Over the Christmas period, Real Madrid and Portugal superstar Cristiano Ronaldo spent a day in Uzbekistan (supposedly for a hefty $860,000 payment). During his whirlwind tour of the oil-rich country, Ronaldo made a stop at FC Bunyodkor to perform some ball tricks in front of some 8,000 soccer fans. However, a local youth stole the show [.

After only four months in charge of Uzbekistan side FC Bunyodkor, Luis Felipe Scolari is once again facing the sack. Despite earning an astonishing £230,000 a week as head coach of the ambitious side; Scolari has become unstuck once again.
There are parallels to be drawn with his infamous tenure at Chelsea which ended in Feburary 2009.

Awwww, qué dulce! Greaseano visited Uzbekistan yesterday to see how they do stuff at FC Bunyodkor, the club which Scolari coaches and the same one which tried to buy Eto'o last year. Anyway, he held a football clinic for young players, visited the club's premises and also the museum of football.