Beckham's future may involve Olympics not managing

FORMER England captain David Beckham has no intention of becoming a manager and is instead focusing on his recovery from an Achilles injury, which he revealed yesterday is ahead of schedule.

The 35-year-old's dreams of participating in a fourth World Cup finals were shattered in March when he sustained the injury while on loan to AC Milan from the Los Angeles Galaxy.

However, he harbours ambitions of representing Britain at the London Olympics in 2012 by which time he will be 37. "If I'm still playing and I'm still considered to make a difference to the team I'd love to, but if not then I'm definitely going to be there anyway," he said.

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Beckham was invited along to South Africa as part of the England group by coach Fabio Capello and sat on the bench for what turned out to be a wretched campaign.

It has been suggested the former Manchester United and Real Madrid star could take charge of the national side in future, but Beckham is not interested in such talk – and cannot foresee that changing down the line.

"I must admit it's something I've never been interested in," he said in a webchat with Yahoo. "It's not a passion of mine to be a manager of a football team.

"I'm passionate about the game and being there and obviously I was wearing the suit so people have looked and thought I could be going into that."

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Beckham said he believes England's players must shoulder the blame for their lamentable World Cup campaign and insists coach Capello did all he could to ensure the squad was well prepared for the finals.

"We didn't perform and as players you know that – you know when you don't perform, you know when you don't play well," he said.

Beckham indicated in late April he may not play again until November but is now aiming to be back in action by the start of September.

Huddersfield Town are poised to complete the signing of versatile Irishman Graham Carey on loan from Celtic until January. He spent part of last season on loan at St Mirren.

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Bradford Park Avenue have fended off a winding up petition brought against them by Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs.

Although no details were given in court, the ruling indicates that the undisclosed debt which prompted the petition has now been paid in full.

The club were, however, ordered to pay the legal costs of the petition.