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Madeira airport to be named after Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo's hometown of Madeira honoured the island's favourite son by naming their international airport after the Portugal captain. Cristiano Ronaldo 's hometown of Madeira honoured the island's favourite son by naming their international airport after the Portugal captain and Real Madrid star. Miguel Albuquerque , president of the Regional Government, made the announcement on Friday following Portugal's triumph at Euro 2016 , with the Santa Catarina Airport in Funchal to be renamed the Cristiano Ronaldo Airport . Ronaldo, 31, captained Portugal to their first major tournament title in France earlier this month, helping Fernando Santos and Co. to a 1-0 win over the host nation, despite suffering a knee injury in the final. The announcement came on the same day former Manchester United forward and three-time Ballon d'Or winner Ronaldo opened his own hotel in the city. Ronaldo and Albuq...

Real Madrid star opens his first hotel Cristiano Ronaldo has unveiled the first in his own line of 'CR7' hotels in his hometown of Madeira.  Real Madrid star, Cristiano Ronaldo has opened his first hotel from his ' CR7 ' line. Ronaldo in December, 2015 unveiled his range of 'CR7' hotels in different four cities which he invested £54m on. The hotels are to be located in his hometown of Madeira, Lisbon, Madrid and New York. The Portugal international on Friday, July 22 unveiled the first one which is located in his hometown of Madeira. play Cristiano Ronaldo waved to fans at the unveiling of his 'CR7' hotel in Madeira (Getty Images ) Ronaldo owns the hotels in partnership with Pestana Hotels who will be managing the venture for the legendary football star. Ronaldo and Dionisio Pestana have been friends for many years and have decided to invest in a business together. The hotel in Madeira has 4...