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Tiger Woods' planned return to golf at the Masters has drawn plenty of criticism from the international press, and the most scathing comments have come from Britain.

Daily Mirror columnist Oliver Holt questions the top-ranked golfer's reasons for coming back to play at Augusta National.

He wrote: "How typical of the man to hijack the world's most famous golf tournament. How could he turn Augusta into a circus
like this? Does his vanity know no limits?"

David Beckham has left a Milan hotel on crutches and headed to the airport for a flight to Finland for surgery on his torn left Achilles' tendon.

The former England captain was injured in the closing minutes of AC Milan's 1-0 win over Chievo Verona on Sunday.

With his hopes of becoming the first English player to appear in four World Cups shattered and his future in international soccer in doubt, Beckham was slated for surgery either later Monday or Tuesday morning with specialist surgeon Dr. Sakari Orava.

Tracking information shows four-time winner Jeff King of Denali Park is the first musher into Ruby early Friday in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.

Ruby is the first checkpoint on the Yukon River and the next 150 miles of the route follow the river.

King is followed by Lance Mackey of Fairbanks, the defending champion who is going for a fourth straight win, and Hugh Neff of
Tok.

Seventeen mushers have left Cripple, the halfway checkpoint on the 1,100-mile race to Nome.

Seven of the 71 mushers who left Willow on Sunday have scratched.

AP

The Florida Highway Patrol was flooded with e-mails criticizing their handling of the investigation of the crash involving golfer Tiger Woods that led to him admitting to extramarital affairs.

A review by the Orlando Sentinel found that the highway patrol and its umbrella agency, the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, got more than 400 e-mails in the days after the November crash outside Woods' home near Orlando.

Former NBA All-Star Alvin Robertson, facing sexual assault of a child and sex trafficking charges, is back in jail in San Antonio after a judge increased his bond.

Prosecutors say they had asked that Robertson's bail be doubled to $450,000 on Wednesday after allegations surfaced that he was threatening two women. The 47-year-old Robertson was still in jail late Wednesday.

He has been accused of being part of a sex trafficking ring that kidnapped a 14-year-old girl. Robertson, through his lawyer, has
denied the allegations.