Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo is facing up to a month on the sidelines with an ankle sprain suffered on international duty.
The world's most expensive player returned to Real Madrid on Saturday for tests after limping out of Portugal's 3-0 World Cup qualifying victory over Hungary on Saturday night.
The club on Sunday evening confirmed that Ronaldo is facing several weeks out.
"After a clinical examination and an MRI scan, it is confirmed the player has suffered a recurrence of his injury to his right ankle, a medial collateral sprain with inflammation in the bone," the club said in a statement.
"The estimated (recovery) time is three to four weeks."
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