One of international sport's most glamourous couples, Portugal's star footballer Cristiano Ronaldo and his supermodel girlfriend Irina Shayk (both 29) have split.


Russian model Irina Shayk. Pic/Getty Images 

According to Portuguese newspaper Correio da Manha, Shayk's refusal to attend the Real Madrid striker's mother Maria Dolores' 60th birthday party planned by Ronaldo in his hometown of Madeira is the reason for the split.