David Beckham...anxious to return to Premier League across Pond!



David Beckham's on-again off-again love affair with Los Angeles - and the local Galaxy Soccer team - continues.

But, for his fellow team mates, it all amounts to a big yawn.

It is no secret that Becks is anxious to return to the Premier League once his five-year contract with Galaxy goes kaput!

The ultimate aim is a loftier one, though.

In the event that coach Fabio Capello and the Euro team qualify for the quadrennial Championship matches (to be co-hosted by Poland & the Ukraine), Becks is set on joining forces with a gang of athletes he's comfortable with on the playing field.

Meanwhile, Spurs Coach Harry Redknapp noted for the record in recent days that he's keen on signing the high-profile soccer darling, once his contractual obligations are met elsewhere.

So, the handsome stud may be sitting pretty, contrary to what management at Galaxy may think.

Meanwhile, Beckham has been spied at trendy watering holes overseas, fashionably attired.

Can't beat the hottie's style, that's for sure, tattoos and all!

Later!

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Shakira Launches Waka Waka Soccer Shirts

Mango—Spain’s second largest exporter of fashion — and Shakira’s Barefoot Foundation are launching a small collection of solidarity T-shirts inspired by the official FIFA World Cup anthem “Waka Waka.” Profits from the sales of the “Waka Waka” T-shirt will be donated to initiatives for elementary education in South Africa. One of the schools to receive the profits is the South Africa East Observatory School, also supported by UNICEF, which cares for children who have been orphaned or displaced by civil war or by the loss of their parents to AIDS. A total of four t-shirts, two models for women and two models for men, bearing the printed slogans “Waka Waka” and “This Time for Africa,” have been exclusively designed for the occasion. The models will go on sale at all Mango stores, and via its webpage from June 10.

Shakira, who is originally from Barranquillas, Colombia, created the Barefoot Foundation to seek education and nutrition opportunities for vulnerable and displaced children in Colombia and the rest of the world, in order to produce citizens committed to peaceful co-existence. About the T-shirt initiative, she says, “The true spirit of this World Cup involves making a lasting contribution. We can add to the legacy of this historic moment a platform committed to providing quality education for the children of South Africa and to ending poverty and inequality wherever they exist.” All proceeds will be donated directly to the Barefoot Foundation, which will allocate the funds to selected schools in South Africa.

The artist considers the World Cup event as an emblem of the integration of different cultures and explained that “Waka Waka” tries to represent the African spirit.  Shakira explains, “I grew up dancing to African and Afro-Colombian rhythms in my country. I believe that we are all bound to Africa by an umbilical cord, and this song has sounds from Cameroon and sounds from the Caribbean. [. . .] It is a syncretism of many influences, all connected to Mother Africa.”

Shakira sung “Waka Waka (This Time for Africa),” on June 10, 2010, in Johannesburg during the official opening concert, here are the few snaps while ceremony when made the Africa Live in Soccer with Waka Waka...

Shakira will sing once more at closing ceremony of FIFA Football World Cup 2010 on July 11.

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