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Steelers arrive ...in playful mood

Feb 1, 2011

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP)― Howdy, Hines. Welcome to Big D. Hines Ward was ready for a rodeo of a week leading up to the Super Bowl as he stepped off the Pittsburgh Steelers’ charter flight when the tea...
Climber survives 300m mountain fall

Feb 1, 2011

LONDON (AFP) – A climber who fell around 300 metres from the summit of a Scottish mountain is lucky to be alive, his rescuers said Sunday. The helicopter crew sent to search for the man were astonis...
Lee Seung-hoon sets Asian record to win speed skating gold

Jan 31, 2011

South Korean speed skater Lee Seung-hoon won the men‘s 5,000-meter race at the Asian Winter Games in Kazakhstan Monday, grabbing one of four gold medals for South Korea on the successful first day of...
Swimmer Park says he needs more work before championships

Jan 31, 2011

South Korean swimmer Park Tae-hwan said Monday he will need plenty of work to stay competitive at this year's world championships. Speaking to reporters before departing to Australia to begin his tr...
Clijsters sinks Li in Aussie final

Jan 30, 2011

MELBOURNE (AP) ― Kim Clijsters believes she’s now earned the nickname she had for years in Australia. “I finally feel like you guys can call me ‘Aussie Kim’ because I won the title,” a teary Clijste...
PyeongChang still confident despite loss of Gov. Lee

Jan 30, 2011

The head of the PyeongChang bid committee has played down the impact of the Gangwon Province Governor Lee Kwang-jae’s departure on the city’s bid for the 2018 Winter Olympics. Lee lost his post last...
No diving, please

Jan 30, 2011

(Photo: The Nation) More than a dozen diving sites in seven national marine parks in Thailand will be closed beginning January 21 for at least a month as authorities seek ways to arrest coral bleach...
Kim can’t wait to get back on ice

Jan 28, 2011

South Korean figure skater Kim Yu-na said Friday she is on the right track for the world championships in March and is looking forward to returning to the ice. In an e-mail interview with her Seoul-...
Kim Yu-na looks forward to world championships

Jan 28, 2011

South Korean figure skater Kim Yu-na said Friday she is on the right track for the world championships in March and is looking forward to returning to the ice. In an e-mail interview with her Seoul-...
Korea chases top-3 finish at Winter Asiad

Jan 27, 2011

Sandwiched by two traditional powers and an upstart nation poised to mount a challenge, South Korea will try to remain among the top three regional winter sports leaders at the upcoming Asian Winter ...
Chung nominated K-League chairman

Jan 26, 2011

Chung Mong-gyu, chairman of South Korean construction firm Hyundai Development Co., was nominated Wednesday as the new chairman of the first-division football league in South Korea. If approved, Chu...
Uphill climb to glory

Jan 25, 2011

Pittsburgh Steelers embrace underdog status in Super Bowl PITTSBURGH (AP) ― The mighty Pittsburgh Steelers, equipped with a record six Super Bowl titles, a 14-4 record, the No. 2 AFC seed and a vete...
Pittsburgh Steelers rumble to AFC championship

Jan 24, 2011

PITTSBURGH (AP) ― The Pittsburgh Steelers found a fitting way to shut down the New York Jets’ season. What started with “Hard Knocks,” ended with hard knocks. For the third time in six seasons, Ter...
Bikini ski contest warms up the cold slope

Jan 24, 2011

Muju resort in North Jeolla Province staged a bikini ski contest on Jan. 22. The cold weather did not stop participants, clad only in bikinis and ski boots, from going down the slope. Muju resort aw...
Tentacled tipster Paul the Octopus gets memorial

Jan 24, 2011

BERLIN – Paul the celebrated octopus has finally got his tentacles wrapped around a soccer ball. The Sea Life aquarium in Oberhausen on Thursday unveiled an outsized memorial to the World Cup's most...