David Beckham is to retire from football at the end of the season. The 38 year has decided to call it a day after a glittering career for club and country. He recently signed a five month contract with Paris St Germain and won the French title with them. He also won league titles in Spain and America and of course he won 6 Premier League titles with Manchster United and two Champions League. He also Captained England and won 115 caps.

A career spanning over two decades Beckham was a superb ambassador for the sport and he will be missed.

Brian O ‘Driscoll is to play rugby for another year. The former Ireland Captain has signed a new one year deal with Leinster and has ended months of speculation about his future. He and Ireland had a dismal 6 Nations campaign and he did drop hints that he would play for another twelve months. In his career he was won a Grand Slam 4 Triple Crowns, 3 Heineken Cup and two PRO12 titles. He won 125 caps for Ireland and 172 for Leinster and scored 46 international tries and 59 for Leinster.

And so the murky world of football continues to live up to its name. Almost a year to the day when he won City’s first league title in 44 years Roberto Mancini was shown the door. Manual Pelligrini of Malaga who has denied that he will be the new boss is expected to be installed within hours. It’s hard to believe any statement from anyone in this sport.

City thanked Mancini for all his work but said he failed to “achieve any of the clubs targets except for qualification for the Champions League next season”.