Argentina coach Diego Maradona visited his former teammate yesterday. Cáceres also played for the Spanish team Zaragoza and three other Argentinean teams.

David Beckham, 34, will return to AC Milan on loan in January after the Italian club reached an agreement with the Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer.

If he plays next year in South Africa, it will be his fourth World Cup.

TENNIS: Roger Federer made a winning return from a six-week break, beating Belgium's Olivier Rochus, 6-3, 6-4, at his hometown Swiss Indoors tournament in Basel.

COLLEGES: A special prosecutor will review a rape allegation against three Arkansas basketball players after local authorities in Little Rock declined to file charges based on what they said was insufficient evidence.

Washington County Circuit Judge William A. Storey filed an order asking the state's prosecution coordinator to recommend someone to take over the case. A lawyer representing the accuser requested a special prosecutor last week, and local prosecutor John Threet filed his own motion yesterday asking for one.

A university freshman says she was raped at a fraternity house in late August. Threet announced in September that he wouldn't bring charges.

Former Kentucky basketball coach Billy Gillispie pleaded guilty in Anderson County (Ky.) District Court to driving under the influence of alcohol Aug. 27 in Lawrenceburg and apologized for what he called a mistake.

He accepted a plea bargain, which included fines and court costs of more than $1,000, a 30-day suspension of his driver's license, and an agreement to complete a special drivers' education program relating to alcohol.

Trevor Mbakwe, a junior forward and one of Minnesota's touted new recruits, will not be allowed to play for the 25th-ranked Gophers until his pending court case on a charge of aggravated battery, a felony, is cleared up.

He faces a December trial for an alleged attack on a woman in Miami in April. His attorney, Gregory Samms, told the Minneapolis Star Tribune this summer that his client was mistakenly identified.

This week's Soccer Six co-players of the week are Penn junior forward Loukas Tasigianis and La Salle junior midfielder Ryan Richter.

GOLF: Doug Barron, 40, a journeyman who lost his PGA Tour card three years ago, became the first player to be suspended by the Tour for testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance.

Barron was immediately suspended for one year, the Tour said yesterday. He played eight full seasons on the Tour, with his best finish a tie for third at the Byron Nelson Championship in 2006.

"I would like to apologize for any negative perception of the Tour or its players resulting from my suspension," Barron said in a statement released by the Tour.

"I want my fellow Tour members and the fans to know that I did not intend to gain an unfair competitive advantage or enhance my performance while on tour," he said.

The Tour said it would have no further comment, and Barron's agent did not immediately return a call.

- Staff and wire reports