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David Beckham hugged his teammates with tears in his eyes, then walked off the pitch to a standing ovation -- for the last time in front of a home crowd at a football game.

When he got there, he bent down and kissed the grass. All around him, there was ticker-tape. At long last, Madrid's longest drought in half a century was over: they had won the league title, their first trophy in four years.

The defender is out of contract at the end of this season but wants to stay on and play under Sir Alex Ferguson's successor, David Moyes.

Three are leaving with their heads held high while one should never had to wait so long to stay, writes Kenny Dalglish It will be a sad day for everyone at Liverpool Football Club when Jamie Carragher plays his last game , against QPR at Anfield tomorrow.

In this Jan. 19, 2012 file photo, Los Angeles Galaxy's David Beckham fixes his tie during a news conference in Los Angeles.

Stoke's former England goal machine bows out - but boss Pulis won't confirm he'll play even in meaningless season finale Michael Owen admits it is "heart breaking" to be seen as a has-been as he prepares for his final game.

Yet that will be the reality from Sunday when British football's most successful manager walks away after his 1,500th and final match in charge of Manchester United.

CLUMSY Kanye West suffered another crushing blow when his swanky 500,000 motor was smashed by Kim Kardashian's electric gates.

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Reaction to David Beckham's decision to retire from football at the end of the season, which he announced Thursday: "David Beckham, one of the most iconic figures in global football is retiring from playing.

David Beckham was not quite the outstanding British footballer of his generation.

Rio Ferdinand said it was the right time to retire from international football. How so, with a World Cup only a year away? He said the England team was in great shape.

After David Beckham's long and distinguished football career ends on a remote plastic field in northwestern France, his life promises to be far more glamorous once he steps away from the game he loves.

19, 2012 file photo, Los Angeles Galaxy's David Beckham fixes his tie during a news conference in Los Angeles.

After Sir Alex Ferguson and Paul Scholes comes David Beckham. Three of the key figures in Manchester United's Treble-winning side of 1999 will retire at the weekend, age having at last caught up with them.

Beckham, who won the Champions League with Manchester United in 1999, also won league titles with Real Madrid, AC Milan and Los Angeles Galaxy before arriving in the French capital earlier this year.

Leading international soccer player Mario Balotelli has had enough -- the AC Milan striker has vowed to walk off the pitch next time he is racially abused at a football game.

England manager Roy Hodgson is adamant he has enough promising young players not to give any more thought to recalling John Terry or Rio Ferdinand .

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Thomas Ince was one of the Championship's top performers this season and there's no doubt plenty of Premier League managers will be interested in adding the Blackpool winger to their squad.