The World Interviews David Beckham through Yahoo! Live (And You Can Be Part Of It!)

If you had a chance to ask David Beckham any question about sports or otherwise, what would it be? 

Yahoo! summons its 600 million global users to ask the international sporting icon their utmost question in an exclusive interview.

Tomorrow, July 14, Yahoo! will be asking Beckham as it hosts a unique global interview. The interview will take place in London at 9.30 pm Manila time and connect fans simultaneously by video from 18 other countries around the world. In over 90 minutes, David will take on questions from the world over.

The interview will be streamed live on Yahoo! Philippines and http://ph.yahoo.com where viewers will have the opportunity to submit their own questions live during the event through Yahoo! Mail, Beckham’s Facebook page, the Yahoo! World Football Facebook page and Twitter using the hashtag #Y!DB.

"It’s always great interacting with fans, but I’ve never been part of an interview quite like this - being able to take questions direct from people in 18 different countries across five continents. It’s definitely a first for me,” says Beckham.

Earlier this month, David Beckham signed a global sponsorship deal to serve as Yahoo!’s Global Sports Ambassador. The partnership brings together the world’s largest online media company and the world’s most iconic sports star to offer exclusive content only found on Yahoo! for Yahoo!’s coverage of the World Cup and the 2010/11 football.

“At Yahoo!, our vision is to be the centre of people’s online lives, and we do this through delivering unique, personally relevant content found nowhere else,” shares Jack Madrid, Yahoo! Philippines General Manager.

The global interview is expected to involve fans from the Philippines, UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Canada, USA, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, and India. utilising Cisco’s TelePresence high definition video suites, fans from each country will interact with David Beckham through video.

Sports fans, catch David Beckham and ask him your ultimate question direct! Stay tuned to Yahoo! Philippines on July 14, 2010 - 930pm Manila time.