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The Real Superstar

Right foot forward: David Beckham maintained that captaining England was his biggest achievement. AP
David Beckham, the player, may be about to retire, but Beckham, the global phenomenon, is simply in middle age. "Nothing will ever completely replace playing...

Beckham remains an adman's dream

Quintessential celebrity: David Beckham poses with his collection for Swedish fashion chain H&M. AP
David Beckham's easy charm and image as a family man will ensure the brand built up by Britain's richest sportsman will prosper long after the end of his...

Story of solitary soldier

Words of wisdom: Maria Mutola feels that the Russians will come out on top in the World Championship to be held in Moscow this year. DH photo/ BK Janardhan
For the better part of the last two decades, women's 800M races at the highest level had one constant -- Maria de Lurdes Mutola. She might not have won each and...

Rookies taken on a rough ride

tough times Sauber's Esteban Guiterrez is feeling the pinch of being a rookie in the stone-cold world of F1. AP
Never has it been more difficult for a young driver to break into and prove himself in Formula One than it is today.

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Lions quench their thirst on a hot summer day in Khambha near Amreli of Gijarat on Monday.

Lions quench their thirst on a hot summer day in Khambha near Amreli of Gijarat on Monday.

Saddiq, 48, works in a Taramira oil processing factory in Rawalpindi May 20, 2013. Taramira oil...

Saddiq, 48, works in a Taramira oil processing factory in Rawalpindi May 20, 2013. Taramira oil...

A woman wears a hat made from flowers during media day at the Chelsea Flower Show in London...

A woman wears a hat made from flowers during media day at the Chelsea Flower Show in London...

British artist Marc Quinn poses for a photograph with his sculpture of an orchid in the Royal...

British artist Marc Quinn poses for a photograph with his sculpture of an orchid in the Royal...

Devotees are showered with perfumed water during the end of the Urs festival, at the shrine...

Devotees are showered with perfumed water during the end of the Urs festival, at the shrine...

Bollywood actors Veena Malik and Rajan Verma distribute condoms among sex workers at Kamathipura...

Bollywood actors Veena Malik and Rajan Verma distribute condoms among sex workers at Kamathipura...

A labourer plucks cherry from a tree at an orchard on the outskirts of Srinagar on Monday.

A labourer plucks cherry from a tree at an orchard on the outskirts of Srinagar on Monday.

A woman cooks over a wood-burning fire under a battery-run emergency light during a power outage...

A woman cooks over a wood-burning fire under a battery-run emergency light during a power outage...

A man carries a sack of coal to weigh it before selling it to the market at a wholesale coal shop...

A man carries a sack of coal to weigh it before selling it to the market at a wholesale coal shop...

Men sort coal at a wholesale shop to sell in the market in Rawalpindi May 20, 2013.

Men sort coal at a wholesale shop to sell in the market in Rawalpindi May 20, 2013.