"England), Steven Gerrard (Liverpool and England) and Joe Cole (West Ham United, Chelsea and England). Michael Owen, Rio Ferdinand, Ryan Giggs, David Beckham and Sol Campbell were some of the prominent players still active in the game during the first decade of the 21st century after rising to fame during the 1990s, though Beckham has not played in England since 2003. Legendary players whose illustrious careers have come to an end during this decade include Alan Shearer, Dennis Bergkamp, Denis Irwin, Paul Ince and Roy Keane. Successful managers of this era include Alex Ferguson, José Mourinho, Arsène Wenger, Roberto Mancini,"
"David Beckham David Robert Joseph Beckham, (; born 2 May 1975) is an English retired professional footballer and current President of Inter Miami CF. He played for Manchester United, Preston North End, Real Madrid, Milan, LA Galaxy, Paris Saint-Germain and the England national team, for which he held the appearance record for an outfield player until 2016. He is the first English player to win league titles in four countries: England, Spain, the United States and France. He retired in May 2013 after a 20-year career, during which he won 19 major trophies. Known for his range of passing, crossing"
"ability and bending free-kicks as a right winger, Beckham has beeen hailed as one of the greatest midfielders of all time. He was runner-up in the Ballon d'Or, twice runner-up for FIFA World Player of the Year and in 2004 was named by Pelé in the FIFA 100 list of the world's greatest living players. He was inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame in 2008. A global ambassador for the sport, Beckham is regarded as a British cultural icon. Beckham's professional club career began with Manchester United, where he made his first-team debut in 1992 aged 17. With"
"of 21. He was captain for six years, earning 58 caps during his tenure. He made 115 career appearances in total, appearing at three FIFA World Cup tournaments, in 1998, 2002 and 2006, and two UEFA European Championship tournaments, in 2000 and 2004. Beckham has consistently ranked among the highest earners in football, and in 2013 was listed as the highest-paid player in the world, having earned over $50 million in the previous 12 months. He has been married to Victoria Beckham since 1999 and they have four children. He has been a UNICEF UK ambassador since 2005, and in"
"with UK Prime Minister David Cameron at 10 Downing Street to call for more action to help children affected by malnutrition around the world. In 2015, his tenth year as a UNICEF Ambassador, Beckham launched ""7: The David Beckham UNICEF Fund"" to help protect children in danger. In June 2015 he visited Siem Reap in Cambodia, where he met with child victims of violence. Beckham has pledged his support for the Unite for Children, Unite Against AIDS campaign. He is a former patron of the Elton John AIDS Foundation. In 2013, he also donated all his £3.4 million salary taken"
"2014, in time for the World Cup. He is in demand by international television and radio stations and continues to make regular appearances worldwide, as well as working for a number of charities. Ken Hom Ken Hom OBE (, born May 3, 1949) is an American chef, author and television-show presenter for the BBC. In 2009 he was appointed honorary Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for ""services to culinary arts"". Hom was born in Tucson, Arizona, to Taishanese parents. He was raised in Chicago, Illinois, by his widowed mother, after his father died when Hom was"
"the world together and not alone. For these reasons, I am voting to remain.” Beckham was announced as the new Ambassadorial president of the British Fashion Council on 11 May 2018. Prior to the June 2018 vote by FIFA member nations for selecting the hosts of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, Beckham endorsed the North American bid (Canada, Mexico and the United States). Beckham has supported UNICEF since his days at Manchester United and in January 2005, the English national team captain became a Goodwill Ambassador with a special focus on UNICEF's Sports for Development program. In 2012, he met"
"the subject of tattoos with Mel B and her then-husband, Jimmy Gulzar. Beckham said: ""When you see me, you see the tattoos. You see an expression of how I feel about Victoria and the boys. They're part of me."" In 2018, Beckham added to his collection with a tattoo of a solar system covering the left side of his scalp. Manchester United Youth Manchester United Real Madrid LA Galaxy Paris Saint-Germain David Beckham David Robert Joseph Beckham, (; born 2 May 1975) is an English retired professional footballer and current President of Inter Miami CF. He played for Manchester United,"
"United, he won the Premier League title six times, the FA Cup twice, and the UEFA Champions League in 1999. He then played four seasons with Real Madrid, winning the La Liga championship in his final season with the club. In July 2007 Beckham signed a five-year contract with Major League Soccer club LA Galaxy. While a Galaxy player, he spent two loan spells in Italy with Milan in 2009 and 2010. He was the first British footballer to play 100 UEFA Champions League games. In international football, Beckham made his England debut on 1 September 1996 at the age"
"was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE). In the 2004 New Year Honours, he was promoted to Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE). It had been suggested that he would be knighted in the 2015 New Year Honours, but this was revealed to be false. In the 2015 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was promoted to Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) 'for services to Rugby Union'. Correct as of 14 March 2010 Wilkinson wrote a column for ""The Times"" occasionally until 2011, often during periods of high media focus on"
