<p class="bodytext">Cristiano Ronaldo broke coronavirus travel restrictions with a trip to a mountain resort, according to media reports Thursday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Juventus striker Ronaldo allegedly travelled to Courmayeur, 150 kilometres north-west of the Serie A club's Turin headquarters, for his girlfriend Georgina Rodriguez' birthday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">When contacted by <em>AFP</em>, Juve declined to comment.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Rodriguez, who turned 27 on Wednesday, apparently posted a video of the couple on a snowmobile on Instagram.</p>.<p class="bodytext">She later removed it, but it was picked up by several Italian news sites.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The <em>Gazzetta dello Sport</em> newspaper said Ronaldo and Rodriguez spent Tuesday night in a hotel and took a ride in the snow the next morning, before returning to Turin.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Under current Italian coronavirus rules, the couple should not have left the town of Turin. They each risk a fine of 400 euros ($485).</p>.<p class="bodytext">The 35-year-old footballer has been embroiled in coronavirus-related controversy before.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He was criticised in October for travelling to Portugal while Juventus were in isolation after two virus cases.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Ronaldo then tested positive himself, and returned to Italy to spend a couple of weeks in isolation at home.</p>.<p class="bodytext">At the time, Italian Sports Minister Vincenzo Spadafora accused the star of "violating" coronavirus restrictions.</p>
<p class="bodytext">Cristiano Ronaldo broke coronavirus travel restrictions with a trip to a mountain resort, according to media reports Thursday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Juventus striker Ronaldo allegedly travelled to Courmayeur, 150 kilometres north-west of the Serie A club's Turin headquarters, for his girlfriend Georgina Rodriguez' birthday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">When contacted by <em>AFP</em>, Juve declined to comment.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Rodriguez, who turned 27 on Wednesday, apparently posted a video of the couple on a snowmobile on Instagram.</p>.<p class="bodytext">She later removed it, but it was picked up by several Italian news sites.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The <em>Gazzetta dello Sport</em> newspaper said Ronaldo and Rodriguez spent Tuesday night in a hotel and took a ride in the snow the next morning, before returning to Turin.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Under current Italian coronavirus rules, the couple should not have left the town of Turin. They each risk a fine of 400 euros ($485).</p>.<p class="bodytext">The 35-year-old footballer has been embroiled in coronavirus-related controversy before.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He was criticised in October for travelling to Portugal while Juventus were in isolation after two virus cases.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Ronaldo then tested positive himself, and returned to Italy to spend a couple of weeks in isolation at home.</p>.<p class="bodytext">At the time, Italian Sports Minister Vincenzo Spadafora accused the star of "violating" coronavirus restrictions.</p>