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Cristiano Ronaldo breaks unfortunate penalty record once held by Lionel Messi

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Former Real Madrid, Barcelona and PSG stars are among the players who have missed the most penalty kicks.

The average penalty conversion rate is around 75% and while most of the players on this list have scored plenty of spot-kicks, they’ve also missed their fair share too.

In the modern era, here are the seven players who have missed the most penalties.

Note: Penalty shootout misses haven’t been included in this data.

7. Ronaldinho – 16 misses

The Brazilian boasted an impressive 81.1% conversion rate from the penalty spot, but still cracks our list with 16 misses.

Perhaps one of his most famous penalty blunders came against England in 2013 as Joe Hart made an excellent double save to deny the Brazilian maestro.

6. Zlatan Ibrahimovic – 17 misses

Ibrahimovic scored 87 penalties and missed 17, giving him a conversion rate of 83.6%.

However, his conversion rate became more sporadic upon his return to AC Milan in 2020.

During his final four seasons of his career, he only boasted a 50% conversion rate from the penalty spot, missing six of the 12 penalties he took upon his return to Milan.

5. Ciro Immobile – 19 misses

Having missed two of his last seven penalty kicks for Besiktas, Immobile recently moved above Ibrahimovic on this list.

In total, he’s taken 105 spot-kicks, has scored 86 and missed 19, giving him an overall conversion rate of 81.9%.

4. Francesco Totti – 20 misses

Totti was especially prolific from the penalty spot in his later years.

Impressively, he didn’t miss a single penalty during his final four and a half seasons and scored his last 13 consecutive spot-kicks before retiring.

Throughout his entire career, he took 106 and scored 86.

3. Neymar – 22 misses

While the Brazilian is usually ice-cold from the spot, he has scuffed his fair share of penalties over the years.

In total, he’s taken 113 penalties and has scored 91, giving him a conversion rate of 80.5%, which is still well above average.

Since re-joining Santos earlier in the year, he has boasted a 100% penalty record, having scored the two penalties that he’s taken.

It’s worth mentioning that his penalty record with PSG was well above average, as he scored 28 of the 31 penalties that he took in France. That’s a conversion rate of 90.3%.

2. Lionel Messi – 32 misses

Last year, Messi held the record as the player with the most penalty misses in football history, but he’s since been overtaken.

While scoring penalties has never been the strongest asset to his game, a conversion rate of 77.9% is still just about above average.

There’s no doubt that he’s become a better penalty taker in his later years, although since joining Inter Miami, he’s often been happy to give the penalty responsibilities to others.

In total, he’s taken 145 penalties, has scored 113 and missed 32.

1. Cristiano Ronaldo – 34 misses

Having missed four of the last 16 penalties that he’s taken over the past 12 months, Ronaldo now holds the record for the most penalty misses in football history.

His latest miss came against Ireland as Brentford’s Caoimhin Kelleher denied him from 12 yards out.

Along with the most penalty misses in football history, Ronaldo has also scored more than anyone else (177) and has taken more (211) than any other player on record.

Despite his 34 misses, his conversion rate of 83.8% is still well above average.

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EPL: Fulham must move on from defeat to Manchester City — Iwobi

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Alex Iwobi says Fulham must stay positive despite their 5-4 defeat to Manchester City at Craven Cottage on Tuesday.

Marco Silva’s side put up a spirited display in the encounter, and were unlucky not to get at least one point.

Iwobi started the fight back by scoring the second goal for Fulham early in the second half.

The versatile midfielder’s compatriot, Samuel Chukwueze then rose from the bench to score two more goals for the Cottagers.

Manchester City, however, held on to go home with maximum points.

Iwobi stated that they deserved more from the game.

“I feel disappointed because we didn’t get anything out of the fighting spirit that we showed, but I think we have to take the positivity from the game,” Iwobi told the club’s official website.

Fulham will be away to Crystal Palace in their next Premier League game on Sunday.

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EPL: Guardiola names team that impresses him everyday

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Manchester City boss, Pep Guardiola has named the Premier League club that has impressed him so much this season.

The Spaniard said that Enzo Maresca’s side have really impressed him with the improvement they make everyday.

Speaking after Manchester City beat Fulham 5-4 in the Premier League on Tuesday night, Guardiola pointed out that a team must remain consistent to win the title.

Pep Guardiola’s side closed the gap at the top of the Premier League to just two points behind Arsenal with the victory over Fulham, but the Gunners could maintain their five points lead with a win over Brentford on Wednesday night.

“Chelsea impresses me more and more every day with Enzo [Maresca], but it’s long,” he told reporters after the win.

“Premier League is so long, many things will happen. We won six Premier Leagues, four or five when we in December, January or February we were behind.

“The team who wins the Premier League is the team who grows during the months and this is what we try to do. No injuries, it’s so long.

“But at the same time, if we push, we will be better and push ourselves and control the situations better, the emotions and we will see what happens.”

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Outrage As ‘Biological Male’ Wins World’s Strongest Woman Event in Texas (Photos)

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The 2025 World’s Strongest Woman final has sparked outrage after an alleged transgender athlete won gold.

American Jammie Booker, who is accused of being a biological male, beat Great Britain’s Andrea Thompson to victory at the event in Arlington, Texas.

According to Mail Online, Thompson walked off the podium, appearing to say ‘this is bulls***,’ while Booker celebrated. The Brit has since been crowned the ‘true World’s Strongest Woman’ by her coach and some of her peers.

Rebecca Roberts, a three-time winner of World’s Strongest Woman, has sensationally claimed that no one – not even the organizers – knew about Booker’s background.

Details on the American are not clear, but the publication sighted a YouTube video – uploaded to what appears to be Booker’s YouTube channel in September 2017, with Booker saying: ‘Everyone is dying to tell their own story and I am obviously no exception to that.

‘I’m 21-year-old trans woman with a history of abuse, struggling to stay true to herself while under the rule of her religious parents.’

On Monday night, Roberts posted a picture on Instagram that read ‘Protect Women’s Sports.’ She wrote alongside the picture: ‘I hold no hate toward transgender people. Everyone deserves dignity, respect, and the freedom to live their truth.

But I cannot stay silent about something that threatens the fairness and future of women’s strength sports. Transgender women, people born male, should not be competing in the women’s category.

This isn’t about identity. It isn’t about politics. It’s about the undeniable physical differences that exist in strength-based sports… differences that don’t disappear, and that matter more here than almost anywhere else. Women’s categories were created for a reason, and if we lose that, we lose the foundation of our sport.

‘What happened this weekend wasn’t transparent. None of us knew. Not even the organisers knew. And when fairness is taken by surprise, trust in the sport begins to crack.

‘My message is simple. Trans people belong in sport, but women’s divisions must remain biologically born female-only.

‘I love this sport. I have given my life to it. And I won’t ignore something that could quietly change it forever. Congratulations to @andreathompson_strongwoman… the true World’s Strongest Woman 2025’

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