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Cristiano Ronaldo's retirement from Portugal duty

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Cristiano Ronaldo ended his international career with Portugal after 23 years. The 41-year-old finished with 234 appearances and 146 goals, records for Portugal, and won the European Championship in 2016 as well as two Nations League titles. His final period with the national team included growing criticism of his role. One report said coach Jorge Jesus left him on the bench for the full match against Norway, after which Ronaldo left the squad by private jet and did not return. Other reports described his retirement as official but did not provide further details of his departure.

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Ronaldo and Reijnders score hat-tricks in Saudi league matches

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Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hat-trick as Al Nassr beat Al-Kholood 5-3. Two of his earlier goals were disallowed for offside. The three goals took his officially recorded career total to 985, leaving him 15 short of 1,000; one report described it as his 67th career hat-trick.