The 36-year-old forward is recognized as the all-time top men’s goalscorer, and he has continued to reach new heights upon his return to the Red Devils this season. Ronaldo has made a habit of netting in important moments, scoring at least once in each of his five Champions League appearances, including two late winners, and scoring six times in the Premier League. Watch Ronaldo’s goals Ronaldo found the back of the net against Arsenal in the 52nd minute, sliding in a low pass from Marcus Rashford for his 800th career goal for club and country....

Ronaldo takes home the award for the second year in a row, as he managed to defeat competition from fellow finalists Neymar and Lionel Messi at the awards ceremony in London. Los Blancos 5/4 to beat Spurs The 32-year-old turned in another stunning campaign for Madrid in 2016-17 as he led the Blancos to a La Liga and Champions League double, including a brace in the Champions League final against Juventus....

Ronaldo reportedly donated $8 million for Nepal earthquake relief, according to the French magazine So Foot. The charity, Save the Children, launched a disaster relief program in Nepal after an earthquake ravaged the country in April, killing more than 8,000 and injuring another 20,000. This isn’t the first charitable act by Ronaldo, the star at Spain’s Real Madrid who is from Portugal. According to the Guardian, he flew to Indonesia in 2004 after much of that country was destroyed by a tsunami....

Yet for Croatia and Morocco, there is plenty on the line despite the lack of a true competitive environment. For Morocco, their fans have flooded the stadiums in Qatar to support their Atlas Lions en masse as they pushed much further into the World Cup knockout stage than anyone expected. It will behoove the Morocco squad to put on one more positive performance to see their fans out with a boom....

Clinton may have stumbled into his first postelection minefield. Though he managed to survive GOP charges Vietnam-era draft dodger, he still has to convince Pentagon skeptics that their new commander in chief will understand military culture and be sympathetic to its concerns. Officially opening the military to homosexuals is hardly the way to generate good will-there is powerful resistance within the ranks and among the brass. Pentagon insiders believe that the Joint Chiefs of Staff would actually consider resigning en masse if gays were allowed to serve openly....

The 20-year-old forward is considered to be a potential match winner for the Three Lions as they prepare to open their quest for World Cup glory in Russia. But he found game time hard to come by at Old Trafford over the second half of the 2017-18 campaign, sparking questions over his confidence and future. Rashford looked fresh enough when netting a spectacular goal in a pre-tournament friendly clash with Costa Rica and Crouch is looking for that spark to be maintained at the end of a frustrating domestic season....

In a 5-1 vote on Monday, the board voted to approve emergency rules which will give public school districts guidance on the implementation of GOP-backed House Bill 1775, which will prohibit educators from teaching certain topics related to race and gender. While the words “critical race theory” do not appear from the legislation, the bill bars teachers from concepts associated with CRT, a graduate-level course that seeks to examine how racism is embedded in legal systems and policies....

Senators Ted Cruz of Texas, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Mike Lee of Utah were seen meeting privately with Trump’s attorneys on Thursday evening, hours after the House impeachment managers wrapped up their presentation. Jason Miller, an adviser for the former president, confirmed the meeting with Newsmax on Friday. He praised the lawmakers, calling them “very accomplished and very skilled lawyers.” “I would say that most of the points that the senators were raising we have in our presentations and we have in our arguments, so that was good reinforcement for us that we’re thinking about this in the same direction,” Miller said....

Meanwhile, the Newsweek Cryptocurrency Index has data on 11 currencies, with individual strength comparisons. Bitcoin (BTC/USD) Outlook Key Highlights Bitcoin has been trading in a tight range between $45,338 and $34,325 for the past three weeks due to geopolitical tensions. Investors are looking for safe haven assets, and speculation whether bitcoin can be used as a vehicle to evade Russia sanctions. BTC could gain momentum if it breaks $40,000. At the moment, markets are also waiting for US Federal Reserve monetary policy decision for further direction: the interest rate meeting decision is on Wednesday....

