In Brief
SOCCER
Beckham tears Achilles, will miss World Cup
David Beckham will miss the World Cup and most if not all of the Los Angeles Galaxy's season after tearing his left Achilles' tendon Sunday while playing for AC Milan.
His international career for England is all but over. It remains to be seen how much he'll have left for the Galaxy and Major League Soccer.
"He will miss the World Cup for sure," a person familiar with the injury told The Associated Press, speaking on condition of anonymity. The person said it was likely the 34-year-old midfielder will play again.
Beckham was injured without getting hit during AC Milan's 1-0 Italian League win over visiting Chievo Verona.
TENNIS
No. 1 Federer advances; Sharapova exits early
Top-ranked Roger Federer had to work a little harder than expected before beating Romania's Victor Hanescu 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-1 in the second round of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Calif.
Meanwhile, the women's field that began with six former champions is down to two following Zheng Jie's 6-3, 2-6, 6-3 win over 10th-seeded Maria Sharapova, the 2006 champion.
Seventh-seeded Andy Roddick, Federer's potential opponent in the quarterfinals, beat qualifier Yen-Hsun Lu of Taiwan, 6-4, 6-4.
The men's field lost No. 5 seed Nikolay Davydenko of Russia, who withdrew with a fractured left wrist.
Also: An exchange between Andre Agassi and Pete Sampras during a charity match at Indian Wells has captured the attention of the British tabloids and blogosphere.
Sampras was teamed with Federer and Agassi with Rafael Nadal in a doubles match on Friday to raise money for earthquake relief in Haiti.
The players were wearing headset microphones so the crowd could hear them talking.
Sampras mimicked Agassi's pigeon-toed walk. Agassi, in turn, chided Sampras for being stingy. In his autobiography, Agassi criticized Sampras for being a poor tipper.
Sampras then served high and hard, forcing Agassi to duck out of the way. The crowd laughed throughout, and both retired players wore big smiles.
Neither showed up at the postmatch news conference.
MISCELLANEOUS
UNLV softball shuts out Buffalo to cap tourney
Jessica O'Connor threw a five-hit complete game, leading the UNLV softball team to a 2-0 victory over Buffalo to wrap up the Long Beach State Invitational in Lakewood, Calif.
O'Connor (6-2) struck out four and allowed four walks to finish a 3-0 week.
Kendall Fearn had an RBI groundout in the first inning for the Rebels (17-9). In the second inning, Laura Briones led off with a triple and scored on an Erica Addison single.
Also: Lance Armstrong finished ninth in the Cape Argus race after helping teammate Daryl Impey get a podium finish in Cape Town, South Africa.
Armstrong was part of a breakaway group that attacked near the end to set up a sprint for Team RadioShack rider Impey. But a strong headwind slowed the attack, and Impey ended up third behind winner Malcolm Lange of South Africa.
The world indoor track and field championships ended on a high note in Doha, Qatar, when French triple jumper Teddy Tamgho leaped a world-record 58 feet, 8¾ inches.
Reigning three-time champion Lance Mackey and four-time champion Jeff King are turning the 2010 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race into a two-man contest.
Mackey was the first musher to reach Shaktoolik, the second stop on the run up the western coast of Alaska. King reached the village 37 minutes later.
