Estimated read time: Less than a minute
This archived news story is available only for your personal, non-commercial use. Information in the story may be outdated or superseded by additional information. Reading or replaying the story in its archived form does not constitute a republication of the story.
SAO PAULO (AP) - Football great Ronaldo and Rafael Nadal are teaming up in Brazil.
Ronaldo's sports marketing agency announced on Thursday it has reach a deal to manage Nadal's advertising contracts in Brazil.
The agency said the "non-exclusive" agreement was reached with Goramendi Siglo XXI, which handles the tennis player's image rights worldwide.
Ronaldo said in a statement "Nadal is a lot more than just a new partner, he's an idol that all of us learned to admire for his talent on the courts and for the kind of person that he is."
The No. 1-ranked Nadal joins Ronaldo's list of other top sports personalities he manages in Brazil, including Neymar, Rubens Barrichello and Anderson Silva.
Ronaldo was at the Rio Open final last week to watch Nadal win the title.
(Copyright 2014 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)
