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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
Paul Britton

Rio Ferdinand rapped by advertising watchdog over Qatar World Cup post

Rio Ferdinand has been rapped by the advertising watchdog over a football World Cup social media post promoting a Qatar tourism website, it was revealed today.

An Instagram post by the former Manchester United and England defender seen before Christmas last year featured a video which promoted the Visit Qatar site.

A caption alongside the video stated: "Time spent eating my bodyweight in the kitchen! That's a wrap for Qatar, been great filming behind the scenes and meeting so many locals!" Text underneath that stated '#VisitQatar' and below that '#ad'.

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