Decked out in his patented red shirt, black slacks and black cap, Tiger Woods on Thursday treated a half-dozen South Korean junior golfers to the lesson of their lifetime.Making his first trip to South Korea since 2004, Woods offered tips on hitting drivers, long irons and wedges, and then on putting for the six young golfers at Jade Palace Golf Club here, about 85 kilometers east of Seoul. The fo

LONDON (AP) ― Real Madrid and Schalke easily avoided any miraculous comebacks in the Champions League quarterfinals Wednesday, following up their massive first-leg victories with more modest wins to advance to the last four.Schalke beat defending champion Inter Milan 2-1 at home, advancing 7-3 on aggregate following its stunning victory last week in Italy.Madrid never looked likely to give up its

Choo Shin-soo’s fourth-inning single only hit for ClevelandANAHEIM, California (AP) ― Dan Haren pitched a one-hitter, allowing only Choo Shin-soo’s clean single in the fourth inning, and the Los Angeles Angels beat Cleveland 2-0 Tuesday night to snap the Indians’ eight-game winning streak.Haren (3-0) struck out eight and walked two in his third major league shutout. Choo’s single to center field c

Tiger Woods arrives in Incheon Airport on Wednesday, April 13, 2010. (Yonhap News)Golf star Tiger Woods is back in Korea for the second time in six years. The former No. 1 golfer was to arrive in Incheon Airport late Wednesday, and is scheduled to give lessons to local golfers Thursday in Chuncheon, Gangwon Province.Fresh from a solid performance at the Masters, Woods is now on a tour in Asia with

Park Ji-sung secures Red Devils’ 2-1 victory over 10-man ChelseaLONDON (AP) ― Barcelona and Manchester United moved a step closer to a rematch of the 2009 Champions League final Tuesday as both clubs earned victories to extend their first-leg advantage and reach the semis.Lionel Messi scored his club-record 48th goal of the season in the 43rd minute to give Barcelona a 1-0 win over Shakhtar Donets

Manchester United's Ji-Sung Park celebrates after scoring a goal against Chelsea during their Champions League quarterfinal second leg soccer match at Old Trafford, Manchester, England, Tuesday April 12, 2011. (AP-Yonhap News)MANCHESTER, England (AP) _ Manchester United reached the Champions League semifinals for the fourth time in five years and effectively ended a miserable season for Chelsea by

Afshin Ghotbi’s place in the history of South Korean soccer folklore is assured; he was, after all, a member of the national team’s coaching staff at the 2002 World Cup, the first of three stints with the Taeguk Warriors. He would argue that there is much more to come in the future whether in Korea or Japan, his current place of employment.That has been temporarily put on hold as his new career in

The finals of this year’s Korean Basketball League are now set with the KCC Egis facing Dongbu Promy in a best-of-seven series, which starts Saturday.The Jeonju-based KCC beat ET-land Elephants 105-95 in the playoffs Monday to set up a final showdown against the Wonju-based side.With another MVP-caliber performance by Ha Seung-jin, the third-seeded Egis took a third straight win against the second

The U.S. Masters golf championship offers a spectacular trophy and a grand prize for the winner, but there is one more thing -- the green jacket -- that makes the tournament special. It has been coveted by the world’s top golfers for more than 70 years and no Asian golfer has ever won it. Korea’s top golfer Choi Kyung-ju, better known as K.J. Choi, attempted to become the first Asian to don the gr

AUGUSTA, Georgia (AP) ― Charl Schwartzel gave this Masters a finish it deserved.On an amazing Sunday at Augusta National, where the roars came from everywhere and for everyone and didn’t stop until it was over, Schwartzel emerged from the madness by becoming the first Masters champion to close with four straight birdies.His final putt from 20 feet curled into the side of the cup for a 6-under 66,