EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO MERCHANDISING Mandatory Credit: Photo by Ken McKay/ITV/REX/Shutterstock (9117336r) Rio Ferdinand 'This Morning' TV show, London, UK - 05 Oct 2017 RIO FERDINAND: ?MOVING ON AFTER MY DOUBLE TRAGEDY? He was the young footballer from South London whose grit and determination saw him became a global superstar, but it was two years ago - after his wife Rebecca tragically lost her battle with cancer, that Rio Ferdinand faced his toughest challenge yet. Suddenly forced to become both mum and dad to their three young children, he found himself not only dealing with his own grief, but helping them cope with theirs. In a rare TV interview, the former footballer opens up about about putting pen to paper in a new autobiography, the loss of his wife, how the very recent death of his mother - also to cancer - delivered a second blow to his family, and how he has finally found happiness again with a new love in his life.