India, May 16 -- It's impossible to keep Sir David Beckham out of the news. As per the 2026 Sunday Times Rich List (STRL), the former England footballer has now joined the league of billionaires in the United Kingdom. He is the first sportsman in the region to achieve this feat.

As per the STRL, the collective wealth of Beckham and his wife Victoria is now 1.185 billion pounds. Among sportspeople, they are now only second to the family of former F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone.

It's been more than one and a half decades since Beckham last played for England and 13 years since he last featured in a competitive league, for Paris St Germain in 2013. He has since become an entrepreneur and, needless to say, a very successful one at that.

He c...