
Cristiano Ronaldo announces his international retirement from Portugal
By Marcus Chen
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SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — For Notre Dame, this season comes with a mantra of “leave no doubt.” For Miami, there is now doubt. A game that has been hyped for months — No. 1 Miami at No. 4 Notre Dame — awaits Saturday night, a rematch from last season s contest that got the Hurricanes into the College Football Playoff and kept the Fighting Irish out. But the Hurricanes lost top receiver Malachi Toney this week to an ankle injury, a huge blow to a Miami team facing a ranked opponent for the first time this season. “They’ve got great players,” Notre Dame coach Marcus Freeman said Thursday. “I’m not saying one person’s going to replace Malachi Toney, but they have a lot of great players on their team and they’re going to find ways to get their best players on the field.” For both sides, the stakes are enormous. Miami (8-0, No. 1 CFP) could send a serious message if it finds a way to win at Notre Dame Stadium without Toney — who had been a Heisman Trophy favorite entering the week,