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No sex please, it’s the Euro. Austrians fear that the Euro 2008 football tournament starting on June 7 will negatively affect their sex lives.

According to a survey released on Wednesday, 30 percent of the Austrian hosts believed there will be less sex during the three-week tournament. Only 14 percent were optimistic, hoping for getting some more, be it for celebrating or consoling those whose team was less lucky.

About half of the participants in the study by Vienna University’s Institute for Marketing were convinced that time for their partners will be scarce, the Austrian press agency said.

One third expected an increased strain on relationships, but only a small minority thought the football overdose would lead to a rise in break-ups, the study authors said.

However, fights for the TV remote are a given, as more than 70 percent said they were planning to follow the Euro, some of them on a daily basis. Thirty-seven percent said they will adjust their daily schedule according to the Euro timetable, with 11 percent taking time off for the football party.

One in two Austrians said there would be arguments over whether to watch the quarterfinals or the latest romantic comedy.

“It looks like the Euro will influence work and private life of Austrians of all social levels,” study author Reinhard Grohs was quoted as saying.

However the considerable share of anti-Euro people, was a market niche best not to be forgotten, the study said. Those are, not surprisingly, typically women aged 45-plus. Twenty-three percent of the 1500 people polled said they would not follow the Euro “at all”, and 37 percent said they would avoid locations with high densities of football fans.

“It shows David Beckham hasn’t lost his sex appeal. He’s loved for his looks, style and ball skills, despite having moved to Los Angeles.”

The Los Angeles Galaxy midfielder, who is married to Spice Girls star Victoria, topped a poll by British female fans to find the sexiest player in the world, beating Barcelona and French striker Thierry Henry into second place. West Ham’s Swedish international and Calvin Klein model Freddie Ljungberg came third, while Manchester United’s Cristiano Ronaldo was fourth.

Simon Lassam, of www.thepeoplesclub.com which conducted the poll, said: “The survey results show the British public have an eye for who is hot on the soccer pitch and that it’s not just British Premiership players that are catching their eye.

“They have picked a really multi-cultural mix, perhaps reflecting the amount of influence other countries have on our soccer these days. It shows David Beckham hasn’t lost his sex appeal. He’s loved for his looks, style and ball skills, despite having moved to Los Angeles.”

  David, 32, is not the only member of the Beckham family to be regarded as sexy. Victoria was recently named the world’s Sexiest Mother. The 33-year-old star, who has three sons, Brooklyn, eight, Romeo, five, and two-year-old Cruz, with David, was given the title by lingerie company Victoria’s Secret in their annual What is Sexy list.

Peoplesclub.com’s World’s Sexiest Soccer Stars > 

1. David Beckham (LA Galaxy, England)
2. Thierry Henry (Barcelona, France)
3. Freddie Ljungberg (West Ham Utd, Sweden)
4. Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester Utd, Portugal)
5. Fernando Torres (Liverpool, Spain)
6. Paolo Maldini (AC Milan, Italy)
7. Kaka (AC Milan, Brazil)
8. Michael Owen (Newcastle Utd, England)
9. Andriy Shevchenko (Chelsea, Ukraine)
10. Frank Lampard (Chelsea, England)

Three Romanian boxers were given lifetime bans after they were caught shoplifting in a Chicago department store during the World Amateur Championships.

Marius Bogdan Dinu, 21, Ronald Gavril, 21, and Iulian Stan, 20, were caught on Friday and have been sent home, the Amateur International Boxing Association said.

Tae Kwon Do fighters will pack a punch at Nottingham Arena on Sunday, October 14, as the TAGB British Open Championships 2007 are staged.

The Tae Kwon Do Association of Great Britain is Europe’s largest single martial arts organisation with more than 450 clubs and this is Europe’s biggest martial arts competition. It will involve men, women and children of all ranks, right up to black belt. There will also be world and european champions competing on fighting areas spread across the bowl.

Tae Kwon Do, which means ‘way of the foot and fist’, uses punches, strikes, kicks and blocks for self defence and is one of the most popular martial arts.

Tickets are £7 (plus booking fee) and are available on 0870 121 0123 or visit www.nottingham-arena.com