Ronaldo heading to Juventus

Cristiano Ronaldo is leaving Real Madrid to join Italian club Juventus in a move expected to benefit the Portugal forward’s tax return. Juventus said Tuesday it paid $131.5 million for Ronaldo, who signed a four-year deal with the Serie A champions. The move brings an end to a hugely successful nine-year spell in Spain, and takes him further away from a tax fraud case that may end up costing the Portugal forward more than $20 million in fines. Ronaldo joined Real Madrid in 2009 from Manchester United and was the Spanish club’s all-time leading scorer with 451 goals in 438 matches. He helped the club win four Champions League titles — beating Juventus in the final in 2017 — and also won the league and cup twice each. He has a record 120 Champions League goals, 105 of them since moving to Madrid — 12 more than Juventus managed in that same period. ... U.S. Englishlanguage television viewers for the World Cup quarterfinals were down 12 percent from four years ago. That leaves the tournament 35 percent below 2014’s level. Coverage on Fox and FS1 is averaging 2.7 million. That is down from 4.2 million on ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC in 2014. ... Manchester City has signed Riyad Mahrez for a club-record $80 million as it further strengthens its team after winning the Premier League title. The Algerian winger was an integral part of Leicester’s astonishing run to the title in 2016, but has been pushing to leave the central England club.