Footballer Cristiano Ronaldo paid a surrogate mother to have his baby, it was claimed today.

Portuguese newspaper Diario de Noticias said the baby was conceived by  the surrogate at the end of last summer in San Diego, where Ronaldo was on  holiday.

The boy was born weighing 9lb 8oz on June 17 while the star was at the World  Cup in South Africa.

Diario de Noticias said Ronaldo travelled to the Algarve to .......