"Bend It Like Beckham," the story of two young British ... and unconditionally approved the use of her name and images in the movie, Chadha had to wait a long time to get permission from Beckham.

That compares with 55 , 000 registered netball players. Pundits believe that last year's hit film Bend It Like Beckham, starring Parminder Nagra, both reflected and encouraged the game's growing ...

“People talk a lot about Bend It Like Beckham (in which Parminder Nagra plays Jess Bhamra) – that was the only South Asian girl playing football at the time, and it’s a film. Quite a lot I ...

These words, shouted with utter disgust by Jess in Bend It Like Beckham, resonated with me from a young age. I don’t actually remember when I first watched the smash-hit 00s movie. It came out ...