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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Diego Maradona will become Argentina's soccer coach next week, leaving the team in the hands of a national icon whose achievements on the field have been undercut by a long history of erratic behavior and drug abuse.

The Argentine Football Association said on its Web site the appointment will be made Tuesday. He will be assisted by Carlos Bilardo, the former Argentina coach who will be the manager.

"We're holding meetings trying to lay out the coaching team. I'm anxious for it to become official," Maradona said Wednesday while leaving his house on the outskirts of Buenos Aires.

Maradona is to replace Alfio Basile, who resigned following poor performances in qualifying for the 2010 World Cup.

● The Pima College women's team ended its season with a 3-2 loss to No. 10 Paradise Valley on Wednesday in a Region 1 semifinal in Phoenix. Steph McCurry scored twice for Pima (14-5-1), but Paradise Valley had three second-half goals to eliminate the Aztecs.

● Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi were among the 23 players on a shortlist announced Wednesday for FIFA's World Player of the Year award. Ten women were on FIFA's shortlist for top female player, including Americans Hope Solo and Shannon Boxx. Three finalists in each contest will be named in December, before the winners are announced Jan. 12.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Houston wide receiver Patrick Edwards said Wednesday he holds no animosity toward Marshall, a day after he ran into a service cart and broke his leg in a game against the Thundering Herd.

The freshman was going after a pass at full speed in the third quarter Tuesday when his right shin hit a cart in the back of the end zone.

He doesn't blame Marshall but said the Conference USA officiating crew should have ensured the carts were moved away.

"They are supposed to check and see if everything is off the field," Edwards said.

● Virginia fullback RaShawn Jackson is facing felony charges in connection with a campus burglary committed in 2007.

University police said Wednesday that Jackson faces one count of breaking and entering and one count of grand larceny in connection with the break-in in November.

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Midnight Lute, the only two-time winner of the Breeders' Cup Sprint, has been retired to Hill 'n' Dale Farms.

The colt, named for recently retired UA basketball coach Lute Olson and trained by UA alum Bob Baffert, won last year's Sprint at Monmouth Park in New Jersey and defended his title by winning Saturday's BC Sprint at Santa Anita.

● The resumption of America's Cup hostilities on the water — rather than in the courtroom — may be one step closer after Team New Zealand agreed to drop its lawsuit against Alinghi of Switzerland, the holder of the trophy.

The Swiss team had allegedly threatened to write the rules for the next cup in 2010 in such a way as to exclude the Kiwi challenger unless it dropped its lawsuit.

But Alinghi skipper Brad Butterworth and Team New Zealand's managing director Grant Dalton reached an agreement Monday night and the lawsuit has been withdrawn, Dalton told The Associated Press on Wednesday.