David Beckham

At 37, Galaxy midfielder David Beckman is more than twice as old as two of his teenage teammates. And there are days, he says, when he feels even older. "It's always harder when you're 37," he said after training Friday. "You always have niggling injuries and you always find it harder to get over games. " But despite that, Beckham isn't thinking about retirement just yet. "I said I wanted to continue playing as long as possible. So we'll see what age I finish at," he said.

David Beckham bid a tearful farewell to Paris Saint-Germain fans on Saturday when he was replaced late in the club's 3-1 victory over Brest, hugging teammates and opponents as he departed the pitch to a standing ovation in the 81st minute. It appears the legendary English midfielder has played his final football game at the highest professional level. Rumors are that he will not take the field when PSG, already France's Ligue 1 champion, plays its final game of the season. As he walked to the sideline Saturday, tears rolled down his face.

LONDON -- David Beckham, the world's commuting global icon, materialized at the Olympic Games' BMX venue with his sons on Friday. He is everywhere, always, it seems. (Hey, the London Olympics trump those run-of-the-mill Galaxy training sessions at Home Depot Center in Carson.) He showed up at the beach volleyball venue to watch the all-American women's final on Wednesday night, which was won by Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh Jennings. There should be a Beckham Alert at every venue.

We haven't seen the last of David Beckham. Oh, sure, we may not see him on a soccer field now that he's announced he will retire after Paris Saint-Germain's final game on May 26. But we will see him in many other places - billboards, magazines, TV - for years to come. There are still Beckham-backed shoes, cologne, cell phones and watches to sell. And sports drinks, vitamins, books and clothing lines. There may even be a sewing machine in the works. "Mend it Like Beckham" anyone? "Commercially, David Beckham is the most successful footballer ever produced in England," says David Haigh, chief executive of Brand Finance, a global consultancy firm.

Soccer great (and underwear designer/model) David Beckham is saying goodbye to fans in Los Angeles. He's leaving his gig with the L.A. Galaxy after Saturday's MLS championship game. But my bet is he keeps turning up in underwear ads. After all, who can forget the giant-sized images of Beckham in his briefs and boxers that were projected on the White Cliffs of Dover last summer during the Olympics? [Los Angeles Times] Rihanna and Chris Brown both used social media to show off matching Rolex watches.

David Beckham fell on his enviously sculpted bottom over the weekend after showing off some of his "Bend It Like Beckham" moves in China. The British soccer star, who recently left the L.A. Galaxy for the Paris-St. Germain football club, was visiting the country to promote his sport. He has been named China's first international ambassador and was invited by the China Football Association for a five-day trip.  On Saturday, Beckham was demonstrating a kick to the Wuhan Zall Football Club while he was dressed to the nines - suit, tie and dress shoes.

David Beckham was soccer's second-best-paid player last year, making $41.5 million in combined salary and endorsements, according to the prestigious magazine France Football, which compiles an annual list of international soccer's top earners. Only Barcelona's incomparable Lionel Messi, at $43.5 million, made more than Beckham in 2011. Messi is a three-time winner of the FIFA Balon d'Or as the sport's best player. Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo ($38.5 million) and Anzhi Makhachkala striker Samuel Eto'o ($30.7 million)

Galaxy midfielder David Beckham, who has made no secret of his desire to play for Britain in this summer's Olympic Games in London, moved another step closer to that goal Wednesday when he survived the latest round of cuts in the pool of players from which Coach Stuart Pearce will select his squad. Since January, Pearce has eliminated more than 110 players from consideration for the 18-man team. But the list of candidates still numbers 80, so Beckham isn't packing just yet. Pearce is expected to name his final roster in June.

Remember that scene from the opening ceremony that looked as though it came out of a James Bond movie. It featured David Beckham, looking dapper in a black suit, driving a speed boat down the Thames River, his wake illuminated by blue, pink and golden lights. At a Galaxy practice on Wednesday, Beckham discussed that maneuver for the first time. "I was out on the boat for a few hours," he said in a video interview, courtesy of LAGalaxy.com. "It was good. I had a few goes at it during the week so I was prepared.

David Beckham may be getting serious about resuming his soccer career. Or maybe he's just really bored. Either way, the former Galaxy midfielder trained with Arsenal on Tuesday and plans to keep working out with the English Premier League team for the next two to three weeks Wearing a purple short-sleeve Arsenal training jersey, Beckham spent part of the his workout session smiling and shaking hands with players and coaches before going...

A week out from the French Open, Serena Williams is one victory away from winning her fourth straight tournament. The top-ranked American overcame an early break of her serve to ease past Romanian qualifier Simona Halep , 6-3, 6-0, Saturday and reach the Italian Open final in Rome, extending her career-best winning run to 23 matches. Williams is coming off consecutive titles in Miami, Charleston and Madrid. In Sunday's final, Williams will face third-seeded Victoria Azarenka , who kept her concentration through two rain delays to beat seventh-seeded Sara Errani , 6-0, 7-5. On the men's side, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal will renew their rivalry in the Italian Open final Sunday.

