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'Ronaldo breaks the internet' - Man United's Cristiano Ronaldo announcement is the most liked sports team post on Instagram

The Instagram post by Manchester United garnered more than 12 million likes on the social networking site...

Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo, at the age of 36, is breaking records as well as the internet. The announcement of his return by Manchester United on Instagram garnered 12,907,022 likes as of now.

With more than 12m likes, Manchester United's Instagram post became the most liked post by a sports team on Instagram. Paris Saint-Germain's Lionel Messi announcement video on Instagram had attracted 7,819,089 likes.

While Ronaldo's anouncement post has broken records for a post by a sports team, it does not feature in the most popular sports photos on Instagram.