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According to athlete marketing platform Opendorse, Cristiano Ronaldo is Twitter's most valuable athlete, meaning his tweets are more valuable than those of any other athlete endorser. Ronaldo has 82.7 million followers on Twitter, and his tweets are valued at $868,606. The second most valuable athlete on Twitter is legendary Barcelona midfielder Andres Iniesta. A tweet of his is worth $590,825. Coming third is PSG's Neymar, with his tweets valued at $478,138. LeBron James, the NBA icon is the most valuable US athlete on Twitter, and he comes fourth in the ranking of most valuable athletes on Twitter. Ronaldo who is the first individual to hit the 200 million followers milestone on Instagram is also Instagram's top earner, earning $975,000 per sponsored post.

FC Barcelona legend and former captain Andres Iniesta payed his former Catalan team, Barcelona, a visit on Monday, December 11. His visit followed the close of the J1 League - his current league - on November 30. He visited his former teammates at Barcelona's Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper training ground, as they prepared for their Champions League clash with Tottenham on Tuesday. He greeted the likes of Messi, Suarez, Busquets, Rakitic, Pique, Coutinho, and Ter Stergen. All the players were delighted with Iniesta's presence. Volver a casa siempre es especial ❤️🔵🔴 @FCBarcelona Coming back home is always special ❤️🔵🔴 pic.twitter.com/BuxYk7tkRW — Andrés Iniesta (@andresiniesta8) December 10, 2018 The legendary midfield tactician won nine La Liga titles and four Champions League titles while at Barcelona. FC Barcelona also documented Iniesta's visit on their social media accounts. "Nice to see you again @andresiniesra8! Barcelona will always be your ho...

Andres Iniesta, the midfielder who gave La Roja the winning goal in the 2010 World Cup final, has announced his retirement from international football following Spain's exit against Russia. This announcement came in as a confirmation as he had said in May that he would likely retire after the World Cup, later saying that he couldn't rule out a return. Iniesta's final kick for Spain was a goal against Russia at the penalty shootout in the last 16 game on Sunday. Host nation Russia took the day as Spain lost 4-3 in a dramatic penalty shootout.  Fernando Hierro, manager of Spain's national team described Iniesta as " one of the greatest players in our history ".  " The way he played on the pitch when he substituted on was like he was playing in his first cap and I want to thank him whole-heartedly ," he asserted. Iniesta played all 3 games of the group stage with Spain full time but came in as a replacement at the 67th minute in the knockout ga...