Attitude publisher removes David Beckham's cover from office after £10m Qatar World Cup deal

The publisher of Attitude magazine has removed its famous David Beckham cover from its offices and slammed the footballer for 'turning a blind eye to corruption' over his £10million ambassadorial role for the Qatar World Cup. He then shredded a copy of the magazine Mr Lycett walked into shot wearing a fluffy rainbow jacket and put each wad of cash into the shredder, before posing in front of the camera and walking out of frame David Beckham famously appeared on the cover of Gay magazine Attitude while at the height of his football career 'They are real issues that affect the livelihood of billions of vulnerable people around the country. The condemnation of Beckham's role at the Qatar World Cup, a nation where homosexuality is still illegal and can lead to seven years' imprisonment, was shared by Tom Daly's husband Dustin Lance Black today. Former Wales captain Laura McAllister was among female football fans who were 'told to take off their rainbow bucket hats' at the Qatari stadium ahead of the Dragons' first match with the US last night US sports journalist Grant Wahl was initially refused entry to a World Cup match in Doha, Qatar and had security guards 'aggressively demand' he remove his rainbow shirt. Alex Scott decided to wear it on live TV instead BBC pundit Alex Scott wore rainbow armband for England game on live TV and declares: Boycotting Qatar World Cup is the 'easy option' England may have backed down but BBC presenter Alex Scott defied Fifa's ban on the rainbow armband as she broadcast from pitchside yesterday.