FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Asian Champions League - Round of 16 - Second Leg - Al Nassr v Esteghlal - Al Awwal Park, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - March 10, 2025 Al Nassr's Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates scoring their second goal REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed/File Photo
LONDON (Reuters) - Cristiano Ronaldo was 40 last month and is top scorer in Saudi soccer's top flight. Lewis Hamilton hit the same age in January and is after an eighth Formula One title. LeBron James, also recently 40, is the first NBA player to score 50,000 combined points.
They are big name examples of the growing multitude of modern sportspeople performing at remarkable levels at an age when in yesteryear they would probably be long retired.
