Manchester United team mates Rio Ferdinand and Robing Van Persie both opted for a different sport in ping pong as they took each other on when they were both chosen to star in a BT sport advert as they promote their new sport channel.

It was a closely fought battle between the two with Rio looking superior at the start but as the game went RVP stepped up his game and provided the goods as he does in football.

The two even argued about some of the points but it looked like Rio was going to win but RVP had different ideas as he come back and went on to win the game 11-9 and now has the bragging rights until next time.

Welshman Paul Davies has picked up gold for the Britain Para Table Tennis team in the the team event in the Slovakian Open.

He was paired with Silvio Keller from Switzerland after his playing partner Rob Davies decided not to compete in the Slovakia open.

He lost to Italy’s Andrea Borgato but got his revenge when he beat the Italian number one 3-2 before combining with Keller in the doubles to win the match 3-0.

Davies said: ”In the singles final against Borgato I struggled with one of his serves,

“But I went away and analysed the match and I knew that if I could have another crack at him it would be a different result.

“Things didn’t go according to plan in Slovenia but it’s great to finish on a high here and I’m very happy.”