UK football needs brand Beckham

While David Beckham has announced his retirement from playing professional football, he is tipped to see his fortune increase even more. The footballer has earned a reported 165million in his 21 years on the field see details of his earnings below.

David Beckham announced on Thursday that he will retire from professional soccer at the end of the current season. Apart from average soccer talent, average looks, a fashion sense that's demonstrates more farce than verve, I too could have lived a ...

PARIS After David Beckham's long and distinguished soccer career ends on an artificial turf field in northwestern France, his life promises to be perhaps even more glamorous than it already has been. Nearly 20 years after breaking into the ...

(CNN) -- To most of the world, David Beckham is a soccer player, both hero and goat, at times loved and loathed, depending on which end of his gracefully served free kicks you reside. Beckham's arrival on American shores in 2007, however, had little ...

Like the footballer, brands become interesting by stretching across opposite themes and reconciling them. I was in London last week. Everything in that city, including the constant talk about the famously unpredictable weather, was eclipsed by the news that ...

Andy Law, author, Huffington Post blogger and chairman of innovation consultancy Fearlessly Frank, explains how other brands can become icons like footballer David Beckham if they use the various forms of capital at their disposal. How did David ...

VICTORIA Beckham has added a brand new member to her brood in the form of a gorgeous puppy named Barnaby. Victoria Beckham showed off her new puppy Barnaby yesterday (WENN/Twitter) The 39-year-old introuduced her new pooch via her Twitter page ...

By Keith Weir LONDON (Reuters) - David Beckham's easy charm and image as a family man will ensure the brand built up by Britain's richest sportsman will prosper long after the end of his playing days. The former England captain, 38, said on Thursday ...

HOW does the richest football player in the world get richer? By retiring. David Beckham yesterday announced he was hanging up his boots for good because he wanted to go out on top. That may mean no more balls being curled into the back of the net, ...