PEBBLE BEACH, California (AP) ― Tiger Woods has a solution to long putters ― make them no longer than the shortest club in the bag.Woods said Tuesday at the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am he has “never been a fan” of long putters that players either anchor into their belly or the broom-style putters that are pressed against the chest.“I believe it’s the art of controlling the body and club and swinging the pendulum motion,” Woods said. “I believe that’s how it should be played. I’m a traditionalis

LONDON (AP) ― Blackpool and Millwall advanced to the fifth round of the FA Cup with wins on Tuesday night to set up games against Premier League opponents.Blackpool beat Sheffield Wednesday 3-0 in their fourth-round replay on goals by Matthew Phillips, Lomana LuaLua and Ludovic Sylvestre, earning a Feb. 18 game at Everton.Millwall needed an injury-time goal from substitute Liam Feeney to beat Southampton 3-2 and will get a lucrative home game against Premier League struggler Bolton. After Liam M

SAO PAULO (AP) ― Workers building and renovating Brazil’s stadiums for the 2014 World Cup are threatening to go on strike if employers don’t agree to their demands for unified salaries and benefits.There have been isolated strikes across the nation, but unions representing the workers in each of the 12 host cities are trying to come together to plead for better conditions.Union leader Claudio da Silva Gomes said Tuesday the workers are ready to go on strike as early as next month if construction

Prosecutors announced Wednesday that they had arrested three former and current volleyball players from the country’s top league and one broker on suspicion of match-fixing.The Daegu District Prosecutor’s Office said four men, including a 30-year-old surnamed Yum and a 29-year-old broker surnamed Kang, were in custody for alleged involvement in rigging matches for illegal sports gambling.Yum, who played with KEPCO45 in the Korean Volleyball League until last year before his retirement in July, i

The average annual salary for South Korean professional baseball players reached a record high of 94.4 million won ($84,108) this year, with 112 players receiving a six-figure salary, the country’s baseball governing body said Wednesday. According to the report released by the Korea Baseball Organization, a total of 425 South Korean players, excluding rookies and foreign players, will receive 94.4 million won on average for the 2012 season, up 8.5 percent from the previous record of 87 million w

On a cold, chilly night in Seoul, thousands flocked to an auditorium to witness this once-in-a-lifetime occasion. Several thousands more watched via live stream. As the event drew to a close, the audience drowned the auditorium with their cheers and deafening applause.The big draw? StarCraft II. The December tournament brought cyber contestants to battle it out on the popular PC game.Korea hosted the first StarCraft I World Cyber Games tournament in 1999, drawing participants from across the glo

Foreign volunteers are sought to monitor the quality of life in Seoul. The Seoul Metropolitan Government is recruiting expats to report on and make policy suggestions on every aspect of their daily lives in the city.The participants in the “Seoul Quality of Life Monitor” will also make suggestions on the legal and governmental policy areas life in Seoul. Foreigners and naturalized Koreans interested in taking one of the 45 positions should apply by Feb. 10. They should have lived for a minimum o

The South Korean government has proposed to North Korea that working-level inter-Korean talks be held on pest control at ancient tombs located in the North, a source said Wednesday.The complex of Goguryeo tombs, located in Pyongyang and Nampo in North Korea, has some 30 individual tombs from the late period of the Goguryeo Kingdom (37 B.C.―668 A.D.), which ruled the northern half of the Korean Peninsula and northeastern China.The government source said on condition of anonymity that the South Ko

Prosecutors announced Wednesday that they had arrested three former and current volleyball players from the country’s top league and one broker on suspicion of match-fixing.The Daegu District Prosecutor’s Office said four men, including a 30-year-old surnamed Yum and a 29-year-old broker surnamed Kang, were in custody for alleged involvement in rigging matches for illegal sports gambling.Yum, who played with KEPCO45 in the Korean Volleyball League until last year before his retirement in July, i

Grammys to feature first dance music segmentThe dance/electronic music phenomenon will be recognized at the Grammys for the first time with an ambitious club segment.Sunday‘s performance is set to feature the Foo Fighters, David Guetta, deadmau5 (dead mouse), Chris Brown and Lil Wayne.And while the Grammys will be held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, the dance segment will take place outside the venue in a tent with about 1,000 fans inside.Show producer Ken Ehrlich says the goal is to try

ROME (AFP) - An Italian crooner has been placed under investigation for singing the praises of the Camorra mafia, prosecutors said on Tuesday following a raid against rival clans in a city near Naples.Nello Liberti has a song entitled “Clan Chief” about the mafia execution of a “traitor,” which includes the lyrics: “The clan chief has no freedom. He hides the truth for honour. He‘s a serious man, it’s not true that he‘s evil.”“He respects us. We have to respect him,” Liberti sings.Prosecutors sa

NEW YORK (AP) ― You thought you found your one true love online, but now you’ve been dumped by text or defriended on Facebook without a peep of explanation. Hours of bad TV in your bathrobe haven’t helped. Your friends are tired of your whining.Forget a pampering makeover to help heal your broken heart this Valentine’s Day. Go for a “digital breakover’’ instead, using a growing number of tech tools to save you from yourself or to sob on a safe shoulder in the ether.Online dating sites and apps f