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TOKYO (AP) South Korea's Pohang Steelers have won the Asian Champions League title, beating Saudi Arabia's Al Ittihad 2-1 in the final.

NAGANO, Japan (AP) Brian Joubert of France has won the NHK Trophy with a strong performance in the men's free skate.

SHANGHAI (AP) American Phil Mickelson has taken the 54-hole lead in the HSBC Champions with a 5-under 67, setting up a Sunday matchup with Tiger Woods in the final World Golf Championship of the year.

SHIMA, Japan (AP) South Korea's Bo Bae Song birdied the final hole for a 7-under 65 and a one-stroke lead in the Mizuno Classic.

SHANGHAI (AP) The HSBC Women's Champions will remain part of the LPGA Tour schedule for the next three years after the title sponsor announced a three-year contract renewal.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) American cyclist Floyd Landis finished 17th overall in the six-day Tour of Southland which ended with two stages Saturday on New Zealand's South Island.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) The chief executive of the Fiji Rugby Union has been banned from following his national team on its autumn tour to Europe and from attending a meeting of the International Rugby Board because he faces corruption charges at home, the Fiji Times reported.

NUSA DUA, Indonesia (AP) Top-seeded Marion Bartoli and compatriot Aravane Rezai scored straight-set victories on Saturday to line up an all-French final at the $600,000 Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions.

NAGANO, Japan (AP) Brian Joubert of France finished first in the men's short program at the NHK Trophy on Friday, edging Jeremy Abbott of the United States.

Instead of figuring out where to put nuclear waste, why can't we just find a way to neutralize it so it's no longer hazardous? Curiosity about what to do with nuclear waste inspired one of the questions in this edition of "Ask AP," a weekly Q&A column where AP journalists respond to readers' questions about the news.

SALEM, Ore. (AP) Chris Dudley's free throw shots were always iffy propositions. Now the former Portland Trail Blazer is in a new arena taking aim at a governor's chair and Oregon's Republicans think he can score. Dudley hasn't formally announced a bid for the post, but he filed paperwork last week to create a campaign committee. "I'll make a decision soon and report back.

SYDNEY (AP) Former captain Stirling Mortlock has been ruled out of Australia's rugby tour of Britain and Ireland after aggravating his calf muscle.

SHIMA, Japan (AP) American Brittany Lang shot a 6-under 66 on Friday to take a one-stroke lead over Japan's Nobuko Kizawa and South Korea's Hee Young Park after the first round of the Mizuno Classic.

SHANGHAI (AP) Tiger Woods has shot another 5-under 67 in the HSBC Champions, this one giving him a share of the 36-hole lead with fellow American Nick Watney in the final World Golf Championship of the year.

TOKYO (AP) South Korea's Pohang Steelers will attempt to add another major title to its trophy case when it meets Saudi champions Al Ittihad in Saturday's Asian Champions League final.

SHIMA, Japan (AP) American Brittany Lang shot a 6-under 66 on Friday to take a one-stroke lead over Japan's Nobuko Kizawa and South Korea's Hee Young Park after the first round of the Mizuno Classic.

NAGANO, Japan (AP) Daisuke Takahashi take some inspiration from World Series-winning baseball player Hideki Matsui when he takes to the ice at this weekend's NHK Trophy.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) American cyclist Floyd Landis finished seventh in Friday's seventh stage of the nine-stage Tour of Southland, improving to 14th place on general classification.

GOLD COAST, Australia (AP) Robbie Fowler has found a place in the sun, one where he can still be a star on the field yet be anonymous off it.