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David Beckham admitted that he experienced conflicting feelings during his debut in the US Soccer League (MLS). The famous midfielder, who was nursing an ankle injury after joining the Los Angeles Galaxy from Real Madrid, entered the Washington Stadium field on Thursday in the 75th minute of the match against local DC United. Beckham's first appearance in an official match did not save his team from defeat with a score of 0:1. “I felt pressure because since I arrived here there was a lot of talk, but I didn’t go on the field. It’s not nice to upset people who paid a lot of money to see you in action,” David Beckham said after the match. Beckham's debut was watched from the stands by England coach Steve McClaren, who also scheduled meetings with Los Angeles coach Frank Yallop and his general manager Alexi Lalas. According to Lalas, McClaren is interested in establishing a close working relationship with the club in order to be aware of his charge's progress. "Beckham wants to continue playing for his national team, and I'm sure Steve wants the same. But he needs David to be completely healthy and fit. So we'll see how quickly he progresses in the coming weeks," Lalas said.

The England team is a rival of the Russian team in the qualifying round for the 2008 European Championship, and Guus Hiddink's team will play an away match with the British on September 12. "RIA News"

Nikolay Valuev will fight with Lyakhovich

The manager of ex-world heavyweight champion according to the World Boxing Association (WBA) Nikolai Valuev Boris Dimitrov said that the next opponent of his ward after Jean-François Bergeron will most likely be the ex-champion of the World Boxing Organization (WBO) Belarusian Sergei Lyakhovich. “We have reached a preliminary agreement with Lyakhovich’s representatives,” Dimitrov said. “The fight with the Belarusian is scheduled for the end of the year. Having defeated Lyakhovich, who, by the way, is patronized by Don King, Kolya will become a mandatory contender for the fight with WBA world champion Ruslan Chagaev. And then the Uzbek boxer There is no way he can avoid a rematch with Valuev.”

True, in order to fight Lyakhovich, Valuev needs to defeat Canadian Jean-Francois Bergeron, whose fight is scheduled to take place on September 29. Alexander Kommersant-Petrov

David Beckham didn't help his team