FIFA Updates

MILAN, Italy (AP)—AC Milan defender Oguchi Onyewu has traveled to California
for a checkup on his knee as he recovers from the injury that has sidelined him
for most of this season.

Onyewu is to be examined by Dr. Bert Mandelbaum, who operated on Onyewu last
Oct. 21, seven days after he ruptured the patellar tendon in his left knee
during a World Cup qualifier against Costa Rica. At the time of the surgery,
Onyewu was projected to be out for six months.

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The David Beckham Academy in Carson, Calif. shut down shortly before Christmas with no official announcement, according to a report in the Daily Breeze.

A branch in London previously closed with very little fanfare. Both were jointly run by Anschutz Entertainment Group, owner of the Los Angeles Galaxy, and 19 Entertainment, Beckham’s management team. The closure in California cost a handful of full-time staff their jobs.

“The David Beckham Academy will no longer operate its Los Angeles location,” said a memo from AEG spokesman Michael Roth, which the Daily Breeze’s Nick Green unearthed. “Planning is currently under way with David and senior coaches to develop a program and coaching model that will move beyond the limits of one location and ultimately impact more children in more cities across the United States and worldwide.”

Attendance never reached anticipated levels and frequency of camps decreased steadily until the  academy closed.

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