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Ugandan defender breaks Cristiano Ronaldo’s Sampdoria leaping record [Photos]

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Cristiano Ronaldo's iconic leap for Juventus against Sampdoria in December 2019 [AFP]

In what is the opposite of what football fans are used to reading, Cristiano Ronaldo had one of his famous records broken last week. 

Motherwell’s Ugandan defender Bevis Mugabi on Wednesday, January 27 jumped a calculated 8 feet 6 inches off the ground to head home against Ross County at the Global Energy Stadium in Dingwall, Scotland. 

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