Cricket
The snub by Juventus footballer Cristiano Ronaldo was so impactful that it affected Coca-Cola business by USD 4 billion.
Updated : Jun 23, 2021, 12:08 PM IST | Edited by : Tanweer Azam
Portugal star Cristiano Ronaldo's Coca-Cola snub ahead of a UEFA Euro 2020 press-conference has drawn reactions from people across the globe. The snub by Juventus footballer was so impactful that it affected Coca-Cola business by USD 4 billion.
The debate over the comsumption of Coca-Cola and other fizzy drinks will continue for a long time now but let's take a look at times when India cricket skipper Virat Kohli and former All England Championship winner Pullela Gopichand also refused to endorse the carbonated drinks.
Cristiano Ronaldo qui déplace les bouteilles de Coca et qui dit "eau" en montrant aux journalistes pic.twitter.com/LaDNa95EcG
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In an interview with CNN-IBN in 2017, Virat Kohli had said: "Things that I've endorsed in the past, I won't take names, but something that I feel that I don't connect to anymore... I won't urge others to consume it just because I'm getting money out of it. I want to give something to people that I use, myself. One of the reasons, I decided not to sign Pepsi is that I have undergone lifestyle change. And, I am not using that product anymore."
Meanwhile, Gopichand had also declined to ink a lucrative deal with a beverage company, citing health reasons.
"Since 1997, I have stopped drinking these soft drinks. After seeing the reports, as well as studies on the health hazards of these products, I stopped their consumption. Only my family members and friends were aware of the offer and my decision. I did not want to discuss it further as it was purely a personal decision," Times Now once quote Gopichand as saying.