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End it like Beckham.David Beckham, whose curling free kicks, rugged good looks and celebrity marriage made him one of the most famous athletes in the world, is retiring from soccer.Whether striding on the grass, the red carpet or the fashion catwalks, Beckham transcended his sport and became its highest-paid player, with a fortune estimated at $250 million.The 38-year-old former England captain said Thursday he would quit after his final two games with Paris Saint-Germain, where he won a league title this season."It's a good way to go out," he said in Paris. "It's every athlete's dream, every footballer's dream to go out on the top — on top form or winning a trophy ... leaving as a champion."Although he never lifted the World Cup, soccer's ultimate prize, Beckham won enough club honors in his 21-year career to cement his status in the game and went out a winner on both sides of the Atlantic. He also helped popularize the sport in the United States, playing with the Los Angeles Galaxy o...
What better way to kick off your Wednesday than with live curling from the Vancouver Olympics. If you're stuck at work and can't see the action, you're in the right ...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Curling fans, look away now. You are not going to like this.But the rest of us, well, LOL.I'd rather pull out my own teeth than wa...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — U.S. skip John Shuster was benched for the winless American men in Friday's curling match with France.USA Curling chief operating ...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Wang Bingyu gave her coach good reason to celebrate and be proud: China is going home with some hardware in its Olympic curling de...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Anette Norberg is sporting bright blue acrylic fingernails, a perfect complement to her curling uniform.The Swedish skip gave hers...
Archery is the new curling.NBC said Thursday that during the first few days of its Olympics coverage, archery was the most popular sport of any that it aired on its ...
The United States is through to the semifinals of the London 2012 Olympics women's soccer tournament, thanks to an impressive 2-0 victory over New Zealand on Friday....
One year before Russia hosts its first Winter Olympics, this Black Sea resort is a vast construction site sprawling for nearly 40 kilometers (25 miles) along the coa...
One year before Russia hosts its first Winter Olympics, this Black Sea resort is a vast construction site sprawling for nearly 40 kilometers (25 miles) along the coa...
Around the 2012 Olympics and its host city with journalists from The Associated Press bringing the flavor and details of the games to you:___CHASING THE ELUSIVE GOLD...
The US Women’s National Team cruised through CONCACF qualifying, outscoring their opponents 38-0 in five matches. That run included a 4-0 thrashing of eventual Olymp...
By Jeffrey JonesVANCOUVER (Reuters) - Homer and Marge Simpson's foray into Olympic curling was good enough to win accolades from their U.S. team mates who watched th...
David Beckham is retiring from soccer, ending a career in which he transcended the sport with forays into fashion and a marriage to a pop star that made him a global...
BEIJING (Reuters) - China curling skip Wang Fengchun's sacking following his failure at the Vancouver Olympics was compounded by the fact he wore a U.S. team cap on ...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — There was a pardon-the-interruption moment at the Olympics: Tiger Woods was apologizing.Fans and athletes briefly turned their att...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Dan Rafael guarded his every word. His star Chinese curler, Wang Bingyu, wouldn't say anything at all.World champion China convert...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Canada won the gold medal in its No. 2 sport of curling , with Kevin Martin's men defeating a Norwegian foursome that charmed the ...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Cheryl Bernard pulled her Canadian curling teammates into a group hug. They waved and blew kisses to an adoring crowd that has giv...
WASHINGTON -- Since becoming an official Winter Olympic sport in 1996, the sport of curling has draws a surprisingly large TV audience for an event that features sli...