Brazil legend Ronaldo announced Wednesday he was giving up on the idea of running for president of the country’s football governing body due to a lack of support from regional federations. “After publicly declaring my desire to be a candidate for the presidency of the CBF during the next election,

Brazilian football legend Ronaldo has withdrawn his candidacy for the presidency of the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) due to insufficient support from regional federations. Citing that 23 of the 27 federations backed the re-election of current president Ednaldo Rodrigues,

SAO PAULO — Brazil great Ronaldo Nazário has ended his bid for the presidency of his country’s soccer confederation. The two-time World Cup winner turned businessman said Wednesday he lacked support among local soccer executives to challenge incumbent Ednaldo Rodrigues for the role of leading the Brazil Football Confederation.

Two-time World Cup champion (1994, 2002) and 1997 Confederations Cup winner with the Brazilian national team, former forward Ronaldo has announced that he will not run for the position of president of the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF).

Brazil legend Ronaldo pulls out of the the race to be president of the country's football association after finding "closed doors" to his candidacy .

Former Brazil striker Ronaldo has withdrawn his candidacy to be the next president of his country’s football federation (CBF). Ronaldo — who scored 62 goals for his nation as they reached three successive World Cup finals between 1994 and 2002,