Ronaldo posts adorable photo of 'the two new loves of his life'

Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo posted an adorable photograph of his newborn twins on Thursday.

Ronaldo became a father to twins -- a girl and boy named Eva and Mateo with a surrogate mother, living on the US West Coast.

The Ballon d'Or winner shared the sweet photograph of him holding his children and wrote: 'Happy to be able to hold the two new loves of my life.'

Ronaldo was only able to meet the twins for the first time on Thursday as he had been away with Portugal at the Confederations Cup, where they were beaten in the semi-finals on penalties by Chile.

According to AFP, British tabloid The Sun had reported in March that the quadruple Ballon d'Or winner was expecting twins.

The 32-year-old striker is currently dating Spanish model Georgina Rodriguez.

The captain Portugal had his first son Cristiano Junior in June 2010 -- also reportedly with a surrogate mother, although he has never confirmed it.