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His latest landmark was another reminder of Ronaldo’s enduring brilliance, the five-time Ballon d’Or winner still proving himself prolific at the age of 34. The Juventus star has scored 95 goals for his country, while the bulk of his goals at club level came at Real Madrid, where he netted 450 times over nine seasons. However, the first century milestone arrived 11 years ago, which is where we begin our rundown of Ronaldo’s major landmark goals....

As the Blancos toasted a third successive European crown, and a 13th in total, their Portuguese superstar was busy suggesting that a summer move away from the Spanish capital could be on the cards. Ronaldo’s post-match tease saw him refer to his time with the Blancos in the past tense, before promising more news in “the next few days”. His comments quickly took the spotlight away from two-goal hero Gareth Bale, who had stepped off the bench to swing a meeting with Liverpool in Madrid’s favour, and win another major honour for manager Zinedine Zidane....

The forward enjoyed one of his best seasons last term, helping Atletico Madrid advance to the final of the Champions League and firing France to the decider of Euro 2016 on home soil, only to lose both showpiece games to Ronaldo’s Real Madrid and Portugal respectively. Ibrahimovic unveils ‘Statue of Zlatan’ That trend continued on Monday, as he found himself behind Ronaldo - and runner-up Messi of Barcelona - as France Football announced the outcome of the prestigious award....

The prestigious annual award, which has been ranking the top performers on the planet since 2008, was last year presented to Lionel Messi, who inspired Barcelona to a thrilling treble triumph. Chief editors and correspondents from Goal’s 38 editions around the world all cast their votes, with candidates judged on their level of consistency over the previous year of action, their big-game performances, footballing legacy and the success of their teams at both club and international level....

Sanches, meanwhile, only made his only made his first-team debut for Benfica in October but his impressive performances for the Portuguese champions have led to a €35 million move to Bayern Munich this summer. Notable absentees for Portugal include Monaco midfielder Bernardo Silva, who misses out with a thigh injury, while Zenit midfielder Danny fails to make the cut after tearing ligaments in his knee in April. Real Madrid defender Fábio Coentrão, who has spent the season on loan at Monaco, is also ruled out through injury....

It was a frustrating pre-season for Real Madrid, with the penalty-shootout win in this exhibition game against the MLS All-Stars the only triumph of the four games the team played in the United States. The results won’t start mattering until next week, but the time in the U.S. didn’t go as hoped. Bet on Man United to go unbeaten “It’s not a good sensation. It’s not a good sensation in general,” Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane said after his side played to a 1-1 draw after 90 minutes....

Roger Federer had earlier returned to clay at the Geneva Open, but his campaign there was short-lived as he was upset by Pablo Andujar in the first round. Having arrived in Paris with a point to prove, Federer played solid baseline tennis during his rout of Istomin. Speaking to the media after the match, Roger Federer expressed his happiness at how quickly he got off the starting blocks. The Swiss maestro set the tone early as he broke Istomin to go 2-0 up in the first set, and broke him once again at the end of the opening set to close it out 6-2....

A lot the last few years, for sure. Even more as another offseason of toll-taking and risk-assessing moves on. By all accounts, Calvin Johnson, who stayed until he was 30, will join Mayo before long. Marshawn Lynch has already called it a career. They’re not hanging on until someone kicks them out or drags them away or orders them to go or risk an early death. MORE: Every team’s worst contract | Sen’Derrick Moss rips Goodell’s salary That’s how it’s always been, and that’s the world Goodell still thinks exists....

During its ninth and potentially final hearing Thursday, the committee aired video showing Stone before and after the 2020 election. “I said, ‘F**k the voting, let’s get right to the violence,” Stone said November 2, 2020, while donning a ‘Trump 2020’ facemask. “We’ll have to start smashing pumpkins, if you know what I mean.” In another video, Stone is recorded speaking outdoors with Trump supporters. He told them that he suspects the election’s results “will be up in the air....

RELATED: 10 Most Annoying Mechanics In First Person Shooters With fourteen rogues to choose from in the game, there are a lot of nuances to learn. Both Dima and Chaac can be excellent in the hands of the right player. All they need is information on how to use their strengths to maximum effect. 10 For Dima: Don’t Hurt Your Teammates Dima is a strong character but is capable of being quite volatile against his own team....

