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A Saudi real estate tycoon who bought $2.6 million at auction has won a ticket to see Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi square off in a friendly, according to an official.

The game will take held in Riyadh on January 19th. The team that Lionel Messi’s Paris Saint-Germain will face will be a combination of players from Al Nassr, Cristiano Ronaldo’s new club, and Al Hilal, a Saudi rivalry team.

It will mark the first time Ronaldo has played any football in the kingdom since signing a contract with Al Nassr that runs until 2025 and is worth more than 200 million euros ($214m), according to sources close to the club.

The five-time Ballon d’Or winner is scheduled to make his Saudi Pro League debut for Al Nassr on Sunday.

To promote Thursday’s friendly, Turki al-Sheikh, an adviser at the Royal Court and head of Saudi Arabia’s General Entertainment Authority, announced a charity auction for a special ticket that would come with perks like photo opportunities with players and access to the locker rooms

Bidding started at 1 million Saudi riyals ($266,000) and the auction closed at 11:30pm (20:30 GMT) on Tuesday.

Al-Sheikh has now announced on Twitter the winning bid of 10 million riyals ($2.6m) had come from Mushref al-Ghamdi.

“Congratulations, you deserve it, and may God reward you with good,” Sheikh said.

The national charity initiative known as Ehsan will receive the auction’s revenues.

At the age of 38, Jay Briscoe, a professional wrestler with Ring of Honor, passed away.

Tony Khan, the owner of AEW and the person who bought the Ring of Honor event last March, posted the depressing information on social media.

“Unfortunately, Jamin Pugh has passed away,” he stated. He was a star in ROH for more than 20 years, from the inaugural show to the present. His fans know him as Jay Briscoe.

“Jay and his brother Mark dominated ROH, reigning as champions to this day. We’ll do whatever we can to support his family. Rest In Peace Jamin.”

Pro wrestling insider Dave Meltzer reported the wrestler was involved in a car accident in Delaware.

Jay, whose real name is Jamin “Jay” Pugh, joined ROH in 2002 and went on to form one of the greatest tag teams in the history of pro wrestling with his brother, Mark.

Jay and Mark were tag team partners wrestling under the name “The Briscoe Brothers”.

Jay enjoyed success as a singles competitor too, becoming the Ring of Honor world champion on two separate occasions.

Jay and Mark were inducted into the Ring of Honor’s inaugural Hall of Fame class last year.

Condolence messages are already pouring in following the tragic loss.

Marcus Rashford and Manchester United have begun contract negotiations, and the club is reportedly confident that it will be able to sign Rashford to new terms.

As he guides Erik ten Hag’s transformation at the club, 25-year-old Rashford has rediscovered his best form this year. The 16 goals the England international has scored in all competitions include crucial Premier League strikes against Manchester City, Liverpool, and Arsenal.

The club is eager to reward his stunning comeback to form, according to the Manchester Evening News and The Sun.

As previously disclosed by Sportsmail this month, Erik ten Hag has attempted to enact a salary ceiling at the club to prevent problems that have bedevilled the organization in recent years relating to dressing room envy over earnings.

The club will no longer pay superstars more than £300,000 per week under the “Ronaldo Rule” in order to maintain the wage structure for their squad. The goalkeeper has been made aware of the new regulations through continuing discussions with David De Gea.

It is unknown how this will affect the talks with Rashford, but the team might decide to give the striker a raise of more than $300,000.

United has been eager to acquire Paris Saint-Germain, who are circling as they look to restructure their forward line.

According to the source, an agreement is not imminent because there are still a number of issues to be worked out, but the club is unconcerned about the situation because they believe that both parties want the same thing.

Rashford’s contract was set to expire this summer, but the club exercised an option to extend it by an additional year.

The World Cup team is “too strong to be broken by outside forces,” Cristiano Ronaldo has insisted in response to social media rumors that he wanted to leave the group.

previous Man. After he appeared dissatisfied with their 2-1 loss to South Korea, United striker annoyed manager Fernando Santos. He was also reported to have threatened to fly home after being benched by his coach for their 6-1 victory over Switzerland in the last-16 match.

But Portugal later hit out at the rumours, saying Ronaldo ‘builds up a unique track record every day at the service of the national team and the country, which must be respected and which attests to the unquestionable degree of commitment to the national team.’

The 37-year-old has broken his silence since the reports emerged, insisting Portugal were too ‘close’ and ‘brave’ to be affected by outside noise.

In a tweet, the forward wrote: ‘A group too close to be broken by outside forces. A nation too brave to let itself be frightened by any adversary.

‘A team in the truest sense of the word, which will fight for the dream until the end! Believe with us! Strength, Portugal!’