Results tagged “coaching”

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.

The boot was on the other foot for World Cup-winning rugby star Josh Lewsey when he visited the Isle of Dogs this week.

The former England international, critical of the national coaching set-up last week, was running his own coaching session as part of his Rugby Academy at Cubitt Town Junior School on Monday.

Rugby in east London has had a major boost after Nomura agreed to continue funding the Josh Lewsey Rugby Academy.

The Japanese bank picked up the sponsorship of the Academy, set up by the former England player two years ago, after the collapse of original sponsors Lehman Brothers last year.