David Beckhamwhose fame has long since gone beyond the football fields, unveiled his star on the famous « Walk of Fame » of Hollywood Boulevard, a few hours before the first match of the 2026 World Cup on American territory.
I always had dreams, but I never imagined that such an honor would be bestowed on an English football player from a working class background like mehe declared under the Californian sun.
“And it’s good to be here today, as we prepare to start the 2026 World Cup here in the United States.”he added a few hours before the United States-Paraguay kickoff.
A ses côtés, Tom Cruise salute in David Beckham a herald of football in the United States. The former captain of Manchester United and the English selection crossed the Atlantic in 2007 to play six seasons with the American club Los Angeles Galaxy.
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Beckham’s arrival “changed this sport in this country,†said the actor “Top Gun”. “People who had never watched football, or soccer, suddenly had a good reason to do so.”
In the United States, football “enters one of its most exciting moments in its history, and this honor is timely.â€greeted his wife and former Spice Girl, Victoria Beckham.
Now aged 51, her husband is co-owner of l’Inter Miami CFclub which recruited the Argentinian Lionel Messi in 2023 and won the American championship last year.
A global football star, but also a businessman and fashion muse, the British was the subject of a documentary series released in 2023 on Netflix.
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