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David Beckham's mosquito deal
May 11, 2007, 11:10 GMT
Real Madrid\'s David Beckham during the team\'s training session held in Madrid, Spain, 10 May 2007. EPA/B.Echavarri
David Beckham has become the face of mosquito nets.
The British soccer star - who has previously endorsed Adidas, Gillette and Police sunglasses - has put his name to an anti-malaria campaign supplying the potentially life-saving nets to Africa.
He features in a commercial screened in the US for MalariaNoMore.org urging viewers to pledge $10, the cost of one net, towards the cause.
The black and white advertisement shows 32-year-old David - who is moving to the US this summer after agreeing a five-year £128 million deal with Los Angeles Galaxy - practising his trademark curling free-kicks.
He says: "Since I've been young, I've always practised free-kicks. What's important is getting in to the zone - I don't change my mind.
"If I take a good enough free kick the goalkeeper won't stop it."
The former England soccer captain then drives the ball into a goal with a missing net and it slams straight into a groundsman.
A message then appears reading: "We need more nets. Mosquito nets could stop 3,000 African children dying every day."
The charity commercial has been televised at peak time during hit show 'American Idol'.
(C) BANG Media International
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