July 6 : Cristiano Ronaldo spent more than two decades deciding matches, dragging teams through difficult moments and defying time itself to remain among soccer's elite even past his Real Madrid, Manchester United and Juventus prime.Yet the one prize that always slipped through his grasp remained out of reach on Monday, as the 41-year-old bowed out of a sixth World Cup with tears in his eyes after Portugal's 1-0 defeat by Spain in the round of 16.Portugal's hopes ended in painful fashion as Mikel Merino struck in the 91st minute to give Spain a 1-0 victory in Arlington, a day after a relaxed Ronaldo announced that this would be his last World Cup.Leaving a press conference to applause from journalists on Sunday, he insisted he had no regrets about a career that has stretched the boundaries