David Beckham homenaje

The English soccer star David Beckham on Saturday in Afghanistan paid tribute to British troops, whom he described as "most courageous boys I've seen" during a visit to the city of Helmand in the south of the country. The English soccer star David Beckham on Saturday in Afghanistan paid tribute to British troops, whom he described as "most courageous boys I've seen" during a visit to the city of Helmand, in the south.

"These guys are people with more courage than I have ever seen," Beckham said in a program of the British Forces Broadcasting Service, a radio and television service of the British armed forces, said AFP.

"It's scary, very scary what can be felt," added the player, in his view of Helmand, one of the most dangerous provinces in the country, having come on Friday at Camp Bastion, a major NATO military base located in that region of Afghanistan.

"Yesterday, one soldier died, and you see the flags at half mast, and feel the tension," said Beckham.

"I've represented my country on several occasions in the field of play but these guys representing our country so incredible," he estimated.

The former captain of the England football can not compete in the 2010 World Cup which starts on June 11 after suffering a tear in his Achilles tendon.

Some 10,000 British soldiers are serving in Afghanistan, mainly in Helmand. In total, 286 soldiers of the country have lost their lives in that province since the start of military intervention in Afghanistan in autumn 2001.

After the strange death of Alexander McQueen, wife of Milan player highlighted the genius of the designer, describing it as a "master of fashion, creative genius and an inspiration" After being made public the strange death of famed designer Alexander McQueen sent several stars senses message lamenting the loss of great designer in the fashion world.

Victoria Beckham was one of the celebrities who were affected by the death of the designer. Therefore, the wife of the player of Milan, Italy, paid him a heartfelt tribute, and even described him as a "master of fashion, creative genius and an inspiration."

Also, the former Spice Girls said: "The fashion industry has lost a great star. An icon of all time," he added, according to the Daily Mail

Other figures such as Kim Kardashian and Dita Von Teese took to Twitter to post their tributes to the designer, born in London and, apparently, his life ended by suicide.

As is known, the lifeless body of the designer, 40, was found at ten in the morning of Friday 11 February at his residence in West End, in central London.

The British creator probable suicide on the eve of the celebration of Fashion Week in London, comes three years after taking his own life, her close friend Isabella Blow, a muse of the fashion world who worked for magazines such as Tatler and The Sunday Times Sunday.