{"id":21078,"date":"2026-06-02T22:51:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T22:51:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/?p=21078"},"modified":"2026-06-02T22:51:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T22:51:24","slug":"cristiano-ronaldo-shares-4-word-message-after-portugal-begin-fifa-world-cup-2026-preparations-football-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/?p=21078","title":{"rendered":"Cristiano Ronaldo shares 4-word message after Portugal begin FIFA World Cup 2026 preparations | Football News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-131462200,imgsize-40280,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/cristiano-ronaldo-ap-photo.jpg\" alt=\"Cristiano Ronaldo shares 4-word message after Portugal begin FIFA World Cup 2026 preparations\" title=\"Cristiano Ronaldo (AP Photo)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Cristiano Ronaldo (AP Photo)\">Cristiano Ronaldo (AP Photo)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/cristiano-ronaldo\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Cristiano Ronaldo<\/a>, one of the greatest ever footballers in the world, has begun preparations for what could be the most important tournament of his career, joining Portugal&#8217;s training camp ahead of their FIFA World Cup opener on June 17.<!-- --> <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"5\"\/>The Portuguese star shared his excitement on social media, posting a picture with the caption, &#8220;The World Mission Begins!&#8221;<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"7\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"9\"\/>Portugal&#8217;s national team also gave fans a glimpse of the squad&#8217;s mood before the tournament, sharing a training-ground photo that showed players smiling and posing together as they gear up for the global event.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"11\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"13\"\/>While Ronaldo has won almost every major honour in football, the FIFA World Cup remains the one big trophy missing from his glittering career. <!-- -->The 41-year-old is set to make a record sixth World Cup appearance, further cementing his place among the game&#8217;s all-time greats.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"18\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"20\"\/>Portugal will begin their campaign against DR Congo on June 17. They will then face Uzbekistan on June 23 before wrapping up their group-stage fixtures against Colombia on June 27.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"22\"\/>Ronaldo and Portugal will be hoping to make a strong start as they chase World Cup glory and attempt to go deep into the competition.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"25\"\/>The veteran forward heads into the tournament in excellent form after recently achieving a major milestone with Al Nassr. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"27\"\/>Ronaldo played a key role in helping the Saudi club win the Saudi Pro League title, their first league triumph since he joined the team in January 2023.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"29\"\/>He scored twice in a dominant 4-1 win over Damac that sealed Al Nassr&#8217;s 11th league crown. The title was also Ronaldo&#8217;s first league championship in Saudi Arabia, adding another achievement to his remarkable career.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"31\"\/>With confidence high and the World Cup now on the horizon, Ronaldo will be eager to lead Portugal&#8217;s charge and finally capture the one major trophy that has so far eluded him.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"33\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/football\/fifa-world-cup\/cristiano-ronaldo-shares-4-word-message-after-portugal-begin-fifa-world-cup-2026-preparations\/articleshow\/131461907.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cristiano Ronaldo (AP Photo) NEW DELHI: Cristiano Ronaldo, one of the greatest ever footballers in the world, has begun preparations for what could be the most important tournament of his career, joining Portugal&#8217;s training camp ahead of their FIFA World Cup opener on June 17. The Portuguese star shared his excitement on social media, posting&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21079,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21078"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21078\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/21079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}