The LA Galaxy star fights poverty with killer abs

Yesterday, David Beckham returned from a three day visit to Sierra Leone, as part of his role as Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF.

Mr B visited rural areas in the North of the country where infant and maternal mortality are amongst the highest in the world, and spent time at a health clinic learning about the most common causes of these deaths, like malaria, which accounts for 33 per cent of child deaths.

He said: “We can’t turn a blind eye to the tens of thousands of young children who die every day in the developing world mostly from causes that are preventable. In Sierra Leone, one in four children dies before reaching their fifth birthday.”

As is customary for a Goodwill Ambassador, Becks also found time for an impromptu game of topless football, which allowed him to show off his rippled washboard abs, glistening in the sun like an Adonis of … uh, what was I saying?

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