Doha (Qatar), Nov 25 (Ians) Cristiano Ronaldo became the first player to score in five World Cups as Portugal survived a few anxious moments to overcome African side Ghana 3-2 in a Group H match of the 2022 FIFA World Cup at Stadium 974 here on Thursday.
After the two teams remained goalless till an hour into the match, Portugal earned a penalty when Ronaldo was brought down inside the box by Mohammed Sslisu. Ronaldo himself stepped up to convert the penalty and make it 1-0 for Portugal in the 65th minute.
The 37-year-old became the second oldest player after Cameroon’s Roger Milla to score a goal in the World Cup and also the third player to be both his country’s oldest and youngest goalscorer at the World Cup. Croatia’s Ivica Olic and Denmark’s Michael Laudrup are the other two.
Though Ronaldo spread cheer among Portugal team after they...
After the two teams remained goalless till an hour into the match, Portugal earned a penalty when Ronaldo was brought down inside the box by Mohammed Sslisu. Ronaldo himself stepped up to convert the penalty and make it 1-0 for Portugal in the 65th minute.
The 37-year-old became the second oldest player after Cameroon’s Roger Milla to score a goal in the World Cup and also the third player to be both his country’s oldest and youngest goalscorer at the World Cup. Croatia’s Ivica Olic and Denmark’s Michael Laudrup are the other two.
Though Ronaldo spread cheer among Portugal team after they...
- 11/24/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Buenos Aires – At 43, Colombian goalkeeper Faryd Mondragon became the oldest person to have played in a World Cup match on Tuesday, a record previously held by Roger Milla, who played for Cameroon until the age of 42. Photos World Cup: Craziest and Most Colorful Fans Wearing the number 22, substitute goalie Mondragon replaced David Ospina in the 83rd minute of the match between Colombia and Japan. The action was pretty much over by then, as Colombia was winning 3-1. Photos World Cup 2014: The 32 Biggest Global Stars Columbia went on to win 4-1, a result that eliminated Japan
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- 6/25/2014
- by Agustin Mango
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Venue Donbass Arena, Donetsk Date Tuesday 19th June Kick-off 19:45
England need just a point to be sure of qualification as Group D comes to a head and so brings to an end the group stages of Euro 2012.
Roy Hodgson and his team though will be hoping for a little bit more than that – they need to pick up 3 points to avoid a tricky encounter with European Champions Spain in the quarter finals. Winning the group will set up a more favourable fixture with Italy.
They will be hoping Wayne Rooney will inspire them to do just that – he has now completed his two match ban.
He is expected to start up front with Danny Welbeck, with Andy Carroll set to warm the bench. The duo formed a formidable strike force for Manchester United last season. Roy Hodgson must also decide whether to start with Theo Walcott, who scored a...
England need just a point to be sure of qualification as Group D comes to a head and so brings to an end the group stages of Euro 2012.
Roy Hodgson and his team though will be hoping for a little bit more than that – they need to pick up 3 points to avoid a tricky encounter with European Champions Spain in the quarter finals. Winning the group will set up a more favourable fixture with Italy.
They will be hoping Wayne Rooney will inspire them to do just that – he has now completed his two match ban.
He is expected to start up front with Danny Welbeck, with Andy Carroll set to warm the bench. The duo formed a formidable strike force for Manchester United last season. Roy Hodgson must also decide whether to start with Theo Walcott, who scored a...
- 6/19/2012
- by Joseph Dempsey
- Obsessed with Film
Wayne Rooney and Cristiano Ronaldo are among the football stars who feature in a new viral clip. Several players appear in the video, which sees various celebrations edited to include rather hilarious outcomes. Ronaldo shoots lasers into Rooney's face, Arsene Wenger rides a hobby horse and Wojciech Szczęsny enthusiastically plays an accordion. Nani, Thierry Henry and Roger Milla also appear in the funny clip. The clip - titled (more)...
- 5/31/2012
- by By Tom Eames
- Digital Spy
Photograph by Robert Maxwell
Photograph by Sasha Nialla
Coca-Cola bet that an unknown Somali rapper could support its biggest marketing campaign ever. The company was right, and it may have launched a new star. Or not.
Soccer Player, Shark: Coke's Seugé, left, and A&M/Octone's Diener crafted a deal that accelerated K'Naan's career by "a year and a half," says Diener. | Photographs by David Stuart (Seugé), Danny Clinch (Diener)
Infographic: K'Naan's World Tour
Somalia. Spring 1989. On a dusty street in a Mogadishu district known as Wardhiigleey (Somali for "river of blood"), three 10-year-old boys, known in the neighborhood as K'naan the Skinny, Shorty, and La'ib, are washing wooden tablets. Each tablet, or loh, is used for note taking at school; pupils write their alphabets and math equations, as well as the phrases they are learning from the Qu'ran, in ink on these tablets. At the end of the day,...
Photograph by Sasha Nialla
Coca-Cola bet that an unknown Somali rapper could support its biggest marketing campaign ever. The company was right, and it may have launched a new star. Or not.
Soccer Player, Shark: Coke's Seugé, left, and A&M/Octone's Diener crafted a deal that accelerated K'Naan's career by "a year and a half," says Diener. | Photographs by David Stuart (Seugé), Danny Clinch (Diener)
Infographic: K'Naan's World Tour
Somalia. Spring 1989. On a dusty street in a Mogadishu district known as Wardhiigleey (Somali for "river of blood"), three 10-year-old boys, known in the neighborhood as K'naan the Skinny, Shorty, and La'ib, are washing wooden tablets. Each tablet, or loh, is used for note taking at school; pupils write their alphabets and math equations, as well as the phrases they are learning from the Qu'ran, in ink on these tablets. At the end of the day,...
- 10/19/2010
- by Rick Tetzeli
- Fast Company
Artwork courtesy of Espn and the Am I Collective. It’s been 20 years, but it’s still impossible to think about Cameroon and the World Cup without thinking of Roger Milla, the 38 year-old forward brought out of retirement by the president of Cameroon for the Indomitable Lions in the 1990 World Cup. Milla scored four goals that year—all off the bench—inspiring a team that opened the tournament by beating the reigning champs, Argentina, and then made it to the quarterfinals before losing a heartbreaker to England. When Milla danced with the corner flag after each goal, he had an entire continent gyrating along with him. This year’s group of Lions might not seem as indomitable as in years past, but they may have the best chance of all the African teams to advance to the knockout round. At 22, Alex Song is already a world-class midfielder; Rigobert Song, his 33-year old cousin,...
- 5/26/2010
- Vanity Fair
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