London, April 11: David Beckham has donated one of his England shirts to help raise 20 million pounds through an online auction for Brit wounded troops.

The football ace will pen his autograph for the winning bidder of the shirt, presently under the hammer for Help for Heroes.

The 33-year-old backed the eBay collaborated Auction for Heroes to help build seven vital Army Convalescence Centres, saying: “They are the real heroes.”

“I was lucky enough to meet men and women from the armed services recently,” the Sun quoted him as saying.

“We are all thankful for their courage and bravery.

London, Apr 11: For Brit men, it doesn’t matter whether their women is poor, out of work, ill-educated, or doesn’t know how to cook— as when it comes to love, UK males are much less fussy than their European counterparts, according to a survey.

Conducted by the online dating service Parship, the European survey found that British men valued brains over beauty.

The figures revealed that only 41 percent of single UK males looked for qualities such as education, salary and morality when choosing a mate.

London - Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez has played down the significance of Steven Gerrard's injury, saying his captain will be in the squad to face Blackburn Rovers on Saturday. Rumours in the British media suggested that Gerrard could be out for a couple of weeks, but Benitez said it was not that serious.

"Steven has some problems with his adductor," he said.

"He will be in the squad but we still have to decide whether he will start.

London, Apr 10: TV personality Claire Sweeney has revealed that she once had a flirty encounter with then president Bill Clinton, when he tried to make eyes at her.

It was at a costume party in Russia hosted by Cliff Richard that Clinton walked up to Claire and tried to lure her with his cheeky lines.

“Clinton came over to me dressed as an Admiral. He starts chatting me up. His bodyguard came over and told him, ‘Mr President, it’s time to go,” the Sun quoted Claire as saying.

London, Apr 10 : Manchester United's wage bill has increased to a whopping sum of 121million pounds in 2008, an increase of 29 million pounds.

The 30 per cent rise comes after improved deals for ace players Wayne Rooney and Cristiano Ronaldo.

United's Premier League and Champions League Double last season saw them splash 13.3 million pounds in bonuses, compared to 8.6 million pounds the previous year.

London, Apr 10 : Hollywood actress Kelly Brook, who did an incredible vanishing act just a week after she appeared on ITV'S `Britain Got Talent' show in January, will not be seen in Saturday's launch episode.

However, a source has revealed that she will return later in the series.

The Hollywood actress was axed from the show because four judges, instead of the usual three, caused confusion when two voted for an act and two against.

However, producers are now said to have decided that she would later return to the show.

"Kelly will feature later in the series," The Daily Star quoted the source as saying.