{"id":502381,"date":"2026-03-04T02:50:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T02:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/502381\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T02:50:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T02:50:07","slug":"ronaldo-sustains-hamstring-injury-and-is-under-evaluation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/502381\/","title":{"rendered":"Ronaldo sustains hamstring injury and is &#8216;under evaluation&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) \u2014 <a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/cristiano-ronaldo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cristiano Ronaldo<\/a> has sustained a hamstring injury, his club Al Nassr said Tuesday without giving a timeline for the Portugal star\u2019s return.<\/p>\n<p>The five-time Ballon d\u2019Or winner was injured during Saturday\u2019s 3-1 win over Al-Fayha.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe started a rehabilitation program and will be under evaluation day by day,\u201d the Saudi Pro League team said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Al Nassr did not specify if it was a strain or tear, and coach Jorge Jesus had suggested after the game it was \u201cmuscle fatigue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In photos published Tuesday on Al Nassr\u2019s social media channels, the 41-year-old Ronaldo was seen training with weights in the team gym.<\/p>\n<p>The five-time Champions League winner is preparing to take part in his sixth <a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/world-cup-fifa-iran-8882f12c6e9cb3f3dc1306fd2dd9a208\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">World Cup<\/a>. The United States, Mexico and Canada will co-host the tournament this summer.<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>AP soccer: <a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/soccer\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/soccer<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) \u2014 Cristiano Ronaldo has sustained a hamstring injury, his club Al Nassr said Tuesday&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":502382,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[20509,103,14271,9522,20174,228938,3140,26,4042,228937,403,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-502381","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-athlete-injuries","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-central-america","11":"tag-cristiano-ronaldo","12":"tag-injuries","13":"tag-jorge-jesus","14":"tag-latin-america","15":"tag-mexico","16":"tag-portugal","17":"tag-ronaldo-injury","18":"tag-soccer","19":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=502381"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502381\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/502382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=502381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=502381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=502381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}