Real Madrid attacker.

Brazilian football legend Pele has named Lionel Messi as the greatest footballer of the last decade, as he also paid tribute to Neymar and Cristiano Ronaldo.

Cristiano Ronaldo has apologised for being "a bit of a bastard" to the media at an event to celebrate him equaling Raul's record as Real Madrid's all-time leading goal scorer.

Real Madrid moved top of La Liga as Karim Benzema struck in each half to earn the visitors a 2-1 win over Athletic Bilbao at San Mames on Wednesday.

Having helped the Blaugrana to four titles, the Argentine attacker is already the finest footballer to play Champions League.

The former Real Madrid coach is confident that Cristiano Ronaldo will once more be crowned La Liga top scorer in 2015-16.

"Messi is more for the team, preparing the game and assisting, but Ronaldo is maybe more like the Brazilian Ronaldo and scores more. But in my team I would decide Messi, but both are fantastic. Messi now is playing completely different to Ronaldo. Ronaldo plays only in front," says Pele.