DAVID Beckham may be the world’s best-known athlete, but to a lot of people in Carson he’s going to need an introduction.

WESTMINSTER’S sleaze watchdog has extended his inquiry into John Prescott’s stay at a US billionaire’s ranch to look at allegations that Britain’s Deputy Prime Minister failed to declare gifts he received while there.

Spain could stage the next IAAF World Cup in two years’ time after the sport’s world governing body revealed the United States has declined the opportunity to stage the 2006 meeting.