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Thu, July 18, 2019 | 22:08

Lack of discipline, finishing touch cost Korea in group stage

On the eve of South Korea's final group match against Norway at the FIFA Women's World Cup, head coach Yoon Duk-yeo said the game may well determine the future course of women's football in the country. And after South Korea bowed out of the tournament with three straight losses, the last being a 2-1 defeat to Norway that sealed their fate on Monday, the message is clear.

2019-06-18 09:22

U-20s team become Korea's first World finalists

In the early hours of Wednesday morning in East Asia, South Korea's men, for they are indisputably men given their performances in recent weeks, became the first from their country to reach a world final. On Saturday evening local time these young Taegeuk Warriors will face Ukraine in Lodz in the final of the FIFA Under-20 World Cup. It is a game and a trophy that is well wit...

2019-06-17 21:12

484th Turtle Marathon to be held on Saturday

The Hankook Ilbo, the sister newspaper of The Korea Times, will host the 484th Turtle Marathon with the Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs at the Yeouido Hangang Park Multi Plaza, this Saturday. This is a 4.7- kilometer course starting from the Multi Plaza in the riverside park, passing through Seoul Marina dock and returning back to the starting point. The participant...

Jung Hae-myoung | 2019-06-17 16:23

Heroic return of 'the boyz'

South Korean players and coaches got a rousing welcome home Monday after their runner-up finish at the FIFA U-20 World Cup in Poland over the weekend. Coached by Chung Jung-yong, the young Taeguk Warriors recorded the country's best finish at any FIFA men's tournament. No South Korean men's team had reached the final at any FIFA competition before last Saturday, when Chung's ...

2019-06-17 10:09

Lee Da-yeon edges out Lee So-young by two strokes at KLPGA flagship event

Lee Da-yeon turned her five-shot deficit into a two-stroke victory at the KLPGA flagship event at the 6,869-yard Bear's Best CheongNa Golf Club in Incheon, Sunday. In the strong wind, she fired a 2-under 70 for an overall 4-under 284 to triumph at the Kia Motors 33rd Korea Women's Open Golf Championship. She fought a good battle, surmounting the pressure to notch her first ma...

2019-06-16 20:36

Lee Kang-in follows in Messi's footsteps

A certain Lionel Messi is just one of several people named most valuable player at FIFA U-20 World Cup tournaments, along with Paul Pogba and Sergio Aguero. If Lee Kang-in, winner of the 2019 individual prize, can have a career half as successful as those three, then it will be something special indeed.It was quite a consolation for Lee as his team lost the final of the World...

2019-06-16 17:41

Heroic return of 'the boyz'

Brave Korea fall just short

It was so close yet so far for South Korea at the U-20 World Cup as the team lost 3-1 to Ukraine in the final in the Polish city of Lodz on Saturday local time. The youngsters took an early lead but were unable to hold on to it to become the first Asian men's team to win a world trophy.It was still a fine effort from all involved just to get to that stage. But in the end Ukra...

2019-06-16 17:41

Heroic return of 'the boyz'

Korea loses to Ukraine 1-3 in FIFA U-20 World Cup final

South Korea finished in second place at the FIFA U-20 World Cup following a 3-1 loss to Ukraine in the final at Lodz Stadium in Lodz on Saturday. Lee Kang-in converted a penalty in the fifth minute to give South Korea an early lead, but Ukraine scored three unanswered goals for their first title. Vladyslav Supriaha scored twice and Heorhii Tsitaishvili scored a late dagger fo...

2019-06-16 09:30

Raptors capture first NBA title

Kawhi Leonard raised his arms high in triumph and celebrated Canada's first NBA championship. “We the North!” is now “We the Champs!” Leonard and the Toronto Raptors captured the country's first major title in 26 years with their most remarkable road win yet in the franchise's NBA Finals debut, outlasting the battered and depleted two-time defending champion Golden State Warr...

2019-06-14 14:12

Korea's women hanging by a World Cup thread

The one negative aspect of South Korea reaching the final of the men's Under-20 World Cup on Tuesday and facing Ukraine on Friday is that the almost certain exit of the senior women from the World Cup in France will not get the attention it should. On Wednesday afternoon in France, Korea lost 2-0 to Nigeria in the second game of Group A. Following a 4-0 defeat at the hands of...

2019-06-13 16:23

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