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The captain was forced from the field with a knee injury in the first half but returned to the touchline to watch Eder's dramatic late winner Cristiano/Twitter Homeward bound! The Portugal team celebrate on the plane Cristiano Ronaldo  and  Portugal  are jetting home following their stunning  Euro 2016 triumph. The captain was left in tears as  he left the final on a stretcher just 24 minutes into the game after suffering a knee injury. But he later returned to the touchline to encourage his team-mates through the rest of the match, as they stunned host nation France with Eder's late goal to claim the trophy. And Ronaldo posted pictures on his social media accounts this morning as he and his teammates head home to Lisbon and what are expected to be spectacular scenes. Speaking after the game on Sunday evening Ronaldo revealed just how much finally achieving success with his national team meant to him. "No one believed in us," he sa...

Mercury is set to pass in front of the Sun in a rare event that has had  huge  importance to the history of astronomy. But you shouldn’t watch it. While the sight of Mercury’s transit is one of the most spectacular and important things that can be viewed from Earth, doing so with the naked eye can be dangerous. But there is still a range of ways that you can watch the important alignment. Watching at home is dangerous because it relies on looking straight at the Sun. You wouldn’t actually be able to see the event with the naked eye anyway – or using kit like eclipse glasses – because the dark patch of Mercury is swamped by the bright light of the Sun. Nasa's most stunning picture of space Seeing the event would instead require a telescope. But that’s an even worse idea: it serves only to amplify the effect of the sun’s light on your eyes, and could cause lasting and painful damage or even blindness. You can find a list of all of the places holding...