Cristiano Ronaldo has been training hard - and we've got the pictures to prove it.

For the first time in 8 months, Cristiano Ronaldo hit the front page of the newspapers. Whilst he's more than happy to be seen on the back, sports, pages of newspapers, the fact that he's once again the talk of the nation will hurt him.

This comes just days after Cristiano complained in the press about the fact that he was front-page news at the time of his father's death and rape allegations.

According to 'a close friend' of one of the non-celebrity, attention-seekers on Big Brother 7, Ronaldo and Imogen (who?) spent the night together last september.

Quite why this makes the front page news is anyones guess. Ronaldo was single at the time, so why do the press think we need to know - he was just an ordinary youngster doing hi thing.

Ronaldo is now said to be romantically involved with Portugese model Merle, 30.

When will the press leave Ronny alone?!

The English football team (less Campbell and Cole who were in the Champions League Final) started their World Cup preparations with a short trip to Portugal.

Cristiano Ronaldo has been unhappy with press coverage for some time, but this weekend he finally came out all guns blazing against the media!

Roy Keane's testimonial may have been just a friendly in real terms, but both teams took it much more seriously than that!

Cristiano Ronaldo has been having a great second half to his season, with statistics pointing to him as both the most consistent passer and tackler of the ball in the Reds midfield.

Ok, so the Award ceremony didn't go exactly according to Cristiano's plan for World dmoination within two years, but Ronaldo was given a standing ovation as he went to pick up his trophy.

Cristiano is supposedly set to swap wings, and start flying down the left for Juventus next season!?

Cristiano Ronaldo didn't manage to to the PFA player awards, as voted for by the players - making them the most important awards in the industry.