FUNCHAL, Portugal -- Cristiano Ronaldo has an airport named after him, but it was his odd-looking statue that attracted attention in Wednesday's ceremony honoring the Portugal star in his hometown.

A car park with a spectacular view of Funchal bay now stands on the site of the house where Cristiano Ronaldo grew up and became a football genius. The superstar's name now brings tourists to the ...

FUNCHAL (Reuters) - When the island of Madeira on Wednesday renamed its airport in honor of its hometown hero Cristiano Ronaldo, all eyes were expected to be on the four-time world player of the year ...

For centuries, sailors and wine merchants knew Madeira as a remote stop between Europe and the New World. Its steep green cliffs, laurel forests and terraced farms shaped the lives of those who lived ...

Local Portuguese media have reported that football legend Cristiano Ronaldo will marry his girlfriend Georgina Rodriguez after the World Cup concludes next year. The summer wedding will reportedly ...

Cristiano Ronaldo unveiled a statue of himself in his hometown of Funchal, Madeira, on Wednesday, but one might be forgiven for missing the likeness. Ronaldo, the Real Madrid superstar, was present at ...

I visited the infamous bust of Cristiano Ronaldo at the airport in Madeira. It was really small and made him look more like a Roman emperor than a soccer star. However, it was by no means the worst ...

Cristiano Ronaldo has the looks, the medals and the money. And now even an airport – in Madeira, where he was born – has been renamed in his honor, with a new bust to boot also unveiled Wednesday of ...