Cristiano Ronaldo named Best Player in Europe

UEFA Champions League winner with Real Spanish capital and a ecu champion with European country, Cristiano Ronaldo has claimed the 2015/16 UEFA Best Player in Europe Award.

Cristiano Ronaldo won the award for the best football player in Europe last season, when serving the European nation to win the European Championship and yet another authentic national funding campaign excellent.

Ronaldo, a player favorite Star Award and the Fourth World France Atletico Madrid beat Club colleagues "In the land of Wales Gareth Bale" Antoine griezmann.

Thursday, the vote, announced that journalists from five member countries of the European Union, draw "champions".

In addition to receiving the award in 2014 Ronaldo. Lionel Messi (twice), Andrés Iniesta and Franck Ribéry antisidintli won the first prize, which was awarded in 2011.

The Union European creation price when the player first European honor year, referred to as balloon of gold, constituted by the price of soccer player in the world.

Ronaldo reaction

"It's an excellent honour. My team-mates ar the key – they're the key per annum. I putting your all into myself however while not their facilitate this could not be potential. because of my team-mates from Real Spanish capital and Portuguese Republic. [Winning EURO] was completely different as a result of I've won the Champions League 3 times currently. To win one thing with Portuguese Republic was the highlight of my career.".

Rio athletic contest 2016: Spectacular closing ceremony as Olympic flag goes to Tokyo

The metropolis Olympic Games terminated with a spectacular carnival-inspired closing ceremony, and also the official relinquishing to 2020 hosts national capital.

The colourful ceremony, lasting virtually 3 hours, celebrated Brazil's arts and was control in a very wet Maracana.

Among the highlights were Tokyo's spectacular showcase and a vivacious carnival parade.

"These were a marvellous Olympic Games, in a very marvellous town," aforesaid International Olympic Committee chief Thomas Bach.

"Over the last sixteen days a united Brazil galvanized the globe, in troublesome times for all people, with its irresistible joy for keeps."

Bach formally closed the Games of the thirty first Olympiad when sixteen days of competition, that includes eleven,303 athletes from 206 nations and a exile team.

One of the most important cheers of the night came once Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe appeared dressed as video game character Super Mario, rising out of a large inexperienced pipe within the structure.

The ceremony, watched by billions round the world, featured the parade of athletes and a dramatic ending of the Olympic flame.

Women's hockey captain Kate Richardson-Walsh carried the flag for excellent United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, World Health Organization finished the Games with sixty seven medals - their highest tally at a remote Olympic Games.

Super-heavyweight boxer Joe James Augustine Aloysius Joyce had earlier won Britain's final medallion of metropolis 2016 - a silver - as they finished second within the medallion table to the u.  s., prior to China.

Mo Farah won his fourth Olympic gold

Great Britain's Mo Farah won his fourth Olympic gold as he became solely the second man to retain the five,000m and ten,000m titles.

The 33-year-old triumphed within the five,000m final in metropolis to increase his tally as Britain's most triple-crown Olympic track and field jock of all time.

Farah won in thirteen minutes three.30 seconds as Scot Andrew Butchart finished sixth.

"It shows I did not simply fluke it in London. to try to to it once more is unbelievable. i am unable to believe it," aforesaid Farah.

Farah's was Britain's twenty seventh gold in metropolis and their sixty fifth accolade, matching the haul at the 2012 Games in London.

They surpassed that 2012 tally once the women's 4x400m relay team won bronze within the penultimate footrace of the 2016 Games.