Intriguing: Ronaldo’s free kick breaks boy’s wrist

Football superstar Cristiano Ronaldo left a Brit fan aged 11 in agony — by smashing his wrist with a free kick.

Schoolboy Charlie Silverwood had been taken to see his team Bournemouth host Real Madrid . His dad DUCKED as the £80million ex-Man United forward’s wayward 35-yard rocket scorched into the stands — breaking his son’s wrist in two places.The lad was so determined not to miss the action he kept watching for the remaining 84 minutes — before going to hospital where X-rays revealed his double fracture.

He faced an operation before being plastered.Yesterday Charlie admitted: “It was very painful. I’ve told friends and they cannot believe it. Ronaldo is the world’s most expensive player — and he broke my arm.”The youngster, from Christchurch in Dorset, added: “I could see the ball coming towards me. It curled past the post and was going to hit my face — so I had to block it with my hand. My dad was sat next to me and ducked out of the way so I took the full force.”

Bournemouth gave Charlie — who will be in plaster for the entire six-week school holiday — a Real Madrid shirt signed by Ronaldo and his teammates to “cheer him up”.He also got a ball signed by the Bournemouth team.

Tiger Woods is the highest-paid athlete in the world for the first time since his sex scandal

Tiger Woods

Tiger Woods is back on top of the world - in more ways than one.

The iconic golfer returned this year to the world No 1 spot he had held for so long until his self-imposed exile from the game December 2009.

The American has earned $78.1million in the last year. The vast majority of which came from endorsement deals worth $65million and the remaining $13.1million came from winnings. 

And now the 37-year-old is back at the top of Forbes' annual list of the world's 100 highest paid athletes.

Woods was top of the list for 11 consecutive years until 2012, when he was usurped by Swiss tennis star Roger Federer.

This has been a year of rehabilitation for Woods, who has come out from seemingly self-imposed hiding after the fallout from his multiple extramarital affairs surfaced.

Tiger Woods is back on top of the world - in more ways than one. The iconic golfer returned this year to the world No 1 spot he had held for so long until his self-imposed exile from the game December 2009. And now the 37-year-old is back at the top of Forbes' annual list of the world's 100 highest paid athletes. The top ten earning athletes according to Forbes includes (top row left to right) Tiger Woods, Roger Federer, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James and Drew Brees. They are followed closely by Aaron Rodgers, Phil Mickelson, David Beckham, Cristiano Ronadlo and Lionel Messi.

Real Madrid survive second-half Galatasaray surge to reach semi-finals

Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice as Real Madrid foiled a dramatic fightback by Galatasaray to reach the Champions league semi-finals. Ronaldo, top scorer in the competition, took his goal tally for the season to 11 to make sure that José Mourinho's side went through despite losing the second leg 3-2.

Real went ahead on the night, and four goals to the good overall, when Ronaldo slid the ball in from two yards following a low cross from the right by Sami Khedira after eight minutes.

However, Emmanuel Eboué galvanised Galatasaray into action with a piledriver of an equaliser from the edge of the area in the 57th minute.

Wesley Sneijder made amends for a glaring miss moments earlier when he added a second by sending the ball between the legs of the Real defender Raphael Varane before supplying a neat finish. Didier Drogba, Chelsea's hero in last year's final, then sent the noisy crowd into raptures with a delightful backheel following a cross by the substitute Nordin Amrabat.

The Real substitute Alvaro Arbeloa was sent off in the closing stages for a second yellow card but Ronaldo settled his team's nerves by adding his second of the night in stoppage time, after good work by the striker Karim Benzema.