Cristiano Ronaldo and his mother, Dolores Aveiro (Image: GETTY)
Mum-of-four Dolores Aveiro beat breast cancer after being diagnosed with the disease in 2007. Yesterday, ahead of a trip to Italy to celebrate her footballer son’s 35th birthday after backing him in his fight against rape claims, the mum-of-four admitted to new health problems. She told a Portuguese TV station in an interview: “I was operated on another breast in Madrid, I’ve had radiotherapy and now I’m fighting for my life.”
The shock confession came after she attacked Cristiano’s rape accuser Kathryn Mayorga over her claims she was raped in a Las Vegas hotel by saying: “I have confidence in my son when it comes to what happened.
“When she went there, it wasn’t to play cards.
“It was to do something. I know the son I have.”
She did not offer any more details about when the operation had taken place but added: “No-one knows about the second one.”
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Cristiano Ronaldo's mother with his son (Image: GETTY)
In 2009 former Man U star Ronaldo donated £100,000 to build a cancer centre at the hospital that saved his mum’s life.
He made the generous gift to the Portuguese League Against Cancer in his native Madeira so it could be
