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| Beckham trains with Arsenal to maintain fitness Posted: 29 Jan 2013 06:50 AM PST  Football star David Beckham is now a free agent, after leaving LA Galaxy last month. — AFP pic The 37-year-old midfielder is a free agent after leaving LA Galaxy at the end of the Major League Soccer (MLS) season in December. "He has asked to come here and to work on his fitness. He has not done anything for a long time," Wenger told reporters. "He called me. It is purely for fitness there is no speculation about him signing. "We get nothing out of it, just to help somebody who we think deserves it and has made great service for English football." The former Manchester United and Real Madrid player was linked by British media with moves to French club Paris St Germain or Premier League sides Queens Park Rangers and West Ham United earlier in the season. Beckham trained with Arsenal for a short period in 2008 and with north London rivals Tottenham Hotspur two years ago. — Reuters |
| Coach La Volpe quits Atlante for surgery on major artery Posted: 29 Jan 2013 06:31 AM PST  Former Mexico coach Ricardo La Volpe. — AFP pic "Atlante's management confirms Ricardo La Volpe's departure for health reasons. Tomorrow (Tuesday) we will reveal the new coach of the Colts," a club statement said yesterday. "It's an aneurism of the abdominal aorta," La Volpe told the football website http://www.mediotiempo.com. "I have already had studies and it requires an operation. It's nothing grave but it's a fact that I need to have an operation. "It's the only way to be sure; my health comes first and then football," said the chain-smoking, 60-year-old Argentine, nicknamed Bigoton because of his big moustache. La Volpe, who has spent most of his coaching career in Mexico, steered the national team to the 2003 Concacaf Gold Cup and the second round at the 2006 World Cup in Germany. He was in his third spell at Atlante, with whom he won a league title in 1993, and leaves them in 15th place in the Clausura championship with three points from four matches. La Volpe, a goalkeeper in Argentina's 1978 World Cup-winning squad, has also coached Boca Juniors, Velez Sarsfield and Banfield in his home country. — Reuters |
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