Cristiano Ronaldo in a Tough Situation as Mother is Diagnosed with Cancer

Published 02/08/2019, 10:25 AM EST

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Cristiano Ronaldo is facing a difficult situation in terms of his personal life. His mother has revealed that she is “fighting for her life” after a new cancer drama. Dolores Aveiro beat breast cancer after being diagnosed with the disease in 2007.

Ahead of a trip to Italy to celebrate her son’s 34th birthday, the mother of four admitted to new health problems. She told a Portuguese TV station in a interview: “I was operated on another breast in Madrid, I’ve had radiotherapy and now I’m fighting for my life.”

The shock confession came after she hit back at Cristiano’s rape accuser Kathryn Mayorga. This was in response to claims that Mayorga was raped in a Las Vegas hotel by saying: “I have confidence in my son when it comes to what happened. When she went there, it wasn’t to play cards. It was to do something.

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She did not offer any more details about when the operation had taken place but added: “No-one knows about the second one.”

In 2009, Cristiano Ronaldo, then playing for Manchester United, donated £100,000 to build a cancer centre at the hospital that saved his mum’s life.

He made the generous gift to the Portuguese League Against Cancer in his native Madeira so it could be used to build a centre in the Hospital Central in the island’s capital Funchal.

via Imago

Dolores, 64, had a lump removed from her right breast at the hospital in summer 2007.

She later followed a successful course of radiotherapy and was understood to be taking anti-cancer drugs to keep the disease at bay when she suffered her new health scare.

Isabel Aguiar, director of the cancer charity, confirmed the donation at the time and said: “I believe he made the gift because of his mother Dolores.

“It is the first donation he has given us. We were expecting it because he told us at the end of last year that he would do it.

“We are going to build a small centre in the garden of the Hospital Central, to give support to cancer patients.”

A friend of the footballer was quoted as saying: “Cristiano will be eternally grateful to the doctors and nurses who saved his mum’s life.

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“He wanted to show them how much he appreciated what they did for him.

“He knows how devastating cancer can be for both the patient and their families, and wanted to do something to ease some of that suffering.”

There was no immediate reaction from the Juventus striker to his mum’s dramatic new health revelation.

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