Beckham apologises for yellow-card furore

David Beckham today issued a formal apology for the yellow-card furore which has engulfed the England captain and conceded he had been wrong to deliberately get himself booked against Wales.

Beckham admitted yesterday that he fouled Ben Thatcher in order to pick up his second caution of the qualifying campaign and be suspended for tonight’s match in Azerbaijan because he knew he would miss the game through injury.