ATHENS (Reuters) - David Beckham will have to earn his place in Britain's Olympic football squad on skill and merit like any other player and can expect no special favours, London 2012 organisers said on Thursday.
Speaking before the 37-year-old former England captain teamed up with a London delegation for the formal handing over of the Olympic flame, LOCOG chairman Seb Coe said there would be no attempt to twist the arm of Team GB manager Stuart Pearce.
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