Deaf Football in Great Britain

I'm well-aware of blind football, but deaf football is something that has been completely off my radar.

Deaf Football in Great Britain has a very proud and strong history, dating back to 1871, a history that is virtually unknown to the majority of the followers of football in Britain.

Welcome to Offbeat Wednesday, where we cover the wacky and gossipy side of football! In today's edition, read about Lukas Podolski's second car accident, David Beckham's new editorial, Luca Toni's fatherly pride and Sara Carbonero!

We kick things off with David Beckham's new editorial spread in Men's Health magazine!

The defending Eastern Conference champion Dynamo began preseason camp for the first time in franchise history without the services of club icon Brian Ching and Eddie Robinson. It was definitely odd not to see those important players running around. Speaking of forwards, the Dynamo are still trying to lure a veteran forward in Great Britain [.

Okay. It's not just me. I've asked a few people if this thing looks like it should be worn with a kilt and have 100% agreement.
Wait a minute...Isn't Beckham intent on leading Team Great Britain at the London Olympics this summer? What better way to get the Scots on board with his leadership, eh?

David Beckham will finish his playing career in America after signing a new two-year deal with LA Galaxy.
The soccer betting in the US had linked the former Manchester United, Real Madrid and AC Milan star with a move to Paris St Germain after his Galaxy contract expired at the end of December.

David Beckham signs new two-year contract to stay with LA Galaxy, ending PSG speculation Telegraph.

Former England and Man Utd midfielder David Beckham today signed a new two-year contract with the LA Galaxy of the MLS, ending all of the bogus press reports linking him with every club in the Western world and Greater Asia.

...is another beginning. Sources close to the process have told ESPNLosAngeles.com that the Galaxy's willingness to accommodate Beckham if he were selected to play for Great Britain in the Olympic Games in London this summer was an important factor for the superstar, who was a key pitchman for Britain's bid.

Newcastle center-back Steven Taylor wants to make the Great Britain team for the Olympic Games this summer. Steven Taylor shown with referee Mike Dean earlier this season Steven Taylor was wearing the surgical boot on his right foot yesterday, when he was photographed along with other Newcastle players with Richard Branson, the owner of Virgin and with one his companies Virgin Mooney [.

Newcastle center-back Steven Taylor wants to make the Great Britain team for the Olympic Games this summer. Steven Taylor shown with referee Mike Dean earlier this season Steven Taylor was wearing the surgical boot on his right foot yesterday, when he was photographed along with other Newcastle players with Richard Branson, the owner of Virgin and with one his companies Virgin Mooney [.

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BY ADAM SERRANO

David Beckham is not heading to Paris, but it is not a certainty that he will be returning to the Los Angeles Galaxy just yet, at least according to AEG President Tim Leiweke.

Word came from Paris early on Tuesday morning from officials of Paris St.

Jeremiah Writes A 2012 Wish List For MLS

And I agree with all of them, but there's one missing. A potentially huge one; I want to see a deep run by the US U-23s in the Olympics with stellar performances by Adu, Bunbury, Shea, Hamid, Wenger and Valentin. Imagine the USA beating Great Britain in London riding the backs of MLS' best young American talents.

Stuart Pearce rules out picking Euro 2012 players and Newcastle want Wilfried Zaha

Great Britain's Olympic football team will be denied England's best players after Stuart Pearce announced that nobody involved in Euro 2012 will be considered for selection for the London Games.

Team GB: The facts

The London Olympics will be the first time in 52 years that Great Britain has fielded a football team in the games. Team GB plans to enter both male and female teams to play on home turf next year. While this will be an exciting and historical moment in British sport, it has caused a great deal of controversy among the organisers, fans and players.

London 2012 Olympics: David Beckham doesn't belong Games, says Dai Greene

Dai Greene believes London 2012 is no place for David Beckham and Great Britain's football millionaires. Greene believes footballers would be out of place at Games.

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Is this goodbye? David Beckham could play his last MLS game for the Galaxy Sunday in the MLS championship game - and not even the club knows whether he will return (AP Photo).

Or, at least David Beckham, whose five-year MLS contract expires at year's end, has not shared his decision privately - if he has made one - with Galaxy owner Anschutz Entertainment Group and President Tim Leiweke, who spoke to reporters Friday at Home Depot Center during the MLS MVP presentation ceremony.

London 2012 Olympics: Joe Cole eyes Team GB place

Joe Cole has revealed his desire to play for Great Britain at the 2012 London Olympics in the East End where his career began at West Ham.

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Why Beckham must be captain of the GB Olympic team

When it comes to picking the Great Britain squad for London 2012 and naming its captain, I think we owe David Beckham. I'm not saying Beckham should be in the squad just because he was one of the men who won the Olympics Games for London way back in 2005.

Wales captain and Arsenal midfielder Aaron Ramsey has joined compatriot Gareth Bale in posing in the new Team Great Britain adidas London Olympics 2012 commemorative soccer jersey. Along with Bale, Ramsey has indicated that he would be open to being part of the first Great Britain football team since 1971.

Great Britain Olympic team should feature Welsh, says Craig Bellamy

• Liverpool forward has no concern about independent status • 'It will benefit Welsh football. How can we lose our identity?' Craig Bellamy fully supports the selection of Wales's best young talent to play for Great Britain in next summer's Olympics.

