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Sun, July 25, 2021 | 18:52

South Korea coach wants to 'make history' in women's Olympic football qualifiers

As head coach of the South Korean women's national football team, Colin Bell is determined to make history. Bell will take the Taeguk Ladies against China in the two-legged playoff for the final Asian spot at this year's Tokyo Olympics.

2021-04-07 15:22

Bento on thin ice after Yokohama horror show

There were some concerns in South Korea ahead of Thursday's friendly match in Japan. And they were more than just concerns over playing a warm-up in the middle of a global pandemic. There were genuine concerns that a weakened Korea would struggle against a relatively strong Japan. It was worse than that as the Taeguk Warriors were lucky to leave with a 3-0 defeat.

2021-04-06 16:41

Korea's ex-Barca prospects Paik Seung-ho and Lee Seung-woo look to reset once promising careers

There was plenty of pride in the previous decade when South Korea started to see its young players go to Barcelona. At a time when the Spanish team was the best in the world, Lee Seung-woo and Paik Seung-ho were members of the youth set-up and, while debuting on the first team was still far away, just being there was enough. There was special excitement about Lee, who went to...

2021-04-06 16:41

South Korea to duel China for final Asian spot in Olympic women's football tournament

After a 14-month delay, the South Korean women's national football team will finally take a crack at making history - sending the country to the Olympics for the first time. South Korea and China will duel in the two-legged qualifying playoffs for the Tokyo Olympics, starting this week. The opening leg will be at Goyang Stadium in Goyang, just northwest of Seoul, at 4 p.m. Th...

2021-04-06 15:50

Tottenham's Son Heung-min held off score sheet in return from injury

Tottenham Hotspur's Son Heung-min has returned from a hamstring injury, playing the first half of a 2-2 draw against Newcastle United in Premier League action on the weekend. Son didn't record a shot in his 45 minutes of action at St. James' Park in Newcastle upon Tyne in England on Sunday (local time). Carlos Vinicius started the second half in Son's place.

2021-04-05 09:17

National football chief apologizes for friendly loss to Japan

The top South Korean football official on Friday issued an apology to fans for a friendly loss to Japan from the previous evening, a rare move designed to deflect mounting criticism directed at the national team players and coaching staff. South Korea suffered a 3-0 loss to their archrivals in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, on Thursday. The score actually flattered South Korea, wh...

2021-03-26 17:48

Korea fall to Japan 3-0 in men's football friendly

South Korea lost to Japan 3-0 in their men's football friendly match on Thursday, unable to put up much of a fight in their worst defeat against the archrivals in nearly 10 years.

2021-03-25 21:41

Japanese football coach infected with COVID-19 two days before friendly against Korea

Japanese national football team coach Toshihide Saito has tested positive for COVID-19, two days before its friendly game against Korea on March 25. Citing the country's football federation, Japan's Kyodo News reported on March 23 that the ...

Ko Dong-hwan | 2021-03-24 17:12

Durable Ibrahimovic targets playing at 2022 World Cup, at 41

Zlatan Ibrahimovic has unfinished business at the World Cup. The striker has come out of international retirement at the age of 39 and is set to play his first match for Sweden since 2016 when the team plays a World Cup qualifier against Georgia in Stockholm on Thursday.

2021-03-23 20:23

Korea-Japan international friendly slated for Thursday without Son

International football returns with a bang on Thursday as South Korea takes on Japan in Yokohama in the latest edition of one of Asia's biggest rivalries. It will, of course, be an unusual meeting at the 72,000-capacity International Stadium with no more than 10,000 fans allowed to watch.

2021-03-22 16:47

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