CHENNAI: It is well known that Cristiano Ronaldo hates losing and that is not just restricted to what unfolds on a football field. Last year, Ronaldo's former teammate Rio Ferdinand revealed that the former was utterly "competitive" every time they played table tennis during their days at Manchester United. When he had been coming through the ranks at Portugal football heavyweights Sporting Lisbon in the early 2000s, a young Ronaldo had honed his table tennis skills in free time.
Someone who watched Ronaldo give professional table tennis players a run for their money from close quarters is Portugal's Joao Monteiro, a member of the Sporting TT wing at that time.
