Ryan Giggs has dropped his bid to ban reporters reporters from High Court divorce hearings relating to his money battle with his estranged wife.
News that the ex-Manchester United star and his wife Stacey were embroiled in a High Court dispute emerged earlier this year.
Mr Justice Cobb on Friday considered issues relating to reporting at a preliminary private hearing in the Family Division of the High Court in London.
The judge made an order limiting what journalists would be able to report - after an application by Giggs.
He said Giggs had also initially asked for an order preventing media representatives from attending hearings.