Cannes-do Style: Calvin Klein and the Independent Filmmaker Project celebrated women in film at an event Thursday night that included Nicole Kidman, Rooney Mara, Carey Mulligan and Harvey Weinstein. In other Calvin Klein news, Mara will be fronting the new Calvin Klein fragrance, Downtown (out in July). Rooney was dressed for last night's fete in a slinky nude-colored Calvin Klein gown and a Jennifer Meyer bracelet. Over at the Chopard Trophy event, model Cara Delevingne made a memorable entrance in a racy, sheer black Roberto Cavalli pantsuit.

David Beckham is retiring. ... Again. Only this time, after a couple of false starts with the Galaxy over the last three years, the former captain of England's national team says he's really, truly hanging up his boots for good, drawing to a close a playing career both eventful and spectacular. "Now is the right time to finish," Beckham said Thursday. "Nothing will ever completely replace playing the game I love. However, I feel like I'm starting a new adventure, and I'm genuinely excited about what lies ahead.

Soccer great David Beckham announced Thursday he will retire from the sport at the conclusion of Paris Saint-Germain's season. The former Galaxy star released the following statement announcing his retirement: “I'm thankful to PSG (Paris Saint-Germain) for giving me the opportunity to continue, but I feel now is the right time to finish my career, playing at the highest level. “If you had told me as a young boy I would have played for and won trophies with my boyhood club Manchester United, proudly captained and played for my country over one hundred times and lined up for some of the biggest clubs in the world, I would have told you it was a fantasy.

Soccer star and international icon David Beckham will retire at the end of the season May 26. Beckham, 38, signed a five-month deal with Paris St-Germain in January and donated all of his salary to charity. He won a French league championship with the team, adding to the ones he won in England with Manchester United, in Spain with Real Madrid and in the United States with the Galaxy. “If you had told me as a young boy I would have played for and won trophies with my boyhood club Manchester United, proudly captained and played for my country over one hundred times and lined up for some of the biggest clubs in the world, I would have told you it was a fantasy,” Beckham said in a statement.

 Sure, David Beckham has announced his retirement from soccer, but we assume his career as an international style icon will continue - including, we hope, his role as an underwear model for H&M. We appreciate Beckham's long-time embrace of metrosexual style (Salon magazine declared him the ultimate "metrosexual") and recall, fondly, his braided hair, sarongs and mohawk.  And we're guessing that his face will continue to grace the covers of magazines such as Esquire and “W.” Will he follow his wife, Victoria, into the fashion design world?

Newspaper reports out of London say the Galaxy's David Beckham has not only made the 35-man list for Great Britain's Olympic soccer team but will be on the final 18-man roster to be announced next month. The former captain of the English national team has made no secret of his desire to play for his country in the Olympics, one of the few accomplishments he's missed in his career since Great Britain hasn't competed in Olympic soccer since 1960. But with the country playing host to the Games in Beckham's home town, making the team has become a priority and it is believed to have played a huge role in the 37-year-old's decision to return to the Galaxy this season.

LONDON -- David Beckham promised he wouldn't stay away from the London Olympics just because he was left off the British soccer team. And he made good on that pledge in a surprising way Monday. The emphasis being on the word "surprise. " The Galaxy midfielder, who is expected to play in the Major League Soccer All-Star Game on Wednesday outside Philadelphia, spent part of Monday hiding in a photo booth at a shopping center across the street from the Olympic Park. The booth, set up by Adidas, one of Beckham's sponsors, allows fans to pose for souvenir photos.

If you're not intimately familiar with big-league soccer or why David Beckham became so famous in the first place, watch this video. The seven-minute clip shows more than two dozen of Beckham's free kicks for goals, mostly when he played with Manchester United and Real Madrid before the Englishman joined the Galaxy in 2007. The video has been viewed more than 8 million times and for good reason. Beckham's free kicks were a sight to behold, with the ball streaking into the net with a speed and right-to-left arc that looked like a Zack Greinke curveball.

David Beckham's six years with the Galaxy bolstered the fortunes of both the Galaxy and Major League Soccer. But now that the superstar is gone, has it made any difference? It's a mixed bag, but it's still early in the season. Through its first five home games at the 27,000-seat Home Depot Center, the Galaxy's average attendance is down 6% from a year earlier to 21,011. Ticket broker StubHub, which takes over the stadium's naming rights June 1 as part of a marketing partnership with the Galaxy, likewise is "seeing a bit of lag" in the resale market for Galaxy tickets, according to StubHub spokeswoman Alison Salcedo.