David Beckham scores winner direct from a corner kick

Call this magic football.

David Beckham is one of the finest footballers in history and the most handsome and good-looking too.

This former England, Manchester United and Real Madrid playmaker has scored many magical goals.

That includes free kicks from 30, 40, 50, 60 and even 70 metres from the left, right or centre of the field.

His insiwnger or banana kick can also makes the ball swerves to every direction he wants it to be.

“I saw the goal keeper going out of the goal and saw a little bit of a gap. So I knew if I put in an area it was either going to get a touch off somebody or go straight in.” – David Beckham.



Beckham was inspirational in LA Galaxy’s 2-1 win over Chicago Fire in the American Super League on Sunday 10th July 2011.

Earlier, a trademark free-kick set up Landon Donovan for the opener and after Chicago equalised the former England captain stepped up to the plate again and scored the winner, direct from a corner kick - his second such goal in his illustrious professional career.

Taking a corner in the 62nd minute, Beckham whipped in a low effort, missed by everyone and secured the win for LA Galaxy.

LA coach Bruce Arena said after the game: “The second goal, did that touch anyone? I don’t know how it went in; but that’s why we pay him the big money for.”

This is truly a great visionary goal and will be long remembered.

Incidentally, this was Beckham’s second ever goal straight from a corner, known in certain parts as an “Olimpico” – he notched one whilst on loan at Preston North End in 1995.

Long Live Beckham... God Bless the Queen...

Good Bye Beckham...David Beckham too old to play for England

Good Goodbye David Beckham...

Fabio Capello has made up his mind not to include Beckham in future international duty for England due to age factor. But to me, Beckham even at 35, is still an X-Factor in the England squad and still an icon in world football. You name it - 30 yards, 25 yards, 40 yards and even 70 yards. Beckham can still score many amazing goals in his career...

many top international goalkeepers had been beaten by the super bending of the ball whenever Beckham step forward to execute a free kick. The ball can go high, low, left, right, extreme left and right but will always end up at the back of the net.

Beckham scored many wonderful goals from set pieces beginning from his early playing career at Manchester United, followed by Real Madrid and now LA Galaxy.

However Beckham is still very much an utility player for LA Galaxy.. His skills comes with good looks and charms.

He is one of the most handsome footballers of all time. Beckham even succeded in wooing one of the most glamorous girls in the world - Posh Spice or Victoria of the Spice Girls fame..

Beckham took part in 3 world cups - France 1998, Korea/Japan 2002 and Germany 2006 and scored in all those 3 world cups - the first England player to do so.

Beckham was selected to play for England in the 2010 world cup in South Africa but an injury sidelined him.

But after more than 100 games, three World Cups and years living as an international icon, David Beckham's England career may be over for good.

England coach Fabio Capello said on Wednesday 11th August 2010, that the 35-year-old former captain, who has played 115 times for his country, is too old and will no longer be a part of his plans as he prepares for the 2012 European Championship qualifying campaign.

"I won't be picking him for any more competitive matches," Capello said after England beat Hungary 2-1 in a friendly at Wembley.

"David is a fantastic player, he was really important, but we have to see the new players for the future because the age is important for a lot of people, not only for David."

From his debut against Moldova in 1996 until his heart-breaking injury just before the 2010 World Cup, Beckham had been synonymous with the England team and his presence, not to mention his global appeal, will be fondly remembered and sadly missed.

Capello said Beckham, who trails only goalkeeper Peter Shilton's record of 125 England appearances, will have the chance to play in a friendly "farewell game."

"I hope he can play one more friendly game to say bye bye," Capello said.

Capello spoke while Beckham was in the United States training with the Los Angeles Galaxy for the first time in five months.

"Did I phone him before I went on television?" Capello said. "No. I think I will speak with him. We tried to speak with him. But I think David knows he has no future with the international team because we have to change. We tried to speak with him."

Beckham has repeatedly said he has no plans of retiring from playing for England. He went to the World Cup in South Africa in June as a member of Capello's off-field staff after being sidelined following Achilles' tendon surgery.

Speaking in Carson, California, before Capello's comments, Beckham had said: "I've always said that I won't retire from playing for my country, whether I never get picked again, play one more game or 10 more games. There are a lot of good young players coming through. We'll see."

