Footballer Cristiano Ronaldo was not gifted a gold-plated motorcycle

Hyderabad: Rumours about footballer Cristiano Ronaldo being gifted a gold-plated motorbike is false.

Several social media users have claimed that a sports bike made of 22-carat gold was gifted to the five-time Ballon d’Or winner Cristiano Ronaldo in the Gulf state of Saudi Arabia.

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Cristiano Ronaldo, one of the greatest footballers of all time, currently plays for Al Nassr FC in the Saudi Pro League after making a big money move from his former club Manchester United recently.

FACT CHECK

NewsMeter found the claim to be false.

We performed a keyword search to find media reports on Cristiano Ronaldo receiving such an expensive and unique gift from the Saudi Arabian government. Our search could not yield any reports. Such a huge event would definitely have attracted media attention if it was true.

A keyword search led us to an Instagram account with the username Faisal_abu_sara. The account has a number of similar pictures of the same bike as seen in the viral video.

On carefully analyzing the bike in the viral video and the photos on the Instagram account, we found that both have the same number plates.

Apparently, this bike’s name is “The Storm” and belongs to Faisal_abu_sara, a Saudi Arabia resident.

Faisal also confirmed that the bike is not completely made of gold but is gold-plated.

Evidently, the viral video is nowhere connected to football legend Cristiano Ronaldo.