With its free-to-play model, Rogue Company has routinely added new content to expand the game, which have included new characters to play as, referred to as Rogues, in the game. This isn’t the first crossover event for the game either; a previous Rogue Company update added Rambo as a playable character. This new crossover event will also feature more than one costume for the Walking Dead characters. RELATED: Overwatch 2 Dev Interested in Fortnite-Style Crossovers...

Follow Sportskeeda for the latest WWE news, rumors and all other wrestling news In case you didn’t know… Taeler Hendrix took to Twitter last week to respond to a fan who said they missed the House of Truth. Hendrix downplayed the importance of Truth Martini and Jay Lethal before saying that the reason she lost her push in ROH was that of Jay Lethal. The former manager of Lethal claimed that the ROH World Champion derailed her career because she refused to sleep with him....

The event will take place during WrestleMania weekend in the Big Apple, which will be the epicenter of the wrestling universe with thousands of fans descending upon the city for all the events and festivities. The top stars from ROH and NJPW — including Kazuchika Okada, Tetsuya Naito and Hiroshi Tanahashi — will be featured on the G1 Supercard and every major championship will be defended in what should be an awesome showcase of wrestling action from the two promotions....

While responding to the challenge laid out by the Broken Hardys in a video, the Young Bucks took a shot at WWE’s 205 live. The challenge by the Hardys was issued to all promotional champions. In addition to the Bucks, they also laid out a challenge to Sheamus & Cesaro and American Alpha. Here is the video that the tag team posted on Twitter: Matthew from The Bucks was quoted as saying: (Courtesy: WrestlingInc....

Smith’s 131 and 54 from Marnus Labuschagne provided the highlights of Australia’s innings after Aaron Finch elected to bat first, but India restricted their opponents to 286-9. India were hampered by the loss of Shikhar Dhawan for their reply, the opener’s shoulder injury casting his participation in the upcoming tour of New Zealand into doubt. Also see – U19 world cup schedule However, once Smith’s resistance ended amid a flurry of late wickets, Rohit (119) and Kohli (89) guided their side to an emphatic win, completed with 15 balls to spare....

Rohit, coming in at number three, hit a match-winning 56 against Chennai Super Kings in Pune on Saturday, raising hopes of the team’s comeback. “It is his and team management’s decision to come down the order. May be he wants to take more responsibility by playing till the end. But, he has been performing at all numbers - at one-down or two-down. In the last game, he came up and shouldered the responsibility....

More than 80 years ago, Anthony de Mello offered Lord Brabourne a choice, and the Governor’s answer was immortality. The result - the Brabourne stadium. For the child of the erstwhile state Lord Brabourne once governed, Rohit Sharma wasn’t ever offered immortality, but made it chase him, stamping his name, over the years, in the annals of ODI cricket as a modern-day plunderer of bowling attacks. He added another mini-chapter on Monday, the latest being his rekindled love for Brabourne....

Earlier, the record was held by the Australian pair of David Warner and Shane Watson - who have 1154 runs to their name in 37 innings at an average of 31.18. As the Indian pair was at no. 3 (on the record list) before this match, they also surpassed the Kiwi pair of Martin Guptill and Kane Williamson, who have a total of 1151 runs in 24 innings with an outstanding average rate of 50....

During a live Instagram session with Ravichandran Ashwin, the Mumbai Indians’ captain opened up about his time management issues, especially after the birth of his daughter Samaira. However, he also reasoned how late matches in the IPL didn’t allow him to hit the bed on time, which ultimately resulted in him getting late to the breakfast table. Rohit Sharma revealed MS Dhoni’s important advice Rohit Sharma recently revealed the important advice given to him by former Indian captain MS Dhoni during the opener’s first ODI double ton, scored against the Aussies at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru in 2013....

The Giallorossi have now lost three of their last four Serie A matches to risk falling out of contention for the Champions League places. Roma was also recently eliminated from this season’s Champions League by Porto, which resulted in the firing of coach Eusebio Di Francesco and the departure of sporting director Ramon “Monchi” Rodriguez. After Diego Perotti converted a penalty for Roma to cancel out Arkadiusz Milik’s early opener, Napoli surged ahead with second-half goals from Dries Mertens, Simone Verdi and Amin Younes....