Lifestyle keeps Beckham in LA

LONDON (AFP) – Football icon David Beckham said Monday his love of the Californian lifestyle meant he was happy to stay in Los Angeles despite disappointment on the pitch and homesickness for Britain.

The 35-year-old England midfielder hinted at extending his stay in the United States when his contract at LA Galaxy ends in just over a year's time, despite their elimination in the play-off Western Conference finals on Sunday.

"I haven't thought what's going to happen after that. As long as the kids are happy, wherever they are happy we will stay. We plan on staying here for a while, but we love going back to England as well," Beckham told Britain's ITV television.

"We were settled from the day that we moved here. It's such ...