John Terry's future is at stake in Anton Ferdinand race row Martin Samuel

Now, if the head of the BNP, the leading far right political group in Great Britain, wants to be distanced from the racist tag, you get some idea of the stigma attached.

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Wales and Tottenham Hotspur winger Gareth Bale has caused a bit of controversy after modeling the supporters shirt for the Great Britain 2012 Olympics football team. The issues are: The Welsh FA (and Scottish FA) don't want players from their ...
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adidas has released a limited edition Team Great Britain London Olympics 2012 commemorative soccer jersey. The shirt is for supporters only and will not be used by Team GB for matches. The new kit celebrates the first Great Britain football team since a 1-0 Olympic qualifying loss to Bulgaria at Wembley in 1971.

Why Giggs and Bale must go for gold

Football simply has not got it yet. The game as a whole has not realised just how big the Olympics will be. Big name players in the Premier League have got the multi-million pound contracts, the endorsements, they have played for their respective countries and have won trophies.

Why Hope Powell should be managing the MENS' Olympics football team as well as the women's

This morning, while laying somewhere between consciousness and its opposite, I thought for a moment that I'd entered a Utopian Wonderland where all things were equal and where everything was fair.

Wayne Rooney and Ryan Giggs set for Team GB at London Olympics

Wayne Rooney could line up alongside Ryan Giggs and David Beckham for Great Britain at London 2012. And England blundered away their last chance of winning the one-day series with India.

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London 2012 Olympics: GB football boss Stuart Pearce set for club row

Wayne Rooney could line up alongside Ryan Giggs and David Beckham for Great Britain at London 2012 in a move that is sure to spark another club-versus-country row.

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As the MLS season draws to a close, the David Beckham rumours are starting to gather pace but any move to Spurs could be scuppered by the former England man's desire to represent Great Britain at the 2012 Olympics.

Beckham believes that to do that, he needs his next club to be able to guarantee regular football.

U.S. defender Heather Mitts has wrapped up her quick four-day tour of Great Britain on behalf of the USOC and in advance of the 2012 Olympics in London.
From the looks of things, Heather had quite the good time. Among other things she did, we have:
Heather on a horse.

Former Miss England 2004 and Miss Great Britain 2006 Danielle Lloyd (27) has always been destined to be a WAG having dated strikers Teddy Sheringham, Jermaine Defoe and Darren Bent before finally settling down and having two boy's Archie (2) and Harry James 1 month with Wolves midfielder Jamie O'Hara.

It's that time of year again. The hype and hysteria of ongoing transfer saga's continue, the opening weekend has come and gone and pundits the length and breadth of Great Britain the World are having their say on the season's final outcomes already. Well, for others like me, the season is yet to begin.

April 8, 1967. The day ‘Puppet On A String' by Sandy Shaw won the Eurovision for Great Britain. It was a damp day, a muddy day, a black and white day [...]

Football grounds in Great Britain are like cathedrals. Many of them are beautifully designed stadiums. And for many football supporters, especially those who have been with the club for most of their life, they see them as holy places. A place of...
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A football team representing Great Britain at the 2012 London Olympics: a one-off concept that should have been fun, novel and exciting has withered into disdain and endless bickering. The ping-ponging of arguments from one FA to another is at fever-pitch at the moment and looks settle to rumble on like an uncooked curry in [.

England under-21 boss Stuart Pearce says he will stay on in the role despite his side's disappointing showing at the European Championships in Denmark.
Two late goals from the Czech Republic meant Pearce's young side crashed out in only the group stages of the competition despite both players and management insisting they believed they had the ability within the squad to win the competition.

BY ADAM SERRANO

David Beckham is once again earning a great deal of frequent flyer miles and it may finally be catching up to the LA Galaxy midfielder.

Beckham was back in his native England on Sunday and Monday on official duty with the London Olympic Committee.

Image by Downing Street via FlickrDavid Beckham is targeting a place at London 2012. He wants to be a player for Great Britain national team rather than a manager.
"Once the manager has been picked I'd love to be part of the Olympics," Beckham said. "I'd be honoured to be something in the GB team, especially being an East End lad.

Image by Downing Street via FlickrDavid Beckham is targeting a place at London 2012. He wants to be a player for Great Britain national team rather than a manager.
"Once the manager has been picked I'd love to be part of the Olympics," Beckham said. "I'd be honoured to be something in the GB team, especially being an East End lad.

The phrase national hero can be overused in football reporting, but one man who has a valid claim to such a title is Torkil Nielsen of the Faroe Islands.

The Faroe Islands sit inbetween Norway and Iceland, due north of Great Britain. With a population of only 50,000 they first entered international competition in 1990 where they faced Austria in the opening game of their Euro 92 qualification campaign.

Image via WikipediaDavid Beckham has confirmed his interest in playing for the Great Britain soccer team at the London 2012 Olympics, and has also revealed he could stay in MLS next season.
Becks is in the final year of his five-year LA Galaxy contract, leading to speculation over his plans, with a move to the Premier League an option.

Image via WikipediaDavid Beckham has confirmed his interest in playing for the Great Britain soccer team at the London 2012 Olympics, and has also revealed he could stay in MLS next season.
Becks is in the final year of his five-year LA Galaxy contract, leading to speculation over his plans, with a move to the Premier League an option.