The Galaxy said there would be no response Wednesday to Capello's comments, but Beckham's spokesman, Simon Oliveira, said the player isn't calling it quits.

"There has been no discussion of retirement," Oliveira said. "He will always be available for his country, when fit and if needed he will be there."

England captain Steven Gerrard said he expects Beckham to bounce back, just as he did after being dropped following the 2006 World Cup.

"I'm sure that if he hears that news, it'll drive him on and he'll try to prove people wrong and try to get back in the set-up because I know he loves playing for England," Gerrard said. "He's had some fantastic performances, some fantastic goals, memories. He was a fantastic captain. I've learned a lot from David and it's been a pleasure to play alongside him.

"If he has played his last game, he'll certainly be missed because, both on and off the pitch, he's a great guy."

Beckham missed out on a fourth World Cup after tearing an Achilles' tendon in March while on loan to AC Milan from the Galaxy to stay in shape for England during the Major League Soccer offseason. He resumed training Wednesday in Los Angeles.

Beckham didn't do any drills with the Galaxy but he participated in conditioning with training staff.

"The focus is on the team and preparing my tendon," Beckham said. "I've been hitting it so hard for the last two years, every month that it's obviously tough on my body. It's about getting back this season as soon as possible, playing the rest of the season and then taking the time to get the rest in, prepare my body and be ready for next season."

He is not expected to be fit for the Galaxy again until Sept. 4 in Chicago.

Beckham, who began his career at Manchester United in 1992, made his England debut against Moldova in September 1996.

The low point of his international career came at his first World Cup, in 1998, when he was sent off for petulantly kicking out at Argentina midfielder Diego Simeone. England lost the round of 16 match and some England fans hung effigies of Beckham.

Beckham managed to bounce back and captained the team at the 2002 World Cup under coach Sven-Goran Eriksson.

Beckham tearfully relinquished the England captaincy after the 2006 tournament, when England reached the quarterfinals for the second straight time. He was then dropped by coach Steve McClaren, but was restored as England's qualifying campaign for the 2008 European Championship faltered.

McClaren was fired in November 2008 after England failed to reach Euro 2008.

Despite initially falling out of favor under Capello before being restored to the team when both were at Real Madrid, Beckham's international career survived when the Italian took over as coach from McClaren.

Beckham often only appeared as a late substitute but played a role in 16 of the 21 matches under Capello before he was injured three months before the World Cup in South Africa.

Because of his influence in the camp, Beckham was taken to the World Cup in a non-playing role by Capello. He wasn't there in an official coaching role despite often appearing on the training field and at matches.

To those who doesn't know Beckham.. Well he was twice runner-up for FIFA World Player of the Year.

In 2004 Beckham was the world's highest-paid footballer when taking into account salary and advertising deals.

Beckham was the first British footballer to play 100 Champions League matches, was Google's most searched of all sports topics in both 2003 and 2004 and with such global recognition he has become an elite advertising brand and a top fashion icon.

Beckham was captain of England from 15 November 2000 until the 2006 FIFA World Cup finals, during which he played 58 times, scoring many amazing goals via freekicks.

Since then he has continued to represent his country and earned his much-publicised hundredth cap for England against France on 26 March 2008. He is currently England's 2nd most-capped outfield player with 115 appearances after Peter Shilton.

Beckham's career began playing professional football with Manchester United, making his first-team debut in 1992 aged 17. During his time with the Red Devils, Manchester United won the Premier League title six times, the FA Cup twice, and the UEFA Champions League in 1999.

Beckham however left Manchester United to sign for Real Madrid in 2003, where he remained for four seasons, clinching the La Liga championship in his final season with the club.

In January 2007, Beckham left Real Madrid and signed a five-year contract with Major League Soccer, MLS club Los Angeles Galaxy in the USA. Beckham's contract with Los Angeles Galaxy enabled him to become the highest player salary in MLS history, his playing contract worth USD$6.5 million per year

Thanks for all the sweet memories Beckham....

Farewell to David Carradine - the Kungfu Master

A scene from Kungfu where David Carradine dodged bullets!!!

Whatever happened to David Carradine - the kungfu master who starred in more than 100 films and TV shows - the most famous being Kungfu series (the original actor was Bruce Lee but Carradine was preffered by the producers because Bruce Lee is an Asian) as well as the Quentin Tarantino classics - Kill Bill Vol. 1 and Kill Bill Vol. 2.

