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David Beckham to retire from football

May 16, 2013 by Yein Jee

Former English captain David Beckham is set to retire from professional football at the end of the season. Outstanding player, never the best but arguably the most famous of his generation. If you are not a soccer fan you might not know who’s Cannavaro, Ronaldinho, or even Messi, but you probably know who’s David Beckham.

Here’s a video from 1996, Manchester United vs Wimbledon, a goal which puts the 21-year-old Beckham on global headlines (for the first time). The rest is history.

Filed Under: General Tagged With: David Beckham, European pop culture, Football and soccer, Sports and athletes, United Kingdom

David Beckham & Chinese football

March 27, 2013 by Yein Jee

English football star David Beckham, who joined French club Paris Saint-Germain in late January, was in Beijing as a special ambassador for Chinese football.

David Beckham in China

China has been eagered to become a football powerhouse in the past decade. Unfortunately their men’s national team has been underwhelming despite hundred millions of dollars being spent to develop the sport; and their ambition further dampened by the corruption in the professional league in the past few years.

Beckham’s visit has created plenty of buzz, but many doubt that it serves any real purpose beside PR stunt. Despite having legion of fans, football is never a popular sport to play in China (and many parts of Asia), it’s an odd situation where people would watch hours of European games weekly but not interested to kick the ball.

In the past two decades Japan and Korea (and Australia if it counts) are the only Asian countries that made consistent progress. It helps to have proper planning and execution from grassroots to professional levels, but the cultural shift (to make people, youngsters especially, to play the sport) is the real challenge.

I imagine it’s much easier for Chinese youth to have a ping-pong or badminton match which require little space and as few as two players to start a game. And there’s also the fact that they have better chance to thrive in these sports on global stage. It’s going to take a lot more than a certain David Beckham to make the change.

Filed Under: General Tagged With: China blog, Chinese pop culture, David Beckham, East Asia, Football and soccer, Sports and athletes

David Beckham – H&M Bodywear Spring 2013

February 8, 2013 by Yein Jee

Short film directed by Guy Ritchie, starring football star David Beckham for clothing retailer H&M Spring 2013 collection. Music by Foster The People…

David Beckham HM Bodywear 2013

Filed Under: Lifestyle Tagged With: David Beckham, European pop culture, Guy Ritchie, HM Fashion

Ellen DeGeneres & David Beckham’s Hidden Camera

November 16, 2010 by Yein Jee

American TV host Ellen DeGeneres and English football star David Beckham decided to pull a hidden camera prank on an unsuspecting masseuse. David had to say everything Ellen told him. This is what I call a great prank, funny and no harm done…

Filed Under: Offbeat Tagged With: David Beckham, Ellen Lee DeGeneres, Fun and humour

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