David Beckham flies from London to America...then back again... all in 48 hours | Mail Online

Combining his football commitments and his role as ambassador for London 2012 mean Beckham has been at the making the most of his private jet.

2011: David Beckham more likely than Leonardo DiCaprio to make us act on climate change

According to new research released to mark the launch of the Climate Week Awards, David Beckham is more likely to inspire us to save the planet than green god Leonardo DiCaprio.

2011: How David Beckham caused global warming: the Man U climate model - Monash University

The results are remarkable. Each Manchester United FA Cup appearance in an 11-year period raised global temperatures by 0.1º Celsius.

A plot of global temperatures and the Manchester United Climate Model (see top graph at right) reveals that half of global warming is the result of Manchester United.

Is this soccer-climate relationship due to random chance? By randomising Manchester United’s FA Cup appearances, I find the probability of getting such a good relationship by chance is less than 1 in 10,000!