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in SportsWho scored the most goals in the 2023 Arab Club Champions Cup?
Answer: Cristiano Ronaldo danced, dazzled, and delivered by scoring a whopping six goals in the 2023 Arab Club Champions Cup. In the August 12, 2023, final. his team, Al-Nassr, clinched their first-ever Arab Club Champions Cup title. This was Ronaldo’s first trophy with Al-Nassr.
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in SportsHow many teams are going to play in the 2026 World Cup?
Answer: FIFA changed the format for the 2026 World Cup to have 12 groups of four teams each instead of 16 groups of three teams each. This means that there will be 48 teams playing in the tournament (up from 32), which the US, Mexico, and Canada will co-host. The change was approved by FIFA’s…
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in SportsWhat team will Cristiano Ronaldo face in his first game in Saudi Arabia?
Answer: Paris Saint-Germain said on Jan. 9, 2023, that they would be playing a friendly game in Riyadh on Jan. 19 against a composite team of players from Ronaldo’s new club Al-Nassr and Al-Hilal. After the 37-year-old star slapped a mobile phone out of a fan’s hand last April. he had to wait until Jan.…
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in SportsWho was known in Brazil as “O Rei” or “The King”?
Answer: Known in Brazil as “O Rei” or “The King,” legendary professional footballer Edson Arantes do Nascimento, AKA Pelé. died on Dec. 29, 2022, at 82, following a battle with colon cancer.
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in SportsWhich team does Cristiano Ronaldo currently play?
On Friday, Aug. 27, 2021, a decade after he left the club to join Real Madrid, 36-year-old Cristiano Ronaldo signed a two-year contract at Manchester United, with the option to extend for another year. The contract is for an initial 15m euros (£12.85m, $17.75m). "Everyone who knows me knows about my never-ending love for Manchester…
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in SportsIn which team did Argentina’s Lionel Messi and Brazil’s Neymar use to play together?
Argentina’s Lionel Messi and Brazil’s Neymar played together at FC Barcelona between 2013 and 2017 before Neymar’s move to Paris St-Germain._x000D_
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in SportsWhen was the first time Italy won the EURO trophy?
Italy won their first UEFA Euro trophy in 1968, 53 years ago. They won the 2020 Euro for the second time in history on Sunday, July 11, 2021 – the longest gap between titles for any nation in the competition’s history._x000D_
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in SportsWhat was England’s historic achievement in the 2020 UEFA Euro?
On the 2020 Euros (taking place in July 2021), England became the first team to top a group at a Euro finals by scoring just two goals._x000D_
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in SportsWhy isn’t Mohamed Salah on Egypt’s World Cup qualifying matches?
Soccer star Mohamed Salah isn’t on Egypt’s World Cup qualifying matches because on Monday, Aug. 23, Liverpool announced it refused to release him due to quarantine requirements upon his return from Cairo. The two-week quarantine would cause Salah to miss two Premier League games.
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in SportsExcept for England fans, which other team use Neil Diamond’s “Sweet Caroline” as an “official” cheer?
Neil Diamond’s “Sweet Caroline” has been played at Fenway Park, home of Major League Baseball’s Boston Red Sox, since 1997 and in the middle of the eighth inning at every game since 2002._x000D_
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in SportsHow old is Lionel Messi in 2021?
Lionel Messi celebrated his 34th birthday on June 24, 2021. He was born in 1987._x000D_
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in SportsArgentina won the Copa America for the 15th time. Which other country shares the record?
Argentina tied Uruguay’s all-time leading Copa America record with their 15th Copa America triumph on Saturday, July 10, 2021, over Brazil 1-0._x000D_
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in SportsWho owns the British soccer team Chelsea F.C.?
Since 2003, Russian-Israeli billionaire Roman Abramovich owns British soccer team Chelsea F.C._x000D_
