Cristiano Ronaldo won't need to do much scouting ahead of Portugal's opener at next year's football World Cup in Russia as the reigning European champions landed in the same group as Spain. Friday's World Cup draw at the State Kremlin Palace in Moscow just happened to fall on a national holiday in Portugal, December 1 marks when the Portuguese celebrate the restoration of independence from Spain in 1640. C.Ronaldo of course plays his club football for Real Madrid, so is bound to face several of his teammates on June 15, including central defender and Spain captain Sergio Ramos. It could be tense, between the pair. However, the Portuguese, who won Euro 2016 and 2010 World Cup titlist Spain, will be fully expected to advance from Group B, which also includes two teams specializing in clean sheets: Morocco and Iran. Earlier Friday, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Vitaly Mutko denied that a state-sponsored doping program ever existed, despite last year's McLaren report - commissioned by the World Anti-Doping Agency, finding that more than 1,000 Russian athletes over five years were involved in cover ups.
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