Ronaldo has tested positive for COVID-19 and was forced to miss Sunday s anniversary celebrations of Cruzeiro, the Brazilian club he recently bought.
The two-time Ballon d Or winner, who top-scored in Brazil s 2002 World Cup triumph, has been experiencing mild symptoms of the coronavirus.
Ronaldo had been due to attend events marking Cruzeiro s 101st anniversary, but the 45-year-old former Barcelona, Real Madrid and Inter striker was instead isolating.
His positive case was announced by the Brazilian club, who were acquired by Ronaldo, with the support of an investment bank, in December.
Cruzeiro reports that this Sunday morning Ronaldo Nazario tested positive for COVID-19, the Campeonato Serie B club said.
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Torino have appointed Walter Mazzarri as head coach following the sacking of Sinisa Mihajlovic.
Mazzarri has been out of work since leaving Watford at the end of the 2016-17 season and will oversee his first Torino training session on Thursday.
The terms of the former Inter boss contract have not been revealed by the club.
A Torino statement read: The new coach – whom president Urbano Cairo receives with the most cordial welcome and with the best wishes of good work – will head the scheduled training session this afternoon.
Mazzarri led Napoli to Coppa Italia glory in 2011-12 and to second in Serie A the following season, claiming the Enzo Bearzot award for the best Italian coach in between.
Mihajlovic was let go in the wake of Torino s Cop…
The FIFA Best Awards were conducted on Monday, with Chelsea taking three prizes.
While Robert Lewandowski and Alexia Putellas, who won the women s Ballon d Or last year, took home the prizes for Best Men s and Women s player respectively, the Blues had winners in the form of Thomas Tuchel, Emma Hayes and Edouard Mendy.
Tuchel, who guided Chelsea to Champions League success last season, scooped the Best Men s Coach award, while Hayes was named Best Women s Coach.
Hayes team won the Women s FA Cup and Premier League in 2020-21, while also finishing as runners-up in the Women s Champions League to Barcelona, who Putellas plays for.
Mendy, meanwhile, won the Best Men s Goalkeeper award. However, he did not make the Men s XI, with Italy and Paris Saint-Germa…
Tottenham head coach Antonio Conte claimed winning trophies in Europe is easier than succeeding in England ahead of an FA Cup clash with Middlesbrough.
Spurs sit seventh in the Premier League after a 4-0 demolition of Leeds United, five points behind fourth-placed Manchester United, who have played a game more.
Conte s side are still in contention for the FA Cup as well, in which they face Chris Wilder s Middlesbrough on Tuesday, while the north London club were knocked out in the EFL Cup semi-final by Chelsea, who lost the final to Liverpool on Sunday.
Conte insisted it will be a difficult challenge to lift a domestic trophy at the end of the season, given the quality of competition in England.
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Ronald Araujo s 90th-minute header rescued Barcelona from a second straight home defeat in Monday s 1-1 draw with Granada.
Barca were in need of a response after going down 3-0 to Bayern Munich in the Champions League but instead ended up fortunate not to lose again.
Granada s most recent LaLiga victory had been at Camp Nou in April – ending a run of 24 straight defeats in this fixture – and they threatened another upset when Domingos Duarte scored early.
Indeed, there were only 49 seconds of normal time remaining when Araujo saved the day in front of an angry crowd, keeping Barca unbeaten in the league but scarcely easing the tension.
Less than two minutes were played when Sergio Escudero crossed beyond Marc-Andre ter Stegen to the …