"Commander of the Order of British Empire CBE (2013) Commander’s Cross of the German Order of Merit (2013) The Cultural Foundation Pro-Europe European Arab Culture Prize in Leipzig (2013) Oweis Cultural Award UAE (2013) The European Academy of Science and Arts Ring of Tolerance in Frankfurt (2012) Abu Dhabi Award (2007) Grand Officer Star of Italian Solidarity (2007) Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold for Services to the Republic of Austria (2007) Chevalier of the French Legion d’Honneur (2001) Commander of the British Victorian Order (CVO) (1989) Officer of the Spanish Order of Merit (1999) Commander of the Italian Order"
"2015 he launched ""7: The David Beckham UNICEF Fund"". In 2014, MLS announced that Beckham and a group of investors would own an Inter Miami CF, which will begin in 2020. Beckham was born at Whipps Cross University Hospital in Leytonstone, London, England. He is the son of Sandra Georgina (née West; b. 1949), a hairdresser, and David Edward Alan ""Ted"" Beckham (b. Edmonton, London, July–September 1948), a kitchen fitter, who married at the London Borough of Hackney in 1969. He has an older sister, Lynne Georgina, and a younger sister, Joanne Louise. He regularly played football in Ridgeway Park,"
"Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1976 and promoted to Commander of the Order (CBE) in 1986. The honour that most pleased her, however, was being made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1982 in recognition of her skills as a writer. In 2012, to mark the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II, David was chosen by BBC Radio 4 as one of the 60 Britons who have been most influential during the 60 years of the Queen's reign. In 2013 her portrait was one of a series of first-class stamps issued to celebrate the centenary of"
"Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2008 New Year Honours, and attended a BAFTA dinner in his honour in 2009. He turned 100 in February 2013. Despite his blindness, Slocombe remained able to give interviews into his last years, and was interviewed by David A. Ellis in a book entitled ""Conversations with Cinematographers"" in 2011 by French television in French, by the BBC on the invasion of Poland in 2014, and on the history of British films in 2015. He was quoted in the latter interview as saying ""it's a weird feeling to have outlived virtually everyone you"
"Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2008 New Year Honours for his services to sport and was presented with his award by Queen Elizabeth II on 25 June 2008, a few days short of his 92nd birthday. He described receiving the award as ""an honour and a privilege."" In 2010, he launched ""The Ivor Powell Sports Scholarship Fund"" at the University of Bath to provide scholarships for future undergraduates who are gifted both academically and in their chosen sport. This scholarship is administered by University of Bath Development and Alumni Relations. Source: Ivor Powell Ivor Verdun Powell, MBE"
"""for services to Rowing"" which he received from Queen Elizabeth II on 1 May 2001 in Buckingham Palace. He was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 1987 and promoted to Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1997. In 2000 he was voted the BBC Sports Personality of the Year. In 2001 the International Rowing Federation awarded him the Thomas Keller Medal for Outstanding International Rowing Career. In November 2001 he was awarded the Honorary Degree of Doctor of the University from Heriot Watt University having previously been awarded an Honorary"
"Swim Team. Following the success of the British team at Beijing he left his post as Performance Director to become Chairman of the British Paralympic Association. He was also a board member of London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG). In 2001 Reddish was appointed a MBE for his services to swimming. In 2005 he was awarded Freeman of the City of Nottingham. He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2008 New Year Honours and Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2017 New Year Honours"
"In 2004 Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II appointed him to Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE). In 2005, the National Academy of Sciences (US) appointed him as a member. He was awarded the German Environment Prize in 2007. He has been elected a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. In 2011, he was the first German to receive the Volvo Environment Prize, which is the highest-ranking award in the field of environmental sciences worldwide. He was honoured with the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (first class) as well and holds honorary"
"goalkeeper during the team's Euro 2004 and the 2010 World Cup campaigns. He was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2012 Birthday Honours for services to football and charity. Having started his career with Watford, James went on to feature in the Premier League for Liverpool, Aston Villa, West Ham United, Manchester City and Portsmouth. He gained a Football League Cup winner's medal with Liverpool in 1995, an FA Cup winner's medal with Portsmouth in 2008, as well as runners-up medals with Aston Villa in 2000, Liverpool in 1996 and Portsmouth in 2010."
"appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2002, he was created Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2011 New Year Honours for services to the visual arts. McQueen is a former fan of English football club Tottenham Hotspur, quitting after admitting that it affected his day too much. Steve McQueen (director) Steven Rodney McQueen (born 9 October 1969) is a British film director and screenwriter. For his 2013 film, ""12 Years a Slave"", a historical drama adaptation of an 1853 slave narrative memoir, he won an Academy Award, BAFTA Award for"
"at the decision. and he is famously quoted as saying ""Women are a very fine species."" He became president of Hampshire in 2002. He was awarded the OBE in the summer of 2005, just a few months before his death at the age of 72, following surgery for a brain tumour. Colin Ingleby-Mackenzie Alexander Colin David Ingleby-Mackenzie OBE (15 September 1933 – 9 March 2006) was an English first-class cricketer: a left-handed batsman who played for Hampshire between 1951 and 1966, captaining the county from 1958 to 1965 as Hampshire's last amateur captain and leading his side to their first"
"Suzuki Cup after managing only 2 draws against Laos and Malaysia and losing to Indonesia. He resigned as manager on 8 June 2011, and has since returned to his role as an Official Club Ambassador for Manchester United. Manchester United Individual Middlesbrough Individual Robson was awarded the OBE in the January 1990 New Year Honours. In 1998, he was named among the list of Football League 100 Legends, and was made an Inaugural Inductee of the English Football Hall of Fame in 2002 in recognition of his impact on the English game as a player. He was named as one"
"volume of his autobiography ""Where there's a will"" in 1980. He published the second volume in 2017, precised on his official web site. He was awarded the OBE in 2005 and CBE in 2009 for services to paralympic sport. He was the subject of ""This Is Your Life"" in 1982 when he was surprised by Eamonn Andrews. Mike Brace Michael Thomas ""Mike"" Brace (born 19 June 1950) is a former paralympic skier, social worker and leader of disabled charities. He was Chief Executive of Vision 2020 UK (2001-2012) and served as Chairman of the British Paralympic Association (2001-2008). He was"
"of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1999 New Year Honours and was promoted to Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) in the 2003 Birthday Honours for charitable services, especially UNICEF and latterly Kiwanis International, which had dominated his public life for more than a decade. Moore said that the citation ""meant far more to me than if I had got it for acting... I was proud because I received it on behalf of UNICEF as a whole and for all it has achieved over the years"". On 11 October 2007, three days"
"Head Coach, UK Athletics 1994-1997. Head Coach Great Britain Team, Atlanta Olympic Games 1996. Head Coach, UK Athletics Regional Performance Centre at the University of Bath from 1998 to date. Since 1998, 14 athletes who have trained at the Bath Regional Performance Centre have won 41 medals at major championships at Commonwealth, European, World and Olympic levels. Contemplating retirement when Colin Jackson retired in 2003. he was persuaded by UK Athletics to continue working. Awarded the Mussabini Medal in 1999. He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2012 Birthday Honours for services to"
"in the world among sportspeople, behind Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, with over 52 million Facebook fans. Beckham played a critical part in bringing the Olympics to London in 2012, travelling with the British delegation to Singapore in 2005 for the host city selection. At the 2008 Beijing Olympics closing ceremony, Beckham, Jimmy Page and Leona Lewis represented Britain during the handover segment for the 2012 Olympics. Beckham rode a London double-decker bus into the stadium and Page and Lewis performed ""Whole Lotta Love"". He also featured at the Opening Ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics, carrying the Olympic flame"
