CRISTIANO RONALDO has landed his own luxury watch collection courtesy of Jacob & Co.

The superstar is a lover of fine watches and he has bought himself several luxury timepieces over the years.

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But now he has his own collection up for sale thanks to his close friend Jacob Arabo at Jacob & Co.

The luxury watchmaker has launched its Ronaldo range, featuring the Flight of CR7 and the Heart of CR7.

Only 999 of the watches will be made, making them limited edition items for fans eager to get their hands on them.

The two designs are available in four styles – Stainless Steel, Rose Gold Baguette, Stainless Steel Baguette, and Pave.

Both watches feature a Ronaldo figure on the face wearing his iconic No7 shirt, with the Flight of CR7 showing the figure heading a ball.

The Heart of CR7 shows the Ronaldo figure fist pumping with a football featuring on both.

The price of the watches range from £22,000 to £92,000 and Ronaldo revealed having his own collection is a “dream come true”.

He said: “I’ve always dreamed of having my own watch collection.

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“The Jacob & Co. Flight of CR7 & the Heart of CR7 takes inspiration from some of my most iconic moments on the field.

“I hope you like them as much as I do.”

Ronaldo, 39, was also gifted a watch by Arabo which costs a staggering £1million.

It is no secret that it would be good for the FA if Carsley was to succeed.

Before the Greece defeat last week, a senior source at the FA said it felt the process was “going well”.

That smooth transition, following in the footsteps of Southgate, would back the work they are doing at St George’s Park to create a pathway for players and coaches through the youth set-ups into the senior team.

FA technical director John McDermott and CEO Mark Bullingham are playing a key role in the recruitment process, and after last week’s results there will be even more discussion around Carsley’s final camp in November.

The FA is not commenting or offering guidance either way when asked whether they have conducted any interviews with potential candidates – which is giving space for the media debate about the process and who might be a candidate to rumble on.

It is true that most other job recruitment is done in a confidential manner and the FA believes its process should be no different.

The FA has always made clear it wants the best person available and Pep Guardiola – widely accepted as the world’s best coach – is out of contract at Manchester City at the end of the season. He has been linked with the role in the media, but he may yet extend his contract for a fourth time at City – and whether he could be tempted financially by the FA is another question.

Two nights before England’s match in Helsinki there were reports former Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel was in contact with the FA, subsequently denied by his agent. Newcastle manager Eddie Howe is another name linked, along with out-of-work former Brighton and Chelsea boss Graham Potter.

On Sunday, Carsley said the England manager should be a “world class coach”, but then attempted to clarify that he was not ruling himself out of the permanent job on that basis.

“Confusion reigns,” reflected BBC Radio 5 Live correspondent John Murray, who added, “but perhaps only on the outside.

“Within the FA it smacks of all options being kept open. It is possible Carsley’s England could win next month’s final two group matches handsomely, finish top of the group and win promotion back to the top tier of the Nations League.

“It’s also possible that the top trophy-winning coach that Carsley referred to is either not available now or only will be at a later point. Hence the keeping of all options open.

“And so on the outside the guessing game will likely continue into next month.”

THE late Queen Elizabeth II’s favourite pony Emma – who moved fans to tears at her funeral – is to pay one final tribute to the monarch at Ascot.

In an image shown and shared around the world, beloved Emma waited dutifully as the late Queen’s coffin went along Windsor’s Long Walk to the castle in September 2022.

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Emma was Queen Elizabeth II’s favourite horse – and the tribute, to come this Saturday, will also be in honour of her love of and dedication to the sport of racing.

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One of Emma’s horseshoes is being donated to Ascot to create a new trophy.

It will be presented to the ‘best shod horse’ at the Royal track for their blockbuster Champions Day meeting.

The shoe has been gifted by Queen Elizabeth II’s former horse handler Terry Pendry, report the Daily Mail.

He worked for the Royal household for 25 years and often rode alongside the late Queen in the Windsor grounds as part of her daily exercise.

An Ascot racecourse spokesperson confirmed the touching tribute will be paid this weekend.

They said: “It is extra special to have a trophy made from one of Emma’s shoes who was a horse so well loved by Queen Elizabeth II.

“Horse racing and Ascot were both so important to her during her life and to tie this all together will be very special.”

The late Queen used to present the trophy for the race named in her honour.

In 2017 she smiled alongside Frankie Dettori after he rode Persuasive to victory in the Group 1 contest over a mile.

King Charles has inherited the multi-million pound racing operation his mum cherished so much.

Queen Camilla is a lover of the sport too and they were seen enjoying much of Royal Ascot this year.

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Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa will make a return to the football field at some point in the 2024 season, head coach Mike McDaniel told reporters Monday.

It’s the first time that McDaniel has explicitly stated there’s an expectation for Tagovailoa to play again this season after he suffered a concussion in Week 2. However, McDaniel wouldn’t divulge when the team is expecting Tagovailoa’s return, adding that he’s “not playing this week” against Indianapolis (Sunday, 1 p.m. ET on FOX and the FOX Sports app).

“There’s still information that he’s seeking this week and as far as timelines go,” McDaniel said. “I do expect to see him playing football in 2024, but where that is exactly, we’ll let the process continue since we still have time before we can even entertain anything. 

“We’ll make sure that he’s diligent this week and assess after that.” 

Tagovailoa was placed on injured reserve shortly after suffering a concussion in Week 2 in a  loss to the Buffalo Bills. The move immediately ruled him out for Miami’s next four games, so he isn’t eligible to return to practice after Week 7. The next game he can play in, if he’s activated, is the Dolphins’ Week 8 tilt against the Arizona Cardinals. 

