FUNCHAL, Portugal — Cristiano Ronaldo has an airport named after him, but it was his odd-looking statue that attracted attention in Wednesday’s ceremony honoring the Portugal star in his hometown.

Portuguese president Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, left, Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa, 2nd left and Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo stand next to a bust of the player at the Madeira ...

Instead he was speaking about footballer Cristiano Ronaldo during a meeting with Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa at the White House.

Former United States president Donald Trump once backed Cristiano Ronaldo to become the president of Portugal Back in 2018, when Portugal's president, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, visited the White ...

On the international stage, Ronaldo has scored 154 times in 253 matches. Back in 2018, during a visit to the White House, Portugal President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa spoke about Ronaldo with Trump.

Trump was meeting with Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, the president of Portugal, when the two began discussing whether Trump might visit Russia before the World Cup ends next month, conceivably taking ...

Trump greeted Rebelo de Sousa in the Oval Office and then turned to the cameras to offer his reaction to Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy’s retirement. The vacancy gives Trump a golden ...