Carradine was found dead on Thursday, 4th June 2009 in his luxurious hotel room Swissotel Nai Lert Park Hotel, in Bangkok, Thailand while filming "Stretch".

It appeared that he was found hanged.

According to local and international media reports, there was no trace of a fight or struggle at the scene.

His death shocked the movie world and Hollywood.

Today, Thailand's premier newspaper The Nation reported that Thailand authority is willing to work with the FBI to probe Carradine's death.

The various media reports here :

Police will cooperate with the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI to investigate the death of American actor David Carradine in Bangkok, Colonel Somprasong Yentuam, superintendent of Lumpini police station, said yesterday.

Lumpini police are investigating Carradine's death to determine the cause.

Carradine's family has asked the FBI to help investigate his death.

Somprasong said the film crew manager had told police they would give testimony next week and that police had not yet concluded if the 72-year-old actor had committed suicide or been murdered, pending forensic investigation results.

Asked about the deceased's relatives' comment that they did not believe it was suicide and would ask the FBI to jointly investigate the case, Somprasong said he had not yet been told of such a move and police would do as their superiors decided. He said that if the FBI wanted to come in, he personally would be willing to cooperate to solve the mystery.

Carradine was found dead inside his suite at the Swissotel Nai Lert Park hotel on Thursday, and there was no trace of a fight or struggle.

His friends, family members and associates do not believe Carradine committed suicide.

"All we can say is, we know David would never have committed suicide," said Tiffany Smith, of Binder & Associates, his management company. "We're just waiting for them to finish the investigation and find out what really happened. He really appreciated everything life has to give ... and that's not something David would ever do to himself."

Carradine's personal manager, Chuck Binder, also dismissed any suggestion that the famous actor - who starred in "Kung Fu" and "Kill Bill" - committed suicide.

"We can confirm 100 per cent that he never would have committed suicide," he said.

Somprasong said the US Embassy in Bangkok did not question the cause of death.

However, the embassy has questioned what they called "a violation of privacy", as the Thai media was informed of the details relating to the star's death.

"But we are not the one who broke the news," Somprasong said.

Aurelio Giraudo, general manager of the hotel, said in a statement that Thai police had confirmed the death of US actor.

According to the hotel, its focus is to assist the police in their investigations.

"We are not in a position to discuss any details of this case nor disclose any other information," said Giraudo.

Since Carradine's death appeared on news headlines, condolences came pouring in to the actor's website www.davidcarradine.com.

"What a sad day it is for all who grew up watching David Carradine and knowing this great actor. May you rest in eternal peace," said one post.

Menawhile, the body of David Carradine was flown to the United States on Friday evening. The US Embassy in Bangkok facilitated the transfer of his body which left Suvarnabhumi Airport in a United Airline flight at about 7pm.

Carradine had flown to Thailand last week and began work on "Stretch" two days before his death, Smith said. He had several other projects lined up after the action film, which was being directed by Charles De Meaux with Carradine in the lead.

A spokesman for the U.S. Embassy, Michael Turner, said the embassy was informed by Thai authorities that Carradine died either late Wednesday or early Thursday.

Police have not yet ruled out murder in Carradine's case.

It may take four more weeks to determine the exact cause of his death.

Lumpini Police Station superintendent Colonel Somprasong Yentuam said relevant officials had been checking all fingerprints found in Carradine's suite.

"They are also checking whether there were toxic substances inside his body," Somprasong said.

He expected the Scientific Crime Detection Division to submit test results in a week.

Chulalongkorn Hospital forensic doctors may need three weeks to complete their task in the case.

"At this point, we have yet to obtain any more clues. The star's friends and colleagues do not think he was murdered," Metropolitan Police Commissioner Lt-General Worapong Chiewpreecha said yesterday.

"I was deeply saddened by the news of David Carradine's passing," said director Martin Scorcese. "We met when we made 'Boxcar Bertha' together, almost 40 years ago. I have very fond memories of our time together on that picture and on 'Mean Streets,' where he agreed to do a brief cameo."

Carradine came from an acting family. His father, John, made a career playing creepy, eccentric characters in film and on stage. Half-brothers Keith, Robert and Bruce also became actors, and actress Martha Plimpton is Keith Carradine's daughter.

