Which footballer has injunctions

David Cameron has written a letter to Mr Whittingdale, recommending the setting up of a new body. Earlier on Monday, the prime minister told ITV1's Daybreak that banning newspapers from naming such stars while the information was widely available on the internet was both "unsustainable" and "unfair".

In another case brought by a separate footballer, known to the court as TSE, a High Court judge ruled on Monday that comments on Twitter about the private life of a famous person did not mean there should be no injunction preventing newspapers from publishing stories about him.

Midfielder Ryan Giggs, 37, is Manchester United's most senior player, having appeared in games. He celebrated with the team at Old Trafford on Sunday as they were crowned English league champions for a record 19th time, and is expected to be in the squad to face Barcelona in Saturday's European Champions League final at Wembley.

The player, who made 64 appearances for Wales before retiring from international football in , was awarded an OBE that year. Breaking super-injunctions. Profile: Ryan Giggs. Profile: Imogen Thomas. Paper names Twitter claims player. Mark Easton: Law v technology. Twitter posts prosecution urged. Footballer sparks Twitter storm.

The injunction had blocked the disclosure of details about the alleged affair. Ryan Giggs has been named in court for the first time as the Premier League footballer behind a high-profile injunction against the Sun. The Manchester United and former Wales player agreed to lift the anonymity injunction in a hearing at the high court in London on Tuesday. Giggs brought the injunction in April last year to prevent the Sun from publishing claims that he had an extra-marital affair with the model and former Big Brother contestant Imogen Thomas.

But the gagging order was flouted by thousands of people who identified the footballer on Twitter and Liberal Democrat MP John Hemming, who used parliamentary privilege to name him in the House of Commons.

Hugh Tomlinson QC, counsel for Giggs, told the court that the footballer had been subject to "large scale breaches of the order by malign individuals". Mr Justice Tugendhat said: "Anonymity no longer applies and has not applied since 1 February.

Tugendhat is considering a claim by Giggs for damages for alleged misuse of private information by the Sun. The footballer also seeks an injunction to restrain future publication of private information. The court heard that the anonymity order that prevented the media from naming Giggs was lifted on 1 February. However, an "administrative error" by Giggs's solicitors meant the Sun was not informed.