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David Beckham, the soccer star and one of the most famous athletes in the world, announced his retirement from the sport Thursday.
'I think I'm ready,' said the 38-year-old Beckham, arguably the world's most famous active athlete, in an interview with Sky Sports in Paris on Thursday. 'Obviously, it's a difficult decision because I still feel like I can play at the top level and still have done over the last six months. But I always particularly said to myself that I want to go out at the top.'
Beckham's career will last two more games, concluding with Paris Saint-Germain's home game against Brest on Saturday and its trip to Lorient next week. The price of tickets for Saturday's game had already tripled by Thursday afternoon, according to the Internet ticket resale site Viagogo. The cheapest ones on Viagogo for Lorient were already $250.
Beckham is ending his career after helping his two most recent teams win championships. The Los Angeles Galaxy won its second consecutive Major League Soccer title with him last fall. Then he spent the spring playing for Paris Saint-Germain, which won France's Ligue 1.
Beckham also played important minutes for PSG during its Champions League games, proving to much of the soccer world that he still had some gas in his tank and could help a major club after spending six years playing in the far less competitive MLS.
A spokesman for U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron said the British leader viewed Beckham as an 'outstanding footballer throughout his career. But not only that, he has been a brilliant ambassador for this country岸not least if we remember all the work he did in helping us win London 2012. The prime minister's message would simply be to say congratulations on a fantastic career.'
The decision didn't come without some angst. 'I'll always feel like I could do more,' Beckham said. 'That's the problem.'
While he was never a prolific goal scorer, Beckham became known as an other-worldly passer who could put a ball on a sprinting wing's feet from 60 yards away. A native of Leytonstone, Beckham was a product of the Manchester United youth academy and broke into the senior team in 1994. He won over a dozen major trophies over the next nine years.
His perfectly aimed set pieces also earned him accolades, though perhaps not as many as the runway good looks. Already a world-wide sports star, he became a crossover phenomenon with the release of the 2002 comedy film 'Bend It Like Beckham,' in which a British-born Indian girl dreams of playing with her hero.
Though only his image appears in the movie, the film made Beckham as popular in Hollywood and New York as he was in Europe, and since then his image has been used to sell everything from watches to underwear. In 2007 he moved to MLS in a groundbreaking deal to help the struggling U.S. league establish credibility. The exposure and his marriage to Victoria Adams, also known as the pop star Posh Spice, turned him into a lightning rod for criticism of whether he was more interested in fame than sport.
At the international level, Beckham made 115 appearances for England and had a stint as the side's captain. His last major tournament was the 2006 World Cup.
A true global icon, Beckham recently signed on as an ambassador for China's professional soccer league and will be making his second trip of the year there soon.
昨天凌晨的法甲聯賽因為一個人而變得與眾不同，賽前小貝明確表示此役將是其職業生涯最後的正式比賽。在全場44983名觀眾的注視下，身披大巴黎戰袍的貝克漢姆戴上隊長袖標完成了他球員生涯的最後一場戰。最終巴黎聖日耳曼主場3∶1擊敗佈雷斯特，被換下場的“萬人迷”含著熱淚向他熱愛的綠茵場說再見……
圓月彎刀終成絕唱
2天前，38歲的小貝宣佈將在賽季結束後正式退役，這場比賽也將成為萬人迷職業生涯的告別戰，安切洛蒂讓貝克漢姆以隊長身份首發出戰，首次擔任巴黎聖日耳曼隊長的貝克漢姆也成為大巴黎本賽季第7位場上隊長。看臺上維多利亞和小貝的四個孩子還有他的父母已經就位，在這場特殊的比賽中，小貝也穿著印有妻兒名字的特製戰靴上場。
第5分鐘，雅萊與尚託姆打出配合，伊布突入禁區右側抽射入遠角幫助球隊早早打開勝利之門。第31分鐘，貝氏弧線重現江湖，他罰出的角球力量和弧度俱佳，馬圖伊迪沒有揮霍這樣的良機，將皮球送進對方大門。
5分鐘後，伊布左側主罰任意球被門將直接擋進近角，3∶0，這也是“瑞典神塔”本賽季第3次任意球直接破門。雖然客隊第81分鐘追回1分，但卻為時已晚，最終在貝克漢姆職業生涯最後一場比賽中，憑藉小貝圓月彎刀的助攻，巴黎聖日耳曼主場3∶1大勝對手。
萬人迷揮淚說再見
儘管在2天前宣佈將在本賽季後退役的貝克漢姆表示自己已經做好了準備，不過當昨天真正最後一次走下綠茵場時，一向都以最好的一面示人的“萬人迷”，也不禁淚流滿面。
下半時第86分鐘，巴黎聖日耳曼主帥安切洛蒂用掉了本場最後一個換人名額，他用拉維奇換下了小貝，此時的小貝早已經是熱淚盈眶，貝克漢姆轉身和所有隊友擁抱，全場44983名球迷起身為貝克漢姆鼓掌，看臺上小貝的家人們也流下了激動的淚水。
下場後的小貝第一時間與主教練安切洛蒂擁抱，感謝他給了自己這樣一個告別的機會，隨後他坐在草地上目睹隊友完成比賽。比賽結束哨響的那一刻，小貝走進了球場，與球迷們揮手道別，再次和隊友們擁抱，而大巴黎的隊友們則把他高高拋起，向小貝致以最高的敬意。
在比賽結束後的頒獎儀式上，小貝披著聖喬治旗走上了臺，在發言中小貝暗示了這確實就是生涯最後一戰，“萬人迷”表示：“在這裡結束我的職業生涯很特殊，巴黎是世界上最美麗的地方，要走了，我很悲傷。”