Glamour boy Beckham to miss World Cup after injury (AP via Yahoo! News)
Unless David Beckham can mend it as well as he can bend it, soccer's now-limping glamour boy will miss this summer's World Cup — a blow to tournament organizers, sponsors, TV viewers and average fans.
Beckham injury dashes World Cup hopes (CNN)
David Beckham's hopes of crowning his stellar professional football career with one final World Cup appearance this year ended Monday as he underwent surgery on his Achilles tendon.
Glamour boy Beckham to miss World Cup after injury (AP via Yahoo! Sports)
Unless David Beckham can mend it as well as he can bend it, soccer's now-limping glamour boy will miss this summer's World Cup -- a blow to tournament organizers, sponsors, TV viewers and average fans. Beckham underwent surgery Monday for a "totally torn" left Achilles' tendon and is expected to be out of action for about six months, said Dr.
World Premiere of Schwimmer and Bellin's 'Trust', About Internet Predator, Opens in Chicago (Playbill via Yahoo! News)
Lookingglass Theatre Company's world-premiere production of Trust, written by founding ensemble member David Schwimmer and Andy Bellin, based on the screenplay by Bellin and Rob Festinger, opens March 13 after previews from March 3.
Beckham undergoes surgery, set to miss World Cup (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
England's David Beckham is set to miss this year's World Cup despite undergoing successful surgery on his torn Achilles tendon on Monday.
World's Largest Beer Brewer Cuts Water Use, Braces for Future Risks (New York Times)
Drinking less beer and more water is usually a good diet plan -- unless you're the world's largest beer brewer. Instead, Anhe...
US, Australia book final World Cup tuneup in June (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Australia and the United States will meet on June 5 in a World Cup 2010 tune-up match in suburban Johannesburg on the weekend before each team plays its opener in the global football showdown.
Beckham undergoes surgery, set to miss World Cup (Reuters via Yahoo! Sports)
* Beckham surgery a success but World Cup hopes all but gone
World's smallest man dead at 21: Guinness World Records (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The world's shortest man, He Pingping, who stood just over two feet five inches tall (75 centimetres), has died, Britain's Guinness World Records said Monday. He was 21.
Beckham to miss World Cup: doctor (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The surgeon who operated on David Beckham's ruptured Achilles tendon in Finland on Monday ruled out any possibility of the England star recovering in time for the World Cup.