Ronaldo scores amid Riyadh security scare to close in on 1,000 career goals

Cristiano Ronaldo continued his relentless pursuit of 1,000 career goals by scoring his 981st strike in professional football, helping Al-Nassr secure a 3-1 victory over Uzbekistan's Neftchi Fergana in the AFC Champions League Elite on Monday. But the Portuguese superstar's latest goal came on a night when football briefly took a back seat to security concerns in Riyadh, while the disciplinary controversy surrounding his departure from Portugal's national team camp remained unresolved.The match at Al-Awwal Park was delayed by an hour after Saudi Arabia's Civil Defence issued a security alert shortly before the scheduled kick-off. The warning followed reports of ballistic missiles launched towards Riyadh by Yemen-based Houthi rebels, with the Saudi-led coalition saying it had intercepted and destroyed missiles targeting the capital.