National Sports

TORONTO - Fresh from a weekend off and sporting player reinforcements, struggling Toronto FC returns to action Saturday against the visiting Columbus Crew.

PARIS - David Beckham's pecs are at least as much a part of his brand as his kick; his brand of shoes ultimately more lucrative than the game he's giving up. Listed as the world's highest-earning athlete for 2013, Beckham's retirement from play still leaves him with valuable endorsements and unparalleled celebrity. The question is whether he can maintain it.

NEWARK, N.J. - New York Jets running back Mike Goodson is facing drug and weapons charges after he was found in a car with an acquaintance early Friday morning on Interstate 80 in New Jersey.

TORONTO - Fresh from a bye week and sporting player reinforcements, Toronto FC returns to action Saturday against the visiting Columbus Crew.

BUSSETO, Italy - Calling it a "heartbreaking" decision, defending champion Ryder Hesjedal has pulled out of the Giro d'Italia after struggling to regain the form that led him to victory in 2012.

STOCKHOLM - Swedish defenceman Alex Edler was suspended for the remainder of the IIHF World Championship on Friday for delivering a knee-on-knee hit on Canadian forward Eric Staal.

LONDON - The British Horseracing Authority has widened the scope of a doping investigation that was launched last month after a trainer admitted to giving horses a product containing anabolic steroids.

KAVARNA, Bulgaria - Ian Poulter was eliminated from the World Match Play Championship after losing another round-robin match Friday.

BRUSSELS - The head of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency on Friday lashed out at the UCI world cycling federation for failing to take any decisive action to clean up the sport since the Lance Armstrong doping scandal.