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    Team Korea travel to site of Group A finale

    MONTERREY, Mexico — Korea arrived at the site of their final group stage match of the ongoing FIFA World Cup in northeastern Mexico on Sunday. Korean players and their staff checked into their hotel in Monterrey, greeted by dozens of fans at the entrance. Fans yelled players' names as they entered the hotel, with captain Son Heung-min drawing the loudest cheers. The Taegeuk Warriors had been training near Guadalajara, south of Monterrey, for the past two-plus weeks, as they played their first two Group A matches there. Korea opened the competition with a 2-1 win over Czechia on June 11 but then lost to the home team Mexico 1-0 last Thursday. Mexico have already clinched the top spot in Group A with six points. Korea are in second place with three points, and they can join Mexico in the round of 32 with a win or a draw against South Africa at 7 p.m. Wednesday (local time) at Estadio Monterrey, or 10 a.m. Thursday (Korean time). Korea may also sneak into the knockouts as one of the eight best third-place teams, if they lose to South Africa, but Mexico defeat or have a draw against Czechia

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    Team Korea travel to site of Group A finale
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S. Korean football should not underestimate Honduras

South Korean men’s football team’s forward Son Heung-min, center, takes a selfie with his teammates after defeating Mexico 1-0 in the Rio Olympics Group C football match in Brasilia, Wednesday. / YonhapBy John Duerden It’s not often that South Korea taking on Honduras is a huge game but Sunday’s showdown at the 2016 Rio Olympics is exactly that.For South Korea at these games, any games, any Olympics, the last four is the promised land. Getting to the semifinals, you can smell the medals and feel the podium beneath your feet.Gold is great, of course, but even a repeat of the bronze won in the 2012 Olympics is to be celebrated, not least because it will grant the players exemptions from military service that they all have to start before their 30th birthday.As such, the quarterfinal can be a dangerous stage in the journey. Until now, the focus has been moving beyond the group stage. That was done with seven points from the three games against Fiji, Germany and the 1-0 final match win over Mexico.Now half the work has been done, it is easy to start looking t

Aug 12, 2016
S. Korean football should not underestimate Honduras
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S. Korean golfers off to solid start in 1st round

An Byeong-hun of South Korea hits his shot during the first round of the men’s Olympic golf tournament in Rio, Thursday. / YonhapAn Byeong-hun shoots 3-under 68 to share 9thBy Kim Jeong-kyoo As hoped, An Byeong-hun, 25, and Wang Jeung-hun, 21, posted under-par scores to start decently in the opening round of men’s golf at the Rio Olympics on Thursday.On the par-71, 7,128-yard Olympic Golf Course, An completed the first round with a three-under 68, including seven birdies and four bogies. He placed ninth among 60 golfers, five strokes behind leader Marcus Fraser of Australia at eight-under. He also had the tournament’s first bogey on the first hole and first birdie on the following hole. Wang tied for 17th with a one-under 70 -- he birdied the third, 12th and 16th holes, double-bogeying the 13th.As the International Golf Federation (IGF) announced, Adilson da Silva hit the opening shot in the Olympic Games, to which golf is returning after 112 years. Da Silva is the only golfer from Brazil. Canada’s Graham DeLaet was second to hit his shot off the tee at t

Aug 12, 2016
S. Korean golfers off to solid start in 1st round
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Rio 2016: Korean island sends energy-boosting abalone to Olympic golfers

/Courtesy of Korean Olympic CommitteeBy Lee Jin-aWando, an island at the southern end of South Korea, has sent 30 kilograms of smoked abalone to the Rio Olympic village to support South Korean athletes.Smoked abalone is considered an energy booster in the country.Wando said it sent the seafood to support South Korean Olympic golf coach Choi Kyung-ju, who was born in Wando, and to provide energy to his team.“I ate some abalone and it took effect,” Choi told the Dong-a Ilbo.  “I felt more energetic and my stomach was more comfortable. The players also each ate three of them today and asked for more. Most of all, they liked eating something from their home country that cannot be found here.”Choi, also commonly known as K. J. Choi, is a South Korean golfer who has won 20 professional golf tournaments worldwide since he turned pro in 1994.  He has spent 40 weeks in the top-10 of world rankings after winning the Players Championship in 2011. Choi is also the first Olympic golf coach in the country.Meanwhile, South Korean Olympic golfers Ahn Byeog-hun ranke

Aug 12, 2016
Rio 2016: Korean island sends energy-boosting abalone to Olympic golfers
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Russian man walks 18,200km to watch Rio Olympics

Sergey Lukyanov. / Courtesy of YouTubeBy Park Jae-hyukA Russian man reached Rio de Janeiro on Sunday after walking 18,272 kilometers from St. Petersburg ― excluding a flight from Singapore to Santiago across the Pacific.Sergey Lukyanov, 60, said he began his journey on April 1 last year to attend the Rio Olympics.The competitive race walker covered 50-60 kilometers a day in Russia and about 39 kilometers a day in other countries.But he hiked 140 kilometers in just two days in China because he only had a short-term visa.Lukyanov said he wore out six pairs of shoes during his journey.He will return home next spring. 

