Cristiano Ronaldo blasts ‘campaign’ against him

Real Madrid superstar Cristiano Ronaldo claimed he had to overcome media “campaigns” against him to win Fifa’s inaugural ‘The Best’ prize for the world’s best player.

He lifted the award at a star-studded ceremony in Zurich on Monday after a glittering year on the pitch saw him lead Madrid to Champions League glory and captain Portugal to their first ever major international triumph at Euro 2016.

However, his year was blighted by reports in December that claimed a huge data leak involving 18 million documents showed the Portuguese hid €150m from image rights in the British Virgin Islands. Ronaldo, 31, has strongly denied all claims of wrongdoing.