London, Mar. 27 : England midfielder Wayne Rooney needs the devil in him to perform at his best, claims former captain David Beckham.

“You don’t get the exceptional talent and player you have without that side of Wayne’s game. If you take that away he becomes a different player, a different animal. Obviously, if Wayne wanted to talk to me about that, he would. We’re good enough friends and teammates,” The Sun quoted Becks, as saying.

London, Mar 27: Ace English midfielder David Beckham has blown away all talk of international retirement by declaring that he wants to play until he turns 50.

Former England skipper Beckham is expected to win his 109th cap in the friendly against Slovakia at Wembley, breaking Bobby Moore’s record for an outfield player.

“I’d love to go to the World Cup and be involved in every squad that gets picked up to that time. I don’t think I’d ever retire.”

London, March 27 : Renowned `Harry Potter' author J. K. Rowling, pop princess Britney Spears, and ace footballer David Beckham may check out their family trees on the Internet within seconds, for their ancestors have been found in London records.

A register from All Saints church in Mile End New Town, east London, a 19-year-old blacksmith named William Rowling married his sweetheart Frances Andrews on December 8, 1872.

London, Mar. 25 : England football star David Beckham gasped in horror yesterday as he shook an injured Royal Marine's hand - and it came off.

Becks went ghostly pale as he clutched the limb while Commando Ben McBean screamed: "My arm! My arm!"

But the star's shock turned to relief as onlookers howled with laughter and he realised he was holding Ben's prosthetic arm rather than a real one.

He chuckled, "You b******s!" before cracking up and adding: "I wasn't expecting that."

London, Mar 22 : The decision by David Beckham to stay at AC Milan may have cost him a cool two million pounds, but has saved his World Cup dream.

England boss Fabio Capello has confirmed Beckham would have been axed from his squad if he had returned to LA Galaxy this month.

Instead, Beckham sacrificed two million pounds of his personal fortune to help broker an extended loan spell with Milan and so is in line to pick up his 109th and 110th caps for his country in the clashes with Slovakia and Ukraine at Wembley, The Sun reports.

London, March 18 : Soccer ace David Beckham was besieged by eager Italian women at a recent charity event.

The midfield player commanded the recent Cancer Research Gala in Milan, during which he was submerged by the ladies looking to get hold of the heartthrob.

No sooner had he sat down that the 33-year-old had two busty blondes headed his way looking to flirt, reports the Sun.

Another pair of blondes tried to offer a glimpse of themselves to the superstar in their deep neck tops.