Results tagged “David Beckham”

David Beckham's American adventure might be drawing to a close but another footballer from east London has a bright future across the pond.

Sam Kennedy, from the Isle of Dogs, is one of the stars of college football in the States, and he hopes it will be the springboard to a professional career.

It's been another exciting sporting year and plenty of big names have appeared in the pages of The Wharf, including West Ham manager Gianfranco Zola, a quartet of England cricket captains and two heroes of the 1966 World Cup win.

We look back at what's been making the headlines locally and nationally over the last 12 months.

The David Beckham Academy in North Greenwich is set to close at the end of the year.

Beckham has a five-year lease on the state-of-the-art football coaching facility, which is owned by AEG Europe, and will not renew it when it expires next year.

David Beckham might be missing from England's squad playing Brazil in Qatar this weekend but he's still on track to break the national appearance record.

But former England striker Martin Chivers believes the LA Galaxy player does not deserve to surpass Peter Shilton's 125 caps.

David Beckham's England career would have ended long ago if Jimmy Greaves had his way.

The former Spurs, West Ham and England striker believes Fabio Capello should not be relying on the 34-year-old as he shapes his squad for next year's World Cup finals in South Africa.