England's David Beckham to miss World Cup with injury A rupture of the Achilles tendon

The one thing more important than all else for David Beckham -- playing in this summer's World Cup -- looks like it won't be happening after he tore his Achilles' tendon all on his own during AC Milan's 1-0 win over Chievo Verona on Sunday. The early reports are that Beckham will be out for at least six months, which ends any chance of him going to South Africa.


It's hard not to feel bad for the guy. He did everything he possibly could to get himself on England's World Cup squad, with the loan spells at Milan and traveling wherever necessary to get every England cap he could, and just when it seemed that Fabio Capello had warmed to the idea of including him, this happens.


And as if the injury wasn't bad enough, he also took a boot to the face earlier in the same match. I think March 14 now has the inside track on being David Beckham's least favorite day of 2010.