Meanwhile, the Newsweek Cryptocurrency Index has data on 11 currencies, with individual strength comparisons. Bitcoin (BTC/USD) Outlook Key Highlights Bitcoin edged above $40,000 ahead of the Fed’s monetary policy meeting on Wednesday. The U.S. central bank is expected to hike rates by 25 basis points, and markets will scrutinize Fed chairman Jerome Powell’s commentary for further direction. The fourth round of talks between Russia and Ukraine ended up without any conclusion....

In an update to the Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index (CBECI), researchers with the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF) said cryptocurrency mining in China has nearly disappeared after previously accounting for about 75 percent of the global share in September 2019. China’s percentage of the global share was at about 38 percent before the country’s ban was announced earlier this year, a number that other top cryptocurrency miners around the globe have since worked to replace....

There’s skill trees, gear, special resources and various effects that help each Avenger in battle. All of these are customizable, and players can tailor their fighting to certain aspects of each character so that no player has the same experience. With the Avengers being a multi-billion dollar IP, there’s inevitably going to be casual, less-seasoned gamers who may feel overwhelmed by everything in Marvel’s Avengers, but as Lauryn Ash, game designer at Crystal Dynamics told Newsweek they have accounted for that, and gamers should refer to the studio’s previous titles as an example....

In a concession to the protests which started over the weekend amid anger at food and medicine shortages, price hikes and the government’s handling of COVID-19, Havana said that it would temporarily ease curbs on food and medicine travelers could bring in, Reuters reported. Meanwhile, in an unexpected moment of self-reflection, Díaz-Canel accepted that his government had a degree of responsibility for the unrest, saying in a televised address: “We have to gain experience from the disturbances....

In the wake of last month’s rare demonstrations against what Cuban protesters deemed to be the government’s inadequate response to the added hardships felt during the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. leader who once backed a warming of ties with Havana while vice president took a tougher turn, adding more sanctions to a decades-long embargo hardened by former President Donald Trump. But as the White House formulates its Cuba policy, a working group has been established to review potentially easing one of Trump’s harshest measures: a ban on remittances sent from the U....

News of Tomas’ defection came in a single paragraph at the end of an article in Communist Party newspaper Granma, which interviewed national baseball director Higinil Velez Carrion about two games next month against a visiting U.S. collegian team. “From the same source, Granma learned of the departure from the country, through unscrupulous, illegal human trafficking, of he who was a player for the Industriales team, Yasmani Tomas,” the article read....

Today’s a special edition, a conversation with Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo, who’s doing phone interviews on behalf of BODYARMOR sports drink (his favorite flavor is Coconut LYTE, btw). MORE TWO MINUTES: Touki Toussaint | Clint Frazier | Pat Neshek What’s your first baseball memory?Rizzo: Playing T-ball, going to the game in my communion outfit. I was probably like 8. Maybe it was coach-pitch, I don’t remember. I just threw the jersey over the outfit....

In a post on its Facebook page, the Oriental Wok restaurant in Fort Mitchell revealed a generous customer had left a $1,000 tip on a meal costing $64.74. “Your family and staff has always taken such great care of us through the years, we know it’s going to be a tough few months,” the unnamed customer wrote on the check, according to the post. “Another example of the generosity of our incredible guests,” the restaurant added....

These skin symptoms alone are sometimes referred to as “cutis laxa” as well. There are many different types of cutis laxa, and this determines the other body parts and organs it affects in addition to the skin. It can affect connective tissues in organs such as the heart, blood vessels, lungs, and intestines. In some cases, the joints may be looser than normal as a result of soft ligaments and tendons....

Although Biden was projected as the winner of the election nearly a month ago, Trump has refused to concede. The president and his lawyers have pushed unfounded claims of widespread voter fraud, without providing evidence. Legal challenges from Trump’s lawyers have nearly all failed in court. According to an analysis by The Washington Post published Saturday, just 27 of 249 Republicans currently serving in Congress have publicly accepted the fact that Biden won....

The plane, with a cargo of bottled water, blankets, and mosquito nets, originally got permission to make the flight last Friday, but that agreement was quickly rescinded. Two days later the United States was again given a green light, and on a sticky morning at a military airfield two hours by car south of Bangkok, the aircraft was loaded with emergency supplies in just 20 minutes and sent to Burma....