"My Uncle David was a brilliantly talented, fiercely intelligent and generous man. He was the nexus of our family in so many ways, and drew us together over the years and kept us connected," Plimpton said Thursday.

Carradine was "in good spirits" when he left the U.S. for Thailand on May 29 to work on "Stretch," Smith said.

"David was excited to do it and excited to be a part of it," she said by phone from Beverly Hills.

Filming began Tuesday, she said, adding that the crew was devastated by Carradine's death and did not wish to speak publicly about it for the time being.

The Web site of the Thai newspaper The Nation said Carradine could not be contacted after he failed to appear for a meal with the rest of the film crew on Wednesday, and that his body was found by a hotel maid Thursday morning. It said a preliminary police investigation found that he had hanged himself with a curtain cord and there was no sign that he had been assaulted.

Police said Carradine's body was taken to a hospital for an autopsy that would be done Friday.

Carradine appeared in more than 100 feature films with such directors as Scorsese, Ingmar Bergman and Hal Ashby. One of his early film roles was as folk singer Woody Guthrie in Ashby's 1976 biopic, "Bound for Glory."

But he was best known for "Kung Fu," which aired from 1972-75.

Carradine, a martial arts practitioner himself, played Caine, an orphan who was raised by Shaolin monks and fled China after killing the emperor's nephew in retaliation for the murder of his kung fu master.

Pursued by revenge assassins from China, Caine wanders the American West in search of his half-brother Danny. His conscience forces him to fight injustice wherever he encounters it, fueled by flashbacks to his training in which his master famously refers to him as "Grasshopper."

Carradine left after three seasons, saying the show had started to repeat itself.

"I wasn't like a TV star in those days. I was like a rock 'n' roll star," Carradine said in an interview with Associated Press Radio in 1996. "It was a phenomenon kind of thing. ... It was very special."

Actor Rainn Wilson, star of TV's "The Office," said on Twitter: "R.I.P. David Carradine. You were a true hero to so many of us children of the 70s. We'll miss you, Kwai Chang Caine."

Much like the character that made him famous, David Carradine was always seeking, both spiritually and professionally, his life forever intertwined with the Shaolin priest he played in the 1970s TV series "Kung Fu."

Just as the character, Kwai Chang Caine, roamed the 19th Century American West, Carradine spent his latter years searching for the path to Hollywood stardom, accepting low-budget roles while pursuing interests in Asian herbs, exercise and philosophy, and making instructional videos on tai chi and other martial arts.

Carradine reprised the role in a mid-1980s TV movie and played Caine's grandson in the 1990s syndicated series "Kung Fu: The Legend Continues."

He returned to the top in recent years as the title character in Quentin Tarantino's two-part saga "Kill Bill." Bill, the worldly father figure of a pack of crack assassins, was a shadowy presence in 2003's "Kill Bill — Vol. 1." In that film, one of Bill's former assassins (Uma Thurman) begins a vengeful rampage against her old associates, including Bill.

In "Kill Bill — Vol. 2," released in 2004, Thurman's character catches up to Bill. The role brought Carradine a Golden Globe nomination as best supporting actor.

Bill was a complete contrast to Caine, the soft-spoken refugee serenely spreading wisdom and battling bad guys in the Old West.

"David's always been kind of a seeker of knowledge and of wisdom in his own inimitable way," Keith Carradine, said in a 1995 interview.

After "Kung Fu," Carradine starred in the 1975 cult flick "Death Race 2000." He starred with Liv Ullmann in Bergman's "The Serpent's Egg" in 1977 and with his brothers in the 1980 Western "The Long Riders." But after the early 1980s, he spent two decades doing mostly low-budget films.

Tarantino's films changed that.

"All I've ever needed since I more or less retired from studio films a couple of decades ago ... is just to be in one," Carradine told The Associated Press in 2004.

"There isn't anything that Anthony Hopkins or Clint Eastwood or Sean Connery or any of those old guys are doing that I couldn't do," he said. "All that was ever required was somebody with Quentin's courage to take and put me in the spotlight."

In the 2004 interview, Carradine talked candidly about his past boozing and narcotics use, but said he had put all that behind him and stuck to coffee and cigarettes.

"You're probably witnessing the last time I will ever answer those questions," Carradine said. "Because this is a regeneration. It is a renaissance. It is the start of a new career for me.

"It's time to do nothing but look forward."