"the Award to the school in 1959, making it the first body to deliver The Duke of Edinburgh's International Award in Australia. http://www.dukeofed.org.au/ Basil Travers Basil Holmes 'Jika' Travers, , (7 July 1919 – 18 December 1998) was an Australian sportsman and educator who played in the England national rugby union team and played first-class cricket with Oxford University. Travers served with Australian forces in New Guinea in World War II as a brigade major. He was awarded the OBE for his service. Travers, a Shore old boy, went to New College, Oxford, after the war to study on a"
"(1987) • Doctor of Letters (Honoris Causa) Manchester Metropolitan University. (2007) • Doctor of Civil Law (Honoris Causa) University of Huddersfield. (2008) • Professor University of Central Lancashire. (2001) • Professorial Fellow of Public Health: Royal Society of Public Health London. (2012) • Professorial Fellow of Mental Health: The Institute of Mental Health Nottingham. (2012) • Doctor of Health (Honorary Degree) University of Bradford. (2017) • Honorary Fellowship of the American Public Health Association. (2017) • Doctor of Science (Honorary Degree) University of Southampton (July 2018) Awards • OBE Awarded Order of British Empire in the Queen’s Birthday Honours (1999)"
"the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 1981, elevated to Commander of same order (CBE) in 1999, and knighted in 2004. In 2009 a stand at Upton Park was named after Brooking. Since retiring from playing, he has taken up a number of positions in broadcasting as an on-air analyst and in football and sports administration. Brooking was born in Barking maternity hospital to mother Margaret and father, Henry Charles (known as Harry), who was a police officer in the Metropolitan Police. Brooking attended Ripple Infants School and left Ilford County High School with 11 O-levels and 2 A-levels."
"appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to scholarship and the understanding of humanities. He is an alumnus of Keble College, Oxford (1963-66). Valentine Cunningham Valentine David Cunningham OBE (born 1944) is a retired professor of English language and literature at the University of Oxford. He tutors in English Language and Literature at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, where he is an Emeritus Fellow and served as Vice President. His specialism is modern English literature and literary theory. He has written a number of books, including a 2008 biography of"
"for the Game Boy Advance, and ""David Beckham Soccer"", a football game for a number of platforms, and he was brand ambassador for exercise video game ""EA Sports Active 2"". Beckham featured in EA Sports' ""FIFA"" video game series; he was on the cover for the International edition of """". During his playing career (which ended in May 2013), Beckham generated an estimated £1 billion in shirt and boot sales. In 2006, Lloyd's of London insured his legs for £100m, at the time he was playing for Real Madrid. In March 2015 Beckham had the third highest social media rank"
"the Order of the British Empire (OBE) ""for services to cricket"". On 11 February 2016 he received his OBE at Buckingham Palace. James Anderson (cricketer) James Michael 'Jimmy' Anderson, (born 30 July 1982) is an English international cricketer who plays for Lancashire and England. Widely regarded as one of the greatest fast bowlers of his generation, Anderson is the all-time leading wicket-taker among fast bowlers and holds the record of most wickets for England in both Test and One Day International (ODI) cricket. He is the only English bowler, and the 6th overall, to pass 500 Test wickets. Anderson plays"
"first squad in December 2013. He stressed that ""the door is firmly open"" for her to come back in. In June 2012 Yankey was named in the 18–player Great Britain squad for the 2012 London Olympics. Yankey was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2006 New Year Honours and Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2014 New Year Honours, both for services to football. When not playing, or practicing, Yankey works as a coach in schools, teaching football to children. This includes hosting a CBeebies programme, Footy Pups. It"