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English football star David Beckham and his Los Angeles Galaxy teammates will play in New Zealand.

English football star David Beckham and his Los Angeles Galaxy teammates will play in New Zealand. For the second time in 12 months, against an Oceania invitation side in Auckland in December.

Beckham and Major League Soccer team the Galaxy drew a crowd of more than 31,000 when they beat the Wellington Phoenix, the New Zealand franchise in Australia’s A-League, in Wellington last December.

Match promoters said Tuesday that the Oceania invitation team for the match Dec. 6 will be captained by New Caledonia-based, former France midfielder Christian Karembeu and will include players from the South Pacific region.

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Train riot by Napoli fans causes outrage.

Government and sports officials reacted with outrage Monday after the opening weekend of the Italian soccer season was marred by Napoli fans rioting on a train to Rome.

A group of several hundred Napoli supporters launched firecrackers, broke windows, slashed seats open and caused $730,000 worth of damage to the train Sunday, Italian media reported. Rome’s transport agency said some of its buses were also vandalized, causing $88,000 in damage.

At least four railway workers were injured, reports said, and more violence erupted when the train reached Rome for the AS Roma-Napoli game, which ended 1-1. Rome police reported five arrests near the stadium.

Italian soccer federation president Giancarlo Abete called for serious measures “against these delinquents who ruin the image of soccer on a national and international level. … Soccer is not represented by these people.”

Napoli fans may be barred from away games for the rest of the season.