Aug 12, 2016By Park Jae-hyuk
Russian man walks 18,200km to watch Rio Olympics
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Rio 2016: Olympic flag flies as Kuwaiti athlete wins first independent gold

The Olympic flag, center, is raised at the gold medal ceremony of the men’s double trap shooting competition in Rio de Janeiro, Wednesday. /Courtesy of TwitterBy Park Jae-hyukThe Olympic flag was raised and the Olympic Anthem played at the gold medal ceremony of the men’s double trap shooting competition, Wednesday.But the winner was not an athlete of the first Olympic refugee team. He was Fehaid Al-Deehani from Kuwait, which has its own national flag and anthem.Shooter Fehaid Al-Deehani from Kuwait.Al-Deehani, 50, could not represent his country on the podium because the International Olympic Committee suspended the National Olympic Committee of Kuwait in October 2015 over the government’s interference in sport.Nine Kuwaiti Olympians including Al-Deehani are competing as Independent Olympic Athletes (IOA) at the Rio Games. They also carried the Olympic flag at the opening ceremony.Al-Deehani is the first IOA gold medalist. There were only silver and bronze medalists among the group before.

Aug 12, 2016By Park Jae-hyuk
Rio 2016: Olympic flag flies as Kuwaiti athlete wins first independent gold
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Is IOC exploiting volunteers in Rio?

Volunteers work to repair wind damage on a court during the tennis competition at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Sunday. /AP-YonhapBy Choi Ha-youngEverybody working for the Rio Olympics may be the same when it comes to dedicating themselves to making the Games a success. But there is a big gap when it comes to pay.Simply put, some are paid well and many are not, even though all are equally labeled “volunteers” ― the International Olympic Committee (IOC) calls its president and executives “volunteers.”According to the Associated Press, volunteers belonging to the IOC are paid $900 a day, while nothing is given to the “real” volunteers who applied for the positions with a sheer commitment to propping up the Games. This gap has discouraged scores of unpaid volunteers, many of whom have stopped contributing. Nearly 30 percent of non-paid volunteers have vanished from their designated venues since the Games’ opening, according to AP.“If we have a tough day, next morning some of them don’t show up,” Mario Andrada, a spokesma

Aug 12, 2016
Is IOC exploiting volunteers in Rio?
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US swimmer Phelps snatches 22nd gold medal, 4th at Rio Olympics

U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps celebrates winning gold in the men's 200-meter individual medley during the swimming competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2016, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. / AP-YonhapBy Park Si-sooU.S. swimmer Michael Phelps claimed his 22nd Olympic gold medal and his fourth at the Rio Olympics by winning the men’s 200-meter individual medley for the fourth straight Games on Thursday.Phelps beat 400-meter individual medley champion Kosuke Hagino into second with Wang Shun of China in third. 

Aug 12, 2016
US swimmer Phelps snatches 22nd gold medal, 4th at Rio Olympics
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Rio 2016: S. Korean supermom athletes do the heavy lifting

South Korean handball team goalkeeper Oh Young-ran takes a break during a Group B match against the Netherlands at the Olympics on Thursday. / YonhapBy Ko Dong-hwanWorking moms live a double life ― pursuing careers while taking care of their families and all the domestic chores that go with it. And there are plenty of working moms around the world who are worthy of praise for their efforts in feeding the family and keeping the household running.But there are three special South Korean mothers who are devoted to their families and also to raising the country’s sports reputation at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. They may not trade winning medals for nothing, but the glory would not compare to the joy of meeting their children and husbands back home.“The hardest part was to train away from my children,” South Korean weightlifter Yoon Jin-hee said after winning a bronze medal in the women’s 53kg category, Monday. “It is a motherly love.”South Korean weightlifter Yoon Jin-hee, top, competes at the Olympics on Monday as her two daughters and family members

Aug 12, 2016
Rio 2016: S. Korean supermom athletes do the heavy lifting
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Rio 2016: Ki Bo-bae wins bronze in women's individual archery

South Korean archer Ki Bo-bae won the bronze medal in the women's individual archery at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Thursday.Ki defeated Alejandra Valencia of Mexico by the set score of 6-4 (26-25, 28-29, 26-25, 21-27, 30-25).Each set consists of three arrows per archer. A set win is worth two points and a draw is one point. The first to six points wins the match.Ki, who was trying to win her second straight individual gold medal, lost to compatriot Chang Hye-jin in the semifinals.The third South Korean, Choi Mi-sun, fell to Valencia in the quarterfinals.With a gold, Ki would have become the first archer to win two gold medals in back-to-back Olympics. Ki, Chang and Choi won the team gold medal in Rio last weekend. (Yonhap)

Aug 12, 2016
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Rio 2016: Chang Hye-jin wins gold in women's individual archery

South Korean archer Chang Hye-jin captured the gold medal in the women's individual archery at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Thursday.Chang defeated Lisa Unruh of Germany by the set score of 6-2 (27-26, 26-28, 27-26, 28-27).Each set consists of three arrows per archer. A set win is worth two points and a draw is one point. The first to six points wins the match.This was Chang's second gold in Rio. She had earlier helped South Korea to the team gold medal. She is the first double gold medalist for South Korea in Rio.South Korea has now won 22 gold medals in archery, which has overtaken short track speed skating as the biggest goldmine for the country in the Olympics, winter or summer.A South Korean has won the women's individual archery gold medal in all but one Olympics since 1984.Earlier in the day, fellow South Korean Ki Bo-bae took the bronze medal.Against Unruh, Chang took the first set by hitting three straight 9s. The German came back to take the second set, which included her first 10 of the day, while Chang stumbled to an 8 with her final arrow.The two traded 10s to open the

Aug 12, 2016
Rio 2016: Chang Hye-jin wins gold in women's individual archery
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