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London: Expect to see
David Beckham, the England captain, in a range of snappy
new outfits before the World Cup. The Real Madrid player,
never knowingly undersold on high fashion items, was in
Yves St Laurent in London last week doing his “World
Cup shopping”.
While the retail therapy habits
of his wife, Victoria, usually provoke comment, his bill
of ?9,500 was enough to attract attention. When he will
find time to sport YSL labels when his sponsor, Adidas,
is paying for the exposure is another question.
No change in design
Amsterdam: Nike is not
planning to make any changes to the design of its “90
Supremacy” football shoe, which England striker Wayne
Rooney was wearing when he broke his foot last week.
Responding to intense media scrutiny
from the British press, and Manchester United manager Alex
Ferguson’s request that Nike take another look at the
boot to make sure that it did not play any part in the injury,
Nike said it was not to blame for Rooney’s multiple
bone fractures. “I think it is very convenient to blame
the shoe,” a Nike spokesman said. “If he hurt
his hamstring we would not be talking about the shorts he
was wearing.”
Germany squad on D-day
Frankfurt: Germany coach
Juergen Klinsmann will announce his squad for the World
Cup on May 15, at 1100 GMT in Berlin, the German association
announced on Thursday. May 15 is the deadline for the 32
teams to name their 23-man squads.
Terry cleared
London: England defender
John Terry has been given the all-clear for the World Cup
after a scan on his injured ankle. He needed three stitches
in a cut just above his ankle after a tackle from Rooney
during Saturday’s defeat of Manchester United. He also
twisted the ankle later in the game.
Albright in
Hartford: Chris Albright
will replace injured Frankie Hejduk in the US squad for
the World Cup. Hejduk, a member of the 1998 and 2002 squads,
suffered a cruciate ligament injury at the weekend. Albright,
27, has one goal in 19 appearances for the US. This will
be his first Cup.
(The Times, London, AP and Reuters)
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