Ronaldo banned from debuting for Saudi club Al Nassr
Portuguese soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo has been banned from playing two games due to a disciplinary action taken against him by the FA, following the defeat of Manchester United against Everton in April 2022.
Ronaldo was to make his debut for Al Nassr, the Saudi Arabian football club, on Thursday. The 37-year-old player was to play his first game against Al Ta'ee at Mrsool Park for Al Nassr, but Ronaldo's debut is now postponed, reports Khaleej Times.
Ronaldo was found guilty of improper and violent conduct by the English FA in November and suspended for two matches for smashing a teenage fan's phone after the defeat against Everton.
Video footage apparently showed Ronaldo grabbing the phone from the boy's hand in fury and smashing it on the floor before walking away after the match.
The soccer player was fined £50,000 along with the ban, but could not serve the suspension as his contract with Manchester United was terminated. Ronaldo would have to serve the ban when he joined a new club.
The player will have to stay out of the matches against Al Ta'ee and Al-Shabab.
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Rickelton's ton in vain as SRH beat MI by 6 wickets
Mumbai (PTI): Ryan Rickelton's whirlwind unbeaten ton was overshadowed by Heinrich Klaasen's unbeaten 65 as Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Mumbai Indians by six wickets in an IPL match here on Wednesday.
Chasing an imposing 244-run target, Travis Head (76 off 30) and Abhishek Sharma (45 off 24) shared 129 runs for the opening wicket to set the platform for SRH.
Klaasen (65 not out off 30 balls) then displayed his all-round hitting abilities to guide SRH home with the help of Nitish Kumar Reddy (21) and Salil Arora (30 not out off 10) in 18.4 overs.
Earlier, Rickelton's knock powered MI to 243 for five.
MI rode on a 93-run stand between Rickelton (123 not out off 55 balls) and Will Jacks (46 off 22) in 7.1 overs for the opening stand to power the side.
MI skipper Hardik Pandya scored a valuable 31 off 15 balls before being dismissed.
Praful Hinge (2/54), Eshan Malinga (1/29), Sakib Hasan (1/39) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (1/31) were the wicket-takers for SRH.
Brief Scores:
Mumbai Indian: 243 for 5 in 20 overs (Ryan Rickelton 123 not out; Praful Hinge 2/54).
Sunrisers Hyderabad: 249 for 4 in 18.4 overs (Travis Head 76, Heinrich Klaasen 65 not out; AM Ghazanfar 2/51).
