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Beckham to pitch for England hosting rights of FIFA World Cup in 2018

David Beckham is flying to South Africa next week ahead of the World Cup draw to push England's claims to host the tournament in 2018.

According to The Sun, members of the 24-man FIFA executive, who will decide England's fate, are queuing up for a private audience with the country's former skipper. Keep reading

Bid chief excited by the Beckham effect
The chief executive of England's 2018 World Cup bid Andy Anson is looking forward to

David Beckham maintaining the momentum of the campaign after 15 cities submitted their proposals to stage matches at the tournament.

Beckham travels to South Africa next week for the 2010 finals draw - and it is hoped his presence will help England's bid to host the tournament in nine years' time.

"Hopefully in South Africa next week with David Beckham coming down that will be another big milestone," Anson said.

"That is David Beckham meeting the individual members of the FIFA executive committee. That is more positive stuff and we have just got to keep that going. Keep reading

David Beckham 'has a taste for Cuban cigars'

David Beckham's spokesman last night confirmed that the England and LA Galaxy star has smoked cigars, after reports that he had acquired a taste for hand-rolled Cubans. Keep reading

David Beckham treats himself to a new Bentley

David Beckham has added another car to his impressive collection.

The soccer star has been seen driving around LA in a grey Bentley Continental Supersport, which only went on sale in the USA in September.

David, 34, splashed out on the £163,000 motor while still managing to do his bit for the environment.

The luxurious car has all the mod cons but is green as it runs on bio-fuel. Keep reading

Beckham academy 'likely to close'

David Beckham's football academy in south-east London is "very likely" to close by the end of the year, site owners AEG Europe have confirmed.

The England footballer opened the centre in Greenwich, which boasts two full-size artificial pitches, in 2005.

But the five-year lease on the site runs out next year.

An AEG spokesman said David Beckham was abandoning a fixed location to run a mobile academy which could travel around the UK and further afield. Keep reading

David's Most Recent Blog
Posted on Monday

Hi everyone

I’d like to start this blog by saying how proud I am of the Galaxy. For those of you who missed the game yesterday or the result, we lost the MLS Cup Final 5-4 on penalties.

We played Real Salt Lake and there wasn’t much in it, it ended up 1-1 after 90 minutes. There were still no goals after extra time, so we moved onto the lottery of a penalty shoot-out, which we lost 5-4. Penalties are a tough way to lose but it just wasn’t our day.

But this year I feel we’ve played well as a team and been successful, and it’s definitely something we can build on for next season, and hopefully go one better.

Next up for me is a bit of rest, as I’m carrying a few minor niggles. I'm also travelling to South Africa on behalf of the 2018 World Cup bid team and then onto the World Cup draw. I'm really looking forward to both, I'll let you know how I get on.

Take care, David

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