Two-time World Cup winning Brazil legend Ronaldo has confirmed he is to retire from football.

The 34-year-old former PSV Eindhoven, Barcelona, Inter Milan, Real Madrid and AC Milan star brings an end to his illustrious career after admitting his body can no longer cope with the demands of the game.
Reported threats from Corinthian supporters following their recent Copa Libertadores exit is said to have accelerated his decision, although he had intended to hang up his famous R9 boots at the end of the season.
Ronaldo, a three-time FIFA player of the year winner and leading World Cup scorer of all-time with 15 goals in four tournaments, told his native media: 'I can't take any more.
'I wanted to continue, but I can't do it any more. I think of an action, but I can't do it the way I want to. It's time. 'It's the body that's hurting me. The head wants to go on, but the body can't take any more.' Ronaldo was dogged by a string of serious injuries and controversy during his playing days. Hours before the 1998 World Cup final defeat to hosts France in Paris he suffered an infamous collapse.
The striker has been a shadow of his former self in recent times since his return to Brazil with Corinthians in 2009. And after a long battle to maintain form and fitness he has decided to retire with immediate effect.
Ronaldo first moved to Europe in 1994 when he joined PSV Eindhoven from Cruzeiro. A prolific scorer in the Eredivisie, he joined Barcelona despite knee problems which blighted him in his second season in Holland, going on to achieve record-breaking success in Spain.
He spent just a year at Barca, scoring 47 goals in 49 games and becoming the youngest player ever to win the FIFA World Player of the Year award, before contract wrangles saw him join Inter Milan for a then world-record fee of £19million. His success continued at Inter, then Barca's great rivals Real Madrid, though injury problems hindered his time in Italy.
Ronaldo joined AC Milan in 2007 but after suffering a third serious knee injury he returned to Brazil in 2009.
He will perhaps be best remembered for his international exploits, having scored a record 15 World Cup goals.
He scored eight in the 2002 tournament in Japan and South Korea alone, including both goals in the 2-0 final victory over Germany.
He was also the first player to win the FIFA World Player of the Year award three times.
(Source: DailyMail)