Edited by Gordon Smart Curl it over ... as Becks might look stretchingBendy it like BecksExclusive ALEX PEAKE Published: 22nd June 2009  http://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00829/SNN2203GX1-280_829785a.jpg    

DAVID Beckham is hoping to stretch his career out until he’s 40 — by doing body-bending Pilates exercises.The England star, 34 — subject of hit film Bend It Like Beckham — says he is in his best shape in years due to an hour-long daily routine. He is desperate to show Three Lions boss Fabio Capello he is fit enough for next year’s World Cup in South Africa, and play on for years afterwards.