WASHINGTON (AP) ― Now it can be said with certainty: Get ready for some football!NFL players voted to OK a final deal Monday, days after the owners approved a tentative agreement, and the sides finally managed to put an end to the 4 1/2-month lockout, the longest work stoppage in league history. “This is a long time coming, and football’s back,” NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said, “and that’s the

Park Yong-sung rules out possibility of co-hosting Olympics with N.K.He was relaxing for the first time in several months. Sitting in his office in Seoul on Monday morning, Park Yong-sung, the president of Korean Olympic Committee, said he was taking a short break from the sports world.Until last week, Park had kept a grueling schedule, travelling around the world, participating in numerous intern

Park Tae-hwan aims to add to medal collection in 200 metersIt was a much-anticipated victory, but Park Tae-hwan could not hide his disappointment after winning the 400-meter freestyle crown at the FINA World Championships in Shanghai on Sunday.There were no pumped fists or cheers. Instead, the South Korean swimming star just stared at the record board for a while after touching the pad first. “I w

EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France (AP) ― Ai Miyazato clinched her first title of the year at the Evian Masters on Sunday and pledged to share her prize money with the people still suffering in the aftermath of the disasters back home in Japan.Miyazato shot a 2-under 70 to protect her two-shot lead and hold off a surge from Stacy Lewis of the United States, the Kraft Nabisco winner who missed a golden chance

South Korean swimming star Park Tae-hwan successfully retained his 400-meter freestyle crown following a fine swim at the World Championships in Shanghai on Sunday.The 22-year-old clocked 3 minutes 42.04 seconds to win the gold medal of the event, beating Chinese rivals Sun Yang who finished second in 3:43:24.(Yonhap News)His time was 2.03 seconds behind the world record of 3:40:07 set by Germany’

It was the game that proved why many say baseball is more than a game. The Korea Baseball Organization’s All-Star game ended Saturday in dramatic fashion, with West beating East 5-4 in the 10th inning, delighting the crowd of more than 27,000 at the Jamsil Stadium.Playing in front of a packed stadium, the West All-Stars, comprised of players from the Kia Tigers, LG Twins, Hanwha Eagles and Nexen H

The transfer window in South Korea can be a fast-moving beast. If you take your eyes off it for a second, it can slip out of sight and then catch you by surprise. Already this month we have seen deals from out of the blue. Incheon United’s star striker Yoo Byung-soo is out of the blue of Incheon United and on his way to the desert with Al Hilal of Saudi Arabia. In his first season as a professiona

EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France (AP) ― Former British Open champion Karen Stupples of England shot a 5-under 67 for a share of the first-round lead with Sweden’s Maria Hjorth and South Korea’s Ahn Shin-ae at the Evian Masters on Thursday.Ahn Shin-ae of South Korea hits a drive during the Evian Masters Golf Tournament in Evian-les-Bains, French Alps on Thursday. (AFP-Yonhap News)Stupples, who won her only

CHICAGO (AP) -- Alex Ferguson expects South Korean midfielder Park Ji-sung to sign a contract extension that will keep him at Manchester United for two more years.Manchester United's Wayne Rooney (center) is greeted by Manchester United's Ji-Sung Park (left) after Rooney scored a goal in the second half of a friendly soccer match, Wednesday, July 20, 2011, in Seattle. (AP-Yonhap News)Speaking at a