Soccer superstar learning Spanish

Add David Beckham to the roster of famous people learning Spanish.
 
The world's best-known soccer player today met his new teammates from Real Madrid, which offered him some €35 million to leave Manchester United. The BBC reports that Beckham is learning Spanish, but so far his lack of language ability isn't getting in the way. "There's a universal language of football," explained Jorge Valdano, the Spanish team's sporting director. Read more... (Source: BBC)
 
Incidentally, if you're looking for a Spanish soccer vocabulary, you might be intererested in checking out our list of specialty Spanish-English dictionaries.