‘Adultery’: Ronaldo faces 99 lashes

Portuguese football great Cristiano Ronaldo would avoid visiting Iran for now after a court in the Islamic state sentenced him to 99 lashes.

This is because a meeting in September with an Iranian painter Fatima Hamami, who is 85 percent paralyzed and a declared fan of the Portuguese, has apparently left consequences for the 38-year-old Al Nassr attacker.

Ronaldo visited Tehran, the capital of Iran, with Al-Nassr in September to face Persepolis in the group stage of the Asian Champions League.