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Cristiano Ronaldo, the Portugal international has revealed his post-retirement plans after the success of his YouTube channel ‘UR Cristiano’. Former England captain David Beckham paid his tribute to Sven-Goran Eriksson through an emotional Instagram post. Eriksson passed away on Monday, August 26, at his residence in Sweden after a long battle with pancreatic cancer.
In this article, we will discuss the major news updates that took place in the sporting world in the last 24 hours.
Cristiano Ronaldo reveals his post-retirement plans after YouTube channel success
Cristiano Ronaldo, the Portugal international has revealed his post-retirement plans after the success of his YouTube channel ‘UR Cristiano’. The 39-year-old recently launched his YouTube channel and reached one million subscribers in just 90 minutes. With this, the 39-year-old became the fastest to earn one million subscribers on YouTube. The five-time Ballon d’Or winner, who currently plays for Al Nassr in Saudi Pro League, added that he won’t be looking at taking up coaching roles, but confirmed that it will be a spontaneous decision. "When I leave the national team, I won’t tell anyone beforehand and it will be a very spontaneous decision on my part, but also a very well thought out one,” he said during an interaction.
We knew we were saying goodbye: David Beckham pays emotional tribute to former England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson
Former England captain David Beckham paid his tribute to Sven-Goran Eriksson through an emotional Instagram post. Eriksson passed away on Monday, August 26, at his residence in Sweden after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. After Eriksson’s family issued a statement to confirm the news of his death, tributes poured in from all over the footballing world. Beckham also took to social media and shared a recent clip of him meeting Eriksson. The former footballer accompanied the clip with a caption and wrote, “We laughed, we cried & we knew we were saying goodbye...Sven thank you for always being the person you have always been, passionate, caring, calm & a true gentleman.”
Why did Cristiano Ronaldo name his YouTube channel “UR Cristiano”?
Cristiano Ronaldo , the Portuguese football superstar, has broken records after records on YouTube after launching his channel, called “UR Cristiano,” on the platform on August 21. In one of the videos on his new YouTube channel, the 39-year-old remarked that he named the channel “UR Cristiano,” because it resembles “You are,” symbolising a sense of family. Notably, shortly after launching “UR Cristiano” on YouTube, Cristiano Ronaldo became the fastest to one million subscribers within one and a half hours before reaching the 10 million subscribers mark in just 12 hours. The current number of subscribers on Cristiano Ronaldo’s YouTube channel is 47 million, which is quite a high number for a channel going live in the first five days.
Chelsea winger Noni Madueke apologises to Wolverhampton Wanderers
Chelsea winger Noni Madueke apologised to Wolverhampton Wanderers for an errant social media post on Sunday. Madueke had posted a less-than-complimentary opinion about the Midlands city in the build-up to the English Premier League clash. However, he decided to delete the post later. He said, I just want to apologise to everyone that I might have offended. It is just a human mistake, an accident. It wasn’t meant to be out on my socials like that. I’m sure Wolverhampton is a nice town and I’m sorry. I expected the boos but you have to perform under pressure.”
Badminton
HS Prannoy takes indefinite break from badminton citing Chikungunya
HS Prannoy, the Indian badminton star, has taken an indefinite break from the sport due to Chikungunya. The 32-year-old spoke about feeling persistent pain in his battle against Chikungunya in the recent months, which prevented him from competing at his best, and that's why he has withdrawn his name from a few upcoming BWF tournaments, to focus on his recovery. Notably, HS Prannoy last played professional badminton during the Paris Olympics 2024, reaching the round of 16 where he lost to fellow Indian Lakshya Sen. During this one-sided match, he lost with a scoreline of 21-12, 21-6 as Lakshya Sen dominated him right throughout.
Tennis
WATCH: Dominic Thiem retires after first round exit from US Open 2024; receives special memento on his final Grand Slam appearance
Former US Open champion, Dominic Thiem on Monday, August 26 played his final Grand Slam match of his career. The Austrian tennis star, who received a wild card entry in the last Grand Slam of the year, the US Open 2024, suffered a first round exit from the tournament as he lost a hard fought match 6-4, 6-2, 6-2 against Ben Shelton. Although this defeat brought curtains to his Grand Slam career, he also received a memento, which was a collage of his past performances at the Flushing Meadows from the organisers of the tournament. The 30-year-old, who had earlier taken the decision to stay away from the major competitions in March this year, also added that he is at peace with this call and aims to live a normal life once again.
The tennis GOAT is Novak Djokovic… but my favourite to watch is Roger Federer: Emma Raducanu
British tennis star Emma Raducanu chose Novak Djokovic as the greatest tennis player of all time. The 2021 women’s singles champion in New York and crashed out of the 2022 event from the first round and missed previous year’s edition due to injuries. Ahead of her 2024 campaign, Emma Raducanu sat with Sky Sports for a rapid-fire Q&A. She said, “In my opinion, the tennis GOAT is Novak Djokovic for pure, just repeatable quality but I think my favourite to watch is Roger Federer.”
