DUBAI: Cristiano Ronaldo has expressed his determination to score 1,000 goals by the end of his career.
And the 40-year-old Portugal superstar is in no doubt he’ll get there.
“I will reach that number for sure, if no injuries,” Ronaldo said late Sunday at the Globe Soccer Awards in Dubai, where he was named as the best player in the Middle East.
Ronaldo moved onto 956 career goals by scoring twice for Al-Nassr in the Saudi Pro League on Saturday. His tally includes men’s international record of 143 goals for Portugal, which Ronaldo is set to lead into next year’s World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
By the time the World Cup begins, Ronaldo — a five-time world player of the year — will be aged 41.
“I am still very motivated to carry on,” the former Real Madrid, Manchester United and Juventus striker said on stage after receiving his award. “It doesn’t matter (where) I play — Middle East, in Europe — I always enjoy to play football, to win trophies, to score goals and I want to carry on.
“You know what my goal is: I want to win more trophies and I want to reach the number that you will all know.”
The World Cup is one of the few trophies missing from Ronaldo’s collection. He won the European Championship with Portugal in 2016.
Ronaldo wants to reach 1,000 goals before ending his soccer career
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Ronaldo wants to reach 1,000 goals before ending his soccer career
- Ronaldo moved onto 956 career goals by scoring twice for Al-Nassr in the Saudi Pro League on Saturday
- His tally includes a men’s international record of 143 goals for Portugal, which Ronaldo is set to lead into next year’s World Cup
Pegula knocks Keys out of Australian Open
MELBOURNE: Jessica Pegula knocked podcast pal and defending champion Madison Keys out of the Australian Open on Monday to secure a quarterfinal against Amanda Anisimova, another all-American match.
Their fourth-round wins on Day 9 mean four Americans have reached the women’s singles last eight in Australia for the first time since 2001, when Serena and Venus Williams, Jennifer
Capriati, Monica Seles and Lindsay Davenport made it through.
It is also the first time the top six seeds in the women’s and men’s singles have all qualified for the last eight of a Grand Slam event in the Open Era.
“Sucks that one American has to go out in the quarterfinals,” Anisimova said.
No. 6-seeded Pegula had a slightly different take: “At least one of us will get through and I think that’s great for American tennis. Yeah, it’s been pretty crazy how well the women have been doing and how many top-ranked girls there are. I’m just happy to be a part of that conversation.”
Pegula and No. 4 Anisimova advanced a day after No. 3 Coco Gauff and 18-year-old Iva Jovic earned their places on the other side of the draw.
Pegula’s 6-3, 6-4 win at Rod Laver Arena ended Keys’ first Grand Slam title defense in a tough section of the draw.
Anisimova, runner-up at the last two majors at Wimbledon and the US Open, advanced 7-6 (4), 6-4 over Wang Xinyu as the temperature started rising at Melbourne Park and organizers triggered the heat stress policy which allowed for extra cooling breaks.
