Cristiano Ronaldo has become football’s first billionaire player, according to Bloomberg, which tracks the world’s richest individuals.
The Bloomberg Billionaires Index valued the 40-year-old Portugal and Al-Nassr striker’s net worth at $1.4bn (£1.04bn), including career earnings, endorsements, and investments.
Ronaldo reportedly earned more than $550m (£410m) in salary between 2002 and 2023, with sponsorships such as a decade-long Nike deal paying nearly $18m (£13.4m) per year.
Joining Al-Nassr in 2022, Ronaldo became the highest-paid player in football history with an annual salary of £177m. His initial contract ended in June 2025, but he signed a new two-year deal reportedly worth more than $400m (£298m), keeping him at the club past his 42nd birthday.
Argentina and Inter Miami forward Lionel Messi, Ronaldo’s longtime rival in Spain, has earned more than $600m (£447m) in pre-tax salary during his career.
Since 2023, Messi has made $20m (£15m) annually, roughly 10% of Ronaldo’s income for the same period. Upon retirement, Messi is set to receive a stake in Inter Miami.
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Russian authorities said 11 people, including four children, had been killed by Ukraine in an overnight attack on a holiday camp, accusing Kyiv on Saturday of deliberately targeting civilians.
The U.S. military said it completed a fresh wave of strikes on Iran late on Thursday, marking the 13th consecutive night of American attacks. The latest operation lasted more than two hours, according to U.S. Central Command.
Six candidates vying to become the next United Nations Secretary-General have called for restoring the organisation's credibility, strengthening multilateralism and reforming the UN, during the first public town hall debate ahead of a decisive Security Council vote next week.
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Italian Defence Minister Guido Crosetto recently offered the dismissed Ukraine’s Defence Minister, Mykhailo Federov an adviser role in Italy.
Uzbekistan captain Eldor Shomurodov has been shortlisted for the Hyundai Goal of the Tournament award at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, with his strike against DR Congo named among the competition’s 12 best goals. The nomination places the Uzbek forward alongside some of world football’s biggest stars.
Firefighters battled on Sunday to contain wildfires threatening the outskirts of Bordeaux, as authorities expanded evacuation orders and warned the blazes were spreading rapidly during an intense heatwave across southern Europe.
Rescue teams were searching on Sunday for 17 people still missing after a Vietnamese cargo ship sank in the South China Sea, with 45 crew members rescued since the vessel sent out a distress signal the previous evening.
A Romanian F-16 fighter jet pilot shot down a Russian drone over the Black Sea, the defence ministry said on Sunday. It was the latest in a series of airspace breaches by Russia that Romanian President Nicușor Dan called “inadmissible and intolerable.”
More than 16,000 people have been evacuated from their homes to safety in eastern Spain after a fast-moving wildfire in Castellón province spread beyond the capacity of firefighters to contain it.
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