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The 41-year-old forward left the Portugal camp on Wednesday after coach Jorge Jesus had told reporters at the Matchday-1 press conference that Cristiano Ronaldo would not feature in the starting lineup against Denmark in the Nations League. The move comes amid reports of a rift between the Al-Nassr player and coach, something that Jesus denied. The 72-year-old coach conceded that his captain had been disappointed to remain on the bench in Portugal's win over Norway on Sunday, but he insisted that there had been "no incident whatsoever." Ronaldo didn't explain why he had taken the decision, but in an Instagram post he said that "in time" he would "tell the Portuguese people the truth about the reasons" behind his departure. "Following the national team coach's news conference, and after...

Jürgen Klopp used his first squad announcement as Germany's new head coach to deliver a stirring speech in favor of what he described as "positive patriotism." "I'd like to reclaim the flag for myself—or for us," Klopp said.  "I want us to always wave it in a way that makes no one think, 'What's wrong with you?' But rather, that people simply get the feeling that you're happy and understand how lucky you are to have been born, raised, or moved to this wonderful country." This was an apparent reference to the recent state election in Saxony-Anhalt, which the Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) won. Klopp said of the election "that some people probably thought it was okay, while many others thought: 'Good heavens, what's going on there?" The former Borussia Dortmund and Liverpool head coa...