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Cristiano Ronaldo is set to be included in Portugal’s squad for this month’s Euro 2024 qualifiers against Liechtenstein and Luxembourg. Ronaldo, 38, had previously been coy on his international future in the aftermath of Portugal’s quarter-final exit at the hands of Morocco at the 2022 World Cup. The former Manchester United forward has since left Europe to join Saudi Arabia’s Al Nassr but he remains committed to representing his country. Ronaldo has the joint-most international caps in the history of men’s football with 196, a record he shares with Kuwait’s Bader Al-Mutawa. Al-Mutawa is still active and could face the Philippines next Thursday, the same day Portugal host Liechtenstein.. Ronaldo is set to feature under his fifth Portugal manager due to Roberto Martinez’s appointment as manager in January. He previously played for Portugal’s senior team under Luiz Felipe Scolari, Carlos Queiroz, Paulo Bento and Fernando Santos. Martinez met Ronaldo before deciding to call up

Paris Saint-Germain’s Kylian Mbappé (24) became the club’s all-time top-scorer after his late goal against FC Nantes on Saturday. The Frenchman now has 201 goals for Les Parisiens breaking the record previously held by Edinson Cavani (36), who now plays for Valencia.  However, more history was made when Mbappé wrapped up the game against Les Canaris. The goal was his 30th of the season in all competitions, and it is the fifth consecutive season in which Mbappé has reached the 30-goal mark. The last Frenchman to do so in Europe’s top five divisions was Thierry Henry, who achieved the feat with Arsenal.  During his professional career, Mbappé has scored 264 goals in 373 games. He is therefore scoring at a rate of 0.71 goals per game, the best ratio of any French player with a minimum of 200 goals since Just Fontaine on 11th February 1962, who scored an average of 0.94 goals per game.