There's no good time for injuries. There's no worse time than before a World Cup. Michael Essien has joined David Beckham and Michael Ballack on the World Cup sidelines, and more of soccer's biggest s... Read more...

David Beckham visited British troops in Afghanistan this past weekend, posing for pictures and generally proving once again that what he lacks in left foot, he makes up for as a first class football ambassador.
However, if I was an England player heading to the World Cup, then somewhere in the back of my mind I’d be ever so slightly concerned that the above image of Becks with a machine gun is in some way related to the injured player’s as yet undefined role on England’s coaching staff in South Africa.
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