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2 swimmers set forth gold medal hunt at Asiad

South Korea aims to become a swimming powerhouse as two rising swimmers--An Se-hyeon and Kim Seo-young -- are hunting for gold at the 2018 Jakarta Palembang Asian Games that will open Saturday. The two female swimmers are South Korea's gold medal favorites. Park Tae-hwan, a Beijing Olympics gold medalist in the men's 400-meter freestyle swimming, announced earlier that he wou...

Other Sports | 2018-08-17 18:17

Jakarta hotels sub-standard, say Korean athletes at Asian Games

South Korean athletes competing in Asian Games 2018 Jakarta Palembang are unhappy with their hotel amenities in Jakarta, with some players suggesting that accommodation for the international event is sub-standard.

Other Sports | 2018-08-17 16:14

Volleyball superstar Kim Yeon-koung confident about gold medal

The South Korean women's volleyball team aims to clinch its second gold medal in a row at the 2018 Jakarta Palembang Asian Games following their successful gold medal at the 2014 Incheon Asiad. That ambitious goal has become feasible with the joining of Kim Yeon-koung, one of the world's greatest volleyball stars of her time. Regarding the gold medal prospects, Kim, 30, was h...

Other Sports | 2018-08-16 17:20

Unified Korean hoops team stuns Indonesians 108-40

In a blowout victory over Indonesia to open its Asian Games women's basketball tournament Wednesday, the unified Korean team showed no issues when it comes to on-court communication.

Other Sports | 2018-08-16 13:43

Chung finds his feet to overcome ailing Sock

South Korea's Chung Hyeon rallied past a struggling Jack Sock for a 2-6, 6-1, 6-2 victory on Tuesday and a place in the second round of the Cincinnati Masters. Chung handed the slumping American an eighth straight defeat, with Sock's last win coming in the opening round at Rome three months ago.

Other Sports | 2018-08-15 18:18

Inter-Korean women's handball team may be formed at upcoming event

The two Koreas are likely to form a joint women's handball team at an upcoming competition, the South Korean team's head coach Lee Kye-chung said Tuesday, after defeating the North during the preliminaries of the Jakarta Palembang Asian Games. “At the next competition, chances are the two Koreas may have a unified women's team,” Lee said after the first inter-Korean match at ...

Other Sports | 2018-08-15 17:43

South Korea aims to bag 9 golds in taekwondo

Taekwondo is one of the sports that helped South Korea win big in previous Asian Games. It is one of the five “good sports” that earned the nation many gold medals. The other four are archery, fencing, wrestling and judo.

Other Sports | 2018-08-13 18:30

Jang Jun becomes youngest world taekwondo champ

Jang Jun, 18, won a gold medal at the World Taekwondo Grand Prix in Russia on Sunday, becoming the youngest Korean to do so at the championships.

Other Sports | 2018-08-12 16:26

Greek teen Tsitsipas upsets Djokovic in Toronto

Greek teen Stefanos Tsitsipas upset Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-3 on Thursday in the Rogers Cup. The 19-year-old Tsitsipas broke the ninth-seeded Serb's serve early in the third set and held serve from there to reach his first career ATP World Tour Masters 1000 quarterfinal.

Other Sports | 2018-08-10 17:34

With mom's help, table tennis player seeks 1st Asiad gold

With a little help from her mom who once competed in the same sport, South Korean table tennis player Yang Ha-eun will chase her first Asian Games gold medal in Indonesia later this month.Yang, 24, has been doing things that her mother, 51-year-old Kim In-soon, never got to experience - playing in the Asian Games and Olympics, and winning medals.

Other Sports | 2018-08-10 17:14

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