• ‘God has been generous to me,’ says 41-year-old

• Portugal face Spain in last 16 in Dallas on Monday

Twenty-three years, 232 games, 146 goals and six World Cups later, at 41, this really could be the end, and Cristiano Ronaldo will depart at peace. The day before potentially the final match of his extraordinary international career, the truth that everyone knew but Portugal’s captain had tried not to actually express, eventually came out. “This will be my last World Cup; God willing tomorrow is not my last game,” he said. And if it is, well, it is. If he has to go without lifting the only trophy to resist him, so be it.

“I’m not missing anything; God has been generous to me,” Ronaldo said. “I won’t be more Cristiano or less Cristiano if I win the World Cup or not.”

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Debutant Gregor Hiddleston is among the seven try-scorers for Scotland as they open their Nations Championship campaign with a 47-38 win over Argentina in Cordoba.

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Kelsey Pfendler set out to become first US woman, youngest woman and fastest woman to solo over 2,400-mile journey

A Grand Canyon river-rafting guide who aimed to become the first US woman to row solo across the mid-Pacific has completed a record-breaking journey from California to Hawaii.

Hundreds of people gathered to cheer on Kelsey Pfendler as she pulled into a Honolulu harbor on Friday night on her 21ft rowboat, Lily, after nearly a month-and-a-half at sea, local media reported.

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Historian Heather Cox Richardson on what history tells us about modern America

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Qualifiers Roman Safiullin and Shintaro Mochizuki set their sights on toppling title challengers Novak Djokovic and Jannik Sinner after causing huge upsets at Wimbledon.

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Serena Williams' planned appearance alongside older sister Venus in the Wimbledon doubles is added to Saturday's order of play.

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