Ronaldo’s Asian Champions League match delayed by missile alert in Riyadh
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22-second readKick-off put back by an hour after attack intercepted Portuguese forward scores in Al-Nassr’s 3-1 victory Cristiano Ronaldo’s Al-Nassr had their Asian Champions League match delayed by an hour on Monday after the Saudi-led military coalition said it had intercepted a missile fired by the Houthis towards Riyadh.
Saudi Arabia has recently come under a series of attacks from the Iran-backed group, including strikes on oil facilities, tankers and transport hubs – including a string of lethal hits on Riyadh’s international airport.
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Kick-off put back by an hour after attack intercepted Portuguese forward scores in Al-Nassr’s 3-1 victory Cristiano Ronaldo’s Al-Nassr had their Asian Champions League match delayed by an hour on Monday after the Saudi-led military coalition said it had intercepted
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