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Thu, October 17, 2019 | 05:18

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

KSOC head poised to be IOC member

Lee Kee-heung, president of Korea Sport & Olympic Committee (KSOC), is likely to join the International Olympic Committee (IOC). According to KSOC, Lee was included in the 10-candidate list that the IOC executive committee recommended for the General Assembly slated for June 24-26 in Lausanne, Switzerland. The IOC will vote on the candidates to elect new IOC members during th...

Kang Hyun-kyung | 2019-05-23 10:39

French fighter wins Road FC lightweight title, $1 million prize

Mansour Barnaoui has claimed the Road FC lightweight title and $1 million prize money after defeating champion Kwon A-sol in just three minutes and 34 seconds. At Road FC 53 on Jeju Island Saturday, the Frenchman, 26, dominated the Korean opponent, 32, both on the feet and the ground before finishing the fight with a rear-naked choke in the very first round.

Jung Min-ho | 2019-05-19 15:02

Topless Tongan eyes unique Olympic treble

WELLINGTON (AFP) - Tongan athlete Pita Taufatofua - the bare-chested flag-bearer who became an online sensation at both the Rio and Pyeongchang Olympics - plans to break out the baby oil once again and compete at the Tokyo Games in 2020.

2019-05-17 17:31

Olympic champion Lee Sang-hwa bids tearful goodbye

Lee Sang-hwa, a two-time Olympic gold medalist in the women's 500-meter speed skating, bade farewell to fans Thursday as she announced her retirement from the sport.

Kang Hyun-kyung | 2019-05-16 16:39

Couture scores 3 goals, Sharks beat Avs 4-2 in Game 3

San Jose center Gustav Nyquist had a couple of special deliveries this week.

2019-05-01 17:36

S. Korea beats Hungary to open men's hockey world championship

South Korea defeated Hungary 5-1 to begin the men's hockey world championship in Kazakhstan on Monday, a winning start to its quest for a promotion back to the top competition.

2019-04-30 17:59

Olympic table tennis champion Ryu Seung-min elected to key position at ITTF

The 2004 Olympic men's table tennis champion Ryu Seung-min has been elected to the executive committee of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF).

2019-04-23 18:06

Join 482nd Turtle Marathon

The Hankook Ilbo, the sister newspaper of The Korea Times, will host the 482nd Turtle Walkathon this Saturday. This time, the newspaper will collaborate with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism for the 2019 Gwangju FINA World Championships. The six-kilometer return walkathon will start at 8:30 a.m. in Baekbeom Square on the slope of Mount Nam in the middle of Seoul, w...

2019-04-16 18:15

Two Koreas promote peace through taekwondo at UN Geneva

South and North Korean athletes promoted peace through taekwondo at the United Nations (UN) office in Geneva, Friday (local time), as they wrapped up an eight-day tour in Europe to mark the 25th anniversary of the martial art becoming an Olympic sport. Demonstration teams from the World Taekwondo (WT), led by South Korean Choue Chung-won, and the International Taekwondo Feder...

Jung Min-ho | 2019-04-15 13:26

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