Cristiano Ronaldo Announces International is one of the fastest-rising stories on Reddit right now. Over roughly 26 hours, 11 threads about it surfaced across 3 subreddits, most of the conversation happening in r/soccer, r/sports and r/europe. That adds up to around 18.7K upvotes and 3.1K comments.
What the sources report
The articles behind the biggest threads, quoted directly from each publisher’s own summary.
- Yahoo Sports: 🚨 Cristiano Ronaldo announces international retirement
Cristiano Ronaldo has announced his retirement from international football, bringing an end to his record-breaking career with Portugal.The 41-year-old confirmed the news in a video posted on Instagra...
- NBC News: Soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo announces his international retirement from Portugal
“To the Portuguese people, the day has come for me to hand back the No. 7 shirt of our national team,” the 41-year-old soccer star said in a video message.
- CNN: Cristiano Ronaldo retires from international soccer after a record-breaking career with Portugal | CNN
Cristiano Ronaldo has announced his retirement from international soccer after a record-breaking career with Portugal.
Where Reddit is talking about it
| Community | Threads | Upvotes | Comments | First thread |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| r/soccer | 7 | 15,286 | 2,572 | Nov 4, 18:04 UTC |
| r/sports | 3 | 3,243 | 442 | Nov 5, 10:43 UTC |
| r/europe | 1 | 163 | 54 | Nov 5, 12:18 UTC |
The biggest threads
- Cristiano Ronaldo's message to announce his international retirement.r/soccer · 10,335 upvotes · 1,671 comments · Nov 5, 10:38 UTC · v.redd.it
- Cristiano Ronaldo rejects Portugal farewell matchr/soccer · 2,277 upvotes · 341 comments · Nov 5, 19:50 UTC · onefootball.com
- Cristiano Ronaldo announces international retirementr/sports · 1,867 upvotes · 232 comments · Nov 5, 10:43 UTC · sports.yahoo.com
- Cristiano Ronaldo's message to announce his international retirementr/sports · 1,222 upvotes · 178 comments · Nov 5, 10:56 UTC · v.redd.it
- FPF "refuses to let" Cristiano Ronaldo's farewell "happen without a proper tribute"r/soccer · 1,074 upvotes · 153 comments · Nov 5, 11:36 UTC · ojogo.pt
- With Cristiano Ronaldo's retirement from Portugal, Luka Modric is the most capped man still playing international footballr/soccer · 786 upvotes · 80 comments · Nov 5, 12:21 UTC · i.redd.it
- Cristiano Ronaldo retires from the Portuguese National Teamr/soccer · 524 upvotes · 175 comments · Nov 5, 10:26 UTC · youtu.be
- Almeria, co-owned by Cristiano Ronaldo, will donate all proceeds from its next match to the family of Jesús de Miguel, the Tenerife player who passed away this week.r/soccer · 289 upvotes · 41 comments · Nov 4, 18:04 UTC · reddit.com
- Cristiano Ronaldo announces his international retirement from Portugalr/europe · 163 upvotes · 54 comments · Nov 5, 12:18 UTC · NBC News
- Cristiano Ronaldo can't face the embarrassment of being dropped, so he's quitting insteadr/soccer · 1 upvotes · 111 comments · Nov 5, 18:01 UTC · fourfourtwo.com
Timeline on Reddit
- First thread we found, in r/soccer: “Almeria, co-owned by Cristiano Ronaldo, will donate all proceeds from its next match to the family of Jesús de Miguel, the Tenerife player who passed…”
- The biggest thread so far is posted in r/soccer (10,335 upvotes, 1,671 comments by our last count).
- The story reaches r/sports: “Cristiano Ronaldo announces international retirement”
- First link to CNN shared, in r/sports.
- The story reaches r/europe: “Cristiano Ronaldo announces his international retirement from Portugal”
- Latest thread in our sample, in r/soccer.
How this page is made
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