Portuguese professional footballer, Cristiano Ronaldo, has emerged the first football player in history to earn more than $1 billion during his playing career, Forbes reports.

Cristiano Ronaldo is back in Italy after being away for almost two months due to the coronavirus lockdown. Ronaldo and family landed in Turin airport via a private jet from the Portuguese island of Madeira. They will spend two weeks in quarantine.

Manchester United and England's highest goalscorer, Wayne Rooney has said Barcelona's Lionel Messi is the greatest player in the world, ahead of former team-mate Cristiano Ronaldo - and his comments come after it was revealed that David Beckham also sides with the Barcelona icon in the debate.

Cristiano Ronaldo and Zlatan Ibrahimovic are set to go head-to-head in Thursday’s Italian Cup semi-final, first leg between Juventus and AC Milan at the San Siro.

Argentina and Barcelona forward, Lionel Messi has moved head of Juventus striker Cristiano Ronaldo in the total number of goals scored at club level.