Fernandes does not possess the speed, power or goal-scoring prowess of CR7 but he did what was needed to get Portugal through and win against Uruguay, by scoring two goals.
Ronaldo is the leading scorer in the history of men's international football, with 117 goals in 191 games, but his goal-scoring form has dipped lately.
Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo, who has been named the best player in the world five times, will arrive in Qatar with a mission to prove that he can still make a difference.
Breakthroughs in neuroscience have established that headers can result in repeated sub-acute head trauma for professional football players, leading to neurodegenerative diseases in the long run.
Messi, Ronaldo have been exceptionally fortunate with their club teams — brilliant players surrounded by other brilliant players. But Maradona made magic out of mediocre materials.
From ball-tampering scandal involving Steve Smith & David Warner to Serena Williams’ outburst after US Open final, the sports world saw a lot of controversy.
Research paper, however, finds lowest indebtedness level among Muslims at 12.3% & highest among Hindus at 14.9%. Overall national financial inclusion level at 87.2%, indebtedness at 14.7%.
Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.
On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.
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