Beckham and Murray support fight against malaria.

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Beckham and Murray support fight against malaria.

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David Beckham plays tennis and soccer with Andy Murray at Wembley stadium to highlight the importance of mosquito nets in the fight against the disease.

SHOWS: WEMBLEY STADIUM, LONDON (APRIL 21, 2009) (19 ENTERTAINMENT / MALARIA NO MORE UK)

1. SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) ENGLAND AND AC MILAN MIDFIELDER DAVID BECKHAM SAYING:

"Malaria is obviously one of the biggest diseases that causes so many deaths around the world and obviously in Africa. Obviously when I first heard the statistics with malaria and with children under the age of five it automatically makes you think of your own children."

2. SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) WORLD NUMBER 4 TENNIS PLAYER ANDY MURRAY SAYING:

"It is a preventable disease and anything we can do to help is obvioulsy great."

3. SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) ENGLAND AND AC MILAN MIDFIELDER DAVID BECKHAM SAYING:

"Its is five pounds for a net so something like that, it is such a worthy cause, it make you feel good when you realise what you are doing around the world to save people's lives."

4. BECKHAM AND MURRAY PLAYING SOCCER OVER A MALARIA NET IN THE CENTRE CIRCLE OF WEMBLEY STADIUM AND DISCUSS BECKHAM CAREER

5. BECKHAM AND MURRAY PLAY TENNIS OVER THE MALARIA NET AND DISCUSS MURRAYS CAREER

6. BECKHAM AND MURRAY REFLECT ON THE DAY AND THE IMPORTANTCE OF THE MALARIA NO MORE CHARITY

STORY: England international footballer, David Beckham, and Britain's top tennis player, Andy Murray, took centre stage at Wembley Stadium, to mark the launch of Malaria No More UK - a not-for-profit organisation, committed to ending suffering and death caused by malaria.

"Obviously when I first heard the statistics with malaria and with children under the age of five it automatically makes you think of your own children," said Beckham.

Beckham and Murray played football tennis, normal tennis, and 'keepie uppies' with footballs and tennis balls over the world's longest tennis net spanning 68 metres, produced out of blue mosquito net fabric.

Beckham and Murray are members of the Malaria No More UK Leadership Council.