India, June 24 -- Cristiano Ronaldo turned in a vintage performance with two goals and delivered Portugal to their first win of this World Cup, a 5-0 rout of overmatched Uzbekistan on Tuesday in Houston. Ronaldo became the first player with goals in six editions of the World Cup. He eclipsed Eusebio as Portugal's all-time World Cup goals leader with 10. And at 41, he is the second-oldest goal-scorer in World Cup history behind Cameroon's Roger Milla (42 in 1994).

A target of skeptics after he failed to contribute to Portugal's 1-1 draw with DR Congo, Ronaldo scored in the sixth and 39th minutes to continue a summer of braces in North America - following the likes of Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland who have scored two or mo...