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South Korea surged up the medals table thanks to their short-track speed skating champions but China still dominated the Asian Winter Games with four new titles. Kevin Mchale Jersey. China won the womens 3,000m relay with an Asian record of 4:13.293 at the sixth Asian Winter Games on January 31, 2007. South Korea finished second in 4:13.391. [Xinhua]The host nation has 12 gold medals, against seven for Japan and six for South Korea. Kazakhstan finally joined the gold standard with two cross country titles.

DETROIT (AP) - Matt Cooke got exactly the kind of harsh punishment Mario Lemieux challenged the NHL to hand out. Wholesale Jerseys. The only problem is Cooke plays for the Pittsburgh Penguins, the team owned by the Hockey Hall of Famer. The oft-penalized Cooke received the stiffest sentence yet in his 12-season NHL career when he was suspended Monday by the league for the remainder of the regular season and the first round of the playoffs for elbowing defenseman Ryan McDonagh of the New York Rangers in the head one day earlier. Pittsburgh has 10 games to play, including Monday night against the Detroit Red Wings. Adding in at least four postseason games, the left wing will be forced to sit out a minimum of 14 games.

Chicago, IL (Sports Network) - Kosuke Fukudome finished 3-for-3 with a pair of doubles, two runs scored and an RBI as the Chicago Cubs set aside Pittsburgh, 5-3, in the finale of a three-game set from Wrigley Field. NFL Jerseys Wholesale. Tyler Colvin, Micah Hoffpauir, Koyie Hill and Jeff Baker each knocked in a run for the Cubs, who took two of three in the series. Thomas Diamond (1-3) picked up his first major-league win, despite allowing two hits and two runs in 1 2/3 innings of relief. Starter Tom Gorzelanny exited after 2 2/3 innings when a line drive from Jose Tabata struck his left hand. Its always nice to get your first.

Jonathan Laberge scored a goal and added three assists as the Acadie-Bathurst Titan hammered the Halifax Mooseheads 9-3 in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action Friday. Ricky Rubio Jersey. The Titan (37-25-2-2) got off to a fast start, scoring the first four goals of the game through Dany Masse, Tomas Svoboda, Laberge and Tomy Joly. Halifax (39-21-0-5) pulled one back through Jakub Voracek, but Brad Tesink restored the four-goal lead for Acadie-Bathurst heading into the first intermission. Vincent Couture added to the Titans lead with the only goal of the second period. Peter-James Corsi got the Mooseheads second goal of the game early in the third, but Mathieu Perreault and Joly made it 8-2.

PITTSBURGH -- After four hours in the rain and with his team down to its fourth first baseman, Josh Harrison wasnt going to be patient. Nike NFL Jerseys Wholesale. With the winning run at second and two outs in the bottom of the 12th at soggy PNC Park, Harrison didnt pass up a first-pitch fastball from Fernando Rodriguez. Harrison pulled a liner to left, driving in Clint Barmes and giving the Pittsburgh Pirates a 3-2 win over the Houston Astros on Sunday. "Pitchers really arent going to fool around in that situation," Harrison said. "Theyre going to try to attack the zone.

The Washington Capitals avoided arbitration with restricted free agent forward Tomas Fleischmann, signing him to a one-year contract on Tuesday that will pay him US$2. Ricky Rubio Jersey.6 million. Fleischmann is coming off a career-best season in 2009-10, where he scored 23 goals and 28 assists in 69 games and made the Czech Republic squad for the Vancouver Olympics. He was particularly effective when Alex Ovechkin was missing from the lineup. In the 10 games that the superstar sat out, Fleischmann counted eight goals. By signing, the 26-year old avoided a salary arbitration hearing with the club. He originally filed against the team on July 5.

LONDON -- Arsenal might be the only English club that makes it through to the knockout rounds of the Champions League this season. LeBron James Jersey. A day after Manchester United and Manchester City both missed the chance to qualify, Chelsea conceded a last-minute goal to lose 2-1 at Bayer Leverkusen on Wednesday and risk missing out for the first time since Roman Abramovich bought the club in 2003. Leverkusen advanced alongside Arsenal, which beat Borussia Dortmund 2-1 through two goals by Robin van Persie, while APOEL also went through in one of the biggest surprises in Champions League history. APOEL drew 0-0 at Zenit St. Petersburg to become the first ever Cypriot side to make it past the group stage.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. Dwyane Wade Jersey. - Chipper Jones received a few modest gifts from teammates before taking the field on his 40th birthday and celebrated it the best way possible — with a home run. Martin Prado wouldnt let it be wasted. Prado had two RBIs including a run-scoring triple in the ninth inning, and the Atlanta Braves beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-3 on Tuesday night. "Martin Prado gave me my birthday present. That was the best one of the day," Jones said. "Its been a fun ride, and its great to have my last birthday in the big leagues turn out the right way. I consider myself pretty lucky to be 40 years old and still playing — in a lot more limited role, but playing nonetheless.

NEW ORLEANS -- Sean Payton handed over control of his team to Joe Vitt once before and the Saints have decided to do it again. Larry Bird Jersey. The Saints Thursday named Paytons trusted second-in-command their interim coach, despite the fact that Vitt will miss a third of the season for his role in New Orleans bounty system. For his part, Payton received a season-long suspension -- which begins Monday; Vitt, who takes over Monday, was handed a six-game suspension. Saints general manager Mickey Loomis said in his announcement that the team will address at a later time how to divvy up Vitts responsibilities during his six-week absence.

BARCELONA, Spain -- Malaga took hold of Spains last Champions League spot through a 1-0 win over Levante thanks to Jose Rondons second-half header on Saturday. LeBron James Jersey. Malaga dominated possession through the first half at La Rosaleda stadium before the Venezuela striker flicked Joaquin Sanchezs free kick beyond Levante goalkeeper Gustavo Munua in the 51st minute for his seventh goal of the season. Malagas third straight victory lifted the Costa del Sol side into fourth place-- two points clear of Levante. "We are still fine tuning the team," said coach Manuel Pellegrini, whose Malaga team went through a major overhaul last summer.