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Published 09:39 27 Jun 2025 BST
Updated 11:48 27 Jun 2025 BST

National treasure and ex-footballer David Beckham has been admitted to a Los Angeles hospital after injuring his right arm.
A picture shared to his wife Victoria’s instagram story, shows her husband laid in a hospital bed with his arm in a blue sling.
The fashion designer and former pop-star posted a second story showing David Beckham grasping a a friendship bracelet that reads ‘Get Well Soon.’
Beckham’s condition is not currently believed to be serious, as the former England and Manchester United winger can be seen smiling while laid in his hospital bed.
There is currently no indication as to what caused the injury, and neither of David or Victoria are yet to provide an update on the ex-footballer’s condition.
Beckham’s arm injury comes at the end of a very successful week for for the former Real Madrid winger, after it was announced the 50-year-old would receive a knighthood in the King’s Birthday Honours just days ago.
He will become the second football-affiliated star to receive the honour this year, after Sir Gareth Southgate was knighted on Wednesday.
Beckham will hope to be out of hospital soon, as the MLS club he co-owns, Inter Miami are set to take on current Champions League winners Paris Saint Germian in a Club World Cup Round of 16 tie on Sunday.
Beckham helped found Inter Miami after his retirement in 2013, and his role as co-owner came on the back of a football career that saw him achieve more than 100 England caps and play for some of Europe's greatest clubs.
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