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Ronaldo joins the 100 international goal club

Sep 09, 2020

Image: Reuters

Cristiano Ronaldo has become only the second man in history to score more than 100 international goals.

This, after he netted his 100th and 101st goals in Portugal's 2-0 Nations League win over Sweden this morning.

Ronaldo is now just eight goals away from equalling the world record of 109 - held by Ali Daei of Iran.

Image: Reuters

He is already the first-ever European player to hit a century of goals.

Impressively, almost half of Ronaldo's international goals were scored after his 30th birthday.

In other selected Nations League results... 

France defeated Croatia 4-2
Belgium hammered Iceland 5-1.
While Denmark held England to a goaless draw.

De Bruyne bags PFA prize

Man City midfielder Kevin De Bruyne has won the PFA men's Player of the Year Award.

Image: ESPN

He beat Virgil Van Dijk, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Sadio Mane, Jordan Henderson and Raheem Sterling to the prize.

De Bruyne is also the first Man City player to win the award since its inception in 1974.

Over at Flushing Meadows...

Naomi Osaka, Jeniffer Brady and Alexander Zverev are among those who've made the semifinals of the US tennis Open.