In La Liga Loop - Messi and Ronaldo: Return to the Pichichi Race

By The Stock

It was seconds out round two last night as Argentina and Portugal took to the field in Geneva to facilitate the ongoing battle between the world’s two dominant footballing icons: Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.

Earlier this season, a Messi inspired Barcelona bloodied the nose of Ronaldo and Mad
 rid by inflicting a humiliating 5-0 defeat on Los Blancos, putting daylight firmly between the two teams in pursuit of the La Liga title. After weekend fixtures that saw Messi dispatch Atletico Madrid with a masterful hat-trick and Ronaldo grab a brace against Real Sociedad, the pair stand neck-a-neck on 24 league goals apiece.

Kaka - The Return

By Sam Lee

Most of us will have made a new year's resolution. Whether it be personal, like getting in shape or finding love, or professional, like re-energising your career or earning a promotion, most of us will make a promising start the year but our efforts will soon tail off as we fall back into old, bad habits.

It is difficult for most of us to achieve one of those goals, let alone all of them, but that is exactly the task that faces one man as he strives to make 2011 a year to remember. But even if he manages all of the above, he will only be delivering what is expected: the base rate.