Cristiano Ronaldo hints at retirement of era-defining career

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Cristiano Ronaldo has suggested he will retire at the end of the season, signalling the likely conclusion of one of football’s most decorated and scrutinised careers. The 41‑year‑old, who featured at his sixth World Cup this summer, told Vogue that this campaign “is probably my last year of football, and I want to leave a spectacular legacy.” It is the clearest indication yet that the Portugal captain is preparing to draw a line under more than two decades at the top of the sport. Ronaldo had already confirmed ahead of the 2026 World Cup that the tournament across the USA, Canada…

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Cristiano Ronaldo’s World Cup dream stays still alive as Luka Modric bows out

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Portugal survived a wild, sprawling finish in Toronto to edge Croatia 2-1 and reach the last 16, a night defined by Cristiano Ronaldo’s first-ever World Cup knockout goal, Gonçalo Ramos’ late header, and a dramatic VAR intervention that denied Josko Gvardiol a stoppage‑time equaliser. Croatia had led through Ivan Perisic and looked the sharper side for long stretches, but Portugal’s response and the officiating that followed, swung the contest and kept Ronaldo’s final World Cup alive. Luka Modric, 40 and almost certainly at his last tournament, walked off with the opposite fate. Croatia strike first The opening half offered little beyond…

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