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beckham and the galaxy land in south korea. stars of lpga ready for new singapore test. and snowboard thrills as oslo hosts the arctic challenge. soccer beckham the los angeles galaxy squad arrived in south korea on tuesday for their three-match asian tour. unsurprisingly, the focus of the cameras at incheon international airport near seoul was galaxy and england midfielder david beckham. beckham is the big draw for the major league soccer side on their trip to asia which will also take in matches in shanghai and hong kong. the 32-year-old is a veteran of asian tours having visited the region before with manchester united and real madrid, and he has also toured australia with the galaxy. while beckham's presence here is a huge commercial boost for the american franchise, the former england captain's recent performances on the pitch have also provided reasons to be positive. beckham starred as the galaxy beat sydney fc last weekend in hawaii to claim third place in the inaugural pan-pacific championship. he will also target these upcoming matches in korea and china as further proof of his form and fitness as he attempts to find a way into fabio capello's england squad for the friendly against france on the 26th of march. golf singapore the leading lights of ladies' golf are in singapore this week to play in the inaugural hsbc women's champions tournament. sweden's annika sorenstam arrives at the tanah merah country club full of confidence having just won in hawaii, while the two million us dollar event marks the start of the season for world number one lorena ochoa. soundbite (english) "i didn't play the first two tournaments because i needed to spend more time at home and get prepared and be more ready. so here i am. i'm excited to start playing this week, i feel ready. i feel this one is going to be a great year for all of us. it's going to be a big challenge. we all want to finish at the first place. so let's, you know, start with a battle." supercaption: lorena ochoa, mexico, world number one soundbite (english) "i thought the win in hawaii was a good step to take and, you know, now i'm just looking forward to the rest of the season. hopefully i can continue to play like i have in the last two weeks. you know, there are so many hungry players out there. you have lorena who wants to stay on top, you have suzann (pettersen of norway) who wants to get to the number one spot, and then you have me who wants to return there, and then you have all the young ones... and you have se ri... i think it is a great time to be part of lpga. i think you are going to see some incredible golf this year." supercaption: annika sorenstam, sweden five-time major winner se ri pak of korea believes the new event is a further boost for the female game in the region. soundbite (english) "the most important thing is experience. to have a big field and great players playing together, they are learning a lot of the time and probably that is the most important thing. probably everybody has a great chance. since hsbc has a such a great event in singapore, in asia... so basically its great for asia golf." supercaption: se ri pak, korea the four-day tournament will feature eighteen of the world's top-20 in a 78-player field and tees off on thursday. snowboard oslo the 2008 arctic challenge hit the norwegian capital oslo this weekend - 4,000 spectators were there to watch european hope peetu piirionen in the latest world snowboard tour event. in ideal conditions, the finn did claim the biggest air off the quarterpipe, his back side tailgrab reaching 7.5 metres but it was third place overall for piirionen. ahead of him were two american boarders. the first, shane pospisil finished second with his points haul of 1692. but compatriot and tour leader kevin pearce retained his arctic challenge crown. last year's winner amassed 1800 points here, helped by the competition's best trick, an inverted back side 540 doublegrab. maximum points for pearce, then, ahead of the tour-ending us open in march - and also for the winner, a $25,000 gold watch.