The concussion marked Tagovailoa’s third since the 2022 season. He initially had a fencing response after his helmet collided with Bills safety Damar Hamlin on a run in that game, sparking similar concerns to the concussions he suffered in 2022. He was able to walk off the field on his own power after the collision. Tagovailoa was expected to meet with multiple independent neurologists following the injury, McDaniel shared at the time.

The Dolphins’ offense has suffered without Tagovailoa. They lost three games in a row before beating the New England Patriots in Week 5, 15-10, to improve to 2-3 ahead of their bye week. Miami ranks last in scoring (12 points per game).

Tagovailoa has statistically been among the league’s best QBs since he started playing under McDaniel in 2022. He threw for 4,624 yards, 29 TDs and 14 interceptions in 2023, helping Miami reach the playoffs in each of the past two years. 

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“To be honest, today’s eleventh place was the best of my life.”

There was no shortage of storylines to follow in the Petit Le Mans final round of the IMSA SportsCar Championship on Saturday.

A farewell victory for the Cadillac-Chip Ganassi Racing partnership before the GM manufacturer throws its lot in with Wayne Taylor Racing by Andretti next year was a feel-good conclusion following heartbreak for the WTR/Andretti crew, when an unsighted Ricky Taylor clouted a stranded Mustang in the middle of the road to end his and Filipe Albuquerque’s title hopes. Then, there was a day of celebrations for Porsche.

To cap a dream day for the Weissach manufacturer, as Dane Cameron and Felipe Nasr clinched the IMSA SportsCar Championship GTP title with third place at Petit Le Mans in their Porsche Penske Motorsport 963, AO Racing also delivered the GTD Pro title with Laurin Heinrich.

The result hailed by AO team principal Gunnar Jeanette followed a run that was far from straightforward for the #77 911 GT3 R affectionately known as ‘Rexy’, in which 23-year-old former Porsche junior Heinrich was joined by Julien Andlauder and Michael Christensen.

Five laps in arrears, it meant a title that was Heinrich’s to lose went uncomfortably close to the wire.

The German, who shared the car with Seb Priaulx for the first six rounds of the season, had enjoyed a 99-point margin over Heart of Racing Aston Martin driver Ross Gunn heading into the weekend and extended it further by snaring pole while Gunn managed third.

But that 104-point advantage was slashed to just four after 10 hours of racing at Road Atlanta.

#23 Heart of Racing Team Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo: Ross Gunn, Alex Riberas, Roman De Angelis

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Had Gunn managed to overcome the Risi Competizione Ferrari of Daniel Serra for second, in the car he shared with Alex Riberas and Roman De Angelis, he would have completed a remarkable turnaround. Ultimately, the Briton came up just 1.845s short.

The problem for Heinrich was a freak one: a faulty cable connection on the steering wheel that caused several unscheduled pitstops. Jeanette explained: “Everything was running perfectly initially but then we suffered a steering wheel problem. Our drivers had their work cut out for them because the car only shifted up every third or fourth attempt.”

Door-stepped for his thoughts during the race, Heinrich gave an honest assessment.

“We couldn’t upshift anymore and then obviously being stuck in second, third or fourth gear around the lap, you break the rest of the car and you lose a lot of time,” he said, before adding: “It’s a nightmare, it’s the worst [thing] what could happen. We just needed to finish somewhere in the front and just not retire. I still hope I wake up from this nightmare, but I doubt it will happen.”

For Gunn and HofR, the team that will take Aston Martin into IMSA’s GTP class and the World Endurance Championship’s Hypercar division next year, Heinrich’s setback amounted to a gift.

“We got a nice present early on in the race,” reflected Gunn after a day he described as “an emotional rollercoaster”.

“We knew that we needed some luck on our side to win the championship, and we definitely got that early on.”

AO’s mechanics did their work in identifying and solving the problem, but the #77 Porsche was effectively powerless to affect the outcome. The ball lay in HofR’s court, but AO’s cause was helped by the presence of two interlopers that were not contesting the full season.

Like the Risi Ferrari 296 of Serra, Davide Rigon and Alessandro Pier Guidi, the leading Iron Lynx Lamborghini Huracan driven by Jordan Pepper, Franck Perera and Mirko Bortolotti was a Michelin Endurance Cup entrant focused on the longer-distance rounds. But both would take crucial points away from Gunn’s bid to deny Heinrich.

“The race remained a nail-biter to the very end,” said Jeanette. But ultimately, for HofR, it wasn’t to be, despite Gunn setting the fastest GTD Pro lap of the race during what Riberas called “one of the best stints I’ve ever seen”.

“We threw everything at it,” said a disappointed Gunn.

But for Heinrich, he was left to reflect on the 1m17.881s lap that had given him that crucial pole position as the difference-maker that helped to give him the greatest success of his young career.

Harlequins simply could not afford to leak tries so heavily again and head coach Danny Wilson said their defensive improvements paved the way for success on Sunday.

“We didn’t talk about Sarries much, we spent a whole week talking about how if we get our game model right with the improvements we are trying to make in defence, then we give ourselves a real chance,” Wilson told BBC Radio London.

“I’m really pleased, it’s a massive win. To win a derby game at home, which we haven’t for a while against Saracens, and a fully-loaded Saracens at that, is really pleasing.”

Wilson said Quins have placed more importance on how they are going to contain teams during preparation for games so far this season.

“There are two things. One, we’ve brought in a new defence coach which has given us a real clarity of system from Jason [Gilmore], which is excellent,” he added.

“Second thing is as a group, we’ve put defence first more often. So, we’ve started meetings with defence clips. We’ve started sessions with defence.

“Quins do not want to lose our attacking identity but if we don’t improve our defence, we have to go and score five tries every week to give us a chance of winning.”