Former England footballer Rio Ferdinand has been reprimanded for posting a string of tweets and a video at a PlayStation event without stating it was an advert. The ex-Manchester United player, who now works as pundit on BT Sport and featured in the BBC's World Cup coverage in Qatar, was slapped down by the advertising watchdog the ASA this week.
In a video posted on his Twitter account on May 27, Ferdinand was seen making a prediction that Real Madrid would beat Liverpool in the Champions League final the next day. The Spanish side ran out 1-0 winners over the Reds.
Images of the former Leeds and West Ham star, who won Europe's highest club accolade himself in 2008, showed him playing PlayStation with his ex-Red Devils teammate Patrice Evra. Another post showed a series of pictures of Ferdinand taking part in challenges at PlayStation House, a specially created venue in Paris for the final.
