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Sun, September 22, 2019 | 23:03

Yoon's time with women has bittersweet ending

There was bittersweet news for South Korean soccer fans on Tuesday as Yoon Deok-yeo stepped down from his position as head coach of the women's national team. The mixture of feelings stemmed from, firstly, the fact that Yoon has been in the position for more than six years - which is almost a lifetime in soccer - and has plenty of positive achievements to look back on.

2019-07-03 15:32

Gauff, just 15, shocks 5-time champ Venus, 39, at Wimbledon

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) - Coco Gauff grew up admiring the Williams sisters. Picked up a tennis racket as a little girl because of them. And on Monday at Wimbledon, still just 15, Gauff beat one of them. Gauff, the youngest competitor to qualify at the All England Club in the professional era, showed the poise and power of a much older, much more experienced player, pulling of...

2019-07-02 15:44

Latest LPGA champ Park Sung-hyun reclaims No. 1 ranking

South Korean star Park Sung-hyun, the latest winner on the LPGA Tour, has returned to the top of the world rankings.Park climbed one spot to dethrone fellow South Korean Ko Jin-young as the new No. 1 in the latest women's rankings announced Monday (U.S. Eastern Standard Time). Park has an average ranking points of 8.49, while Ko has 7.38.

2019-07-02 15:40

Choi Kang-hee resigns as coach of Chinese football team

South Korean football coach Choi Kang-hee has resigned as bench boss for a Chinese club. Dalian Yifang FC of the Chinese Super League announced late Monday that Choi stepped down, citing personal reasons. The 60-year-old had been at the helm since February this year.

2019-07-02 10:33

Park Sung-hyun captures 7th career LPGA title, set to reclaim No. 1 ranking

South Korean star Park Sung-hyun has reached lucky No. 7 in her LPGA career win total and will reclaim the No. 1 spot in the world rankings.Park won the 54-hole Walmart NW Arkansas Championship in Rogers, Arkansas, on Sunday (local time), at 18-under 195, beating three golfers by one shot and earning $300,000.

2019-07-01 16:57

Dodgers' Ryu Hyun-jin expected to start 1st All-Star Game

Ryu was announced as one of 12 pitchers for the National League (NL) All-Star squad by Major League Baseball (MLB) on Sunday (local time). The All-Star Game will be played on July 9 at Progressive Field in Cleveland.

2019-07-01 11:54

Choi notches her 4th title of 2019 at McCol Yongpyong Resort Open with SBS Golf

Choi Hye-jin won the McCol Yongpyong Resort Open with SBS Golf, Sunday, beating Lee So-young by two strokes. No contestant got dangerously close to Choi throughout the round once she had taken the lead.

Kim Jeong-kyoo2019-06-30 22:21

After Asian failure, it's all about the K League

There are no South Korean representatives in the last eight of the Asian Champions League this year. That is not a common occurrence as the country has an excellent record in the competition and there are reasons why it did not happen this time around.One is that two of the country's four teams that started the tournament were making their debut appearances. Daegu FC and Gyeo...

2019-06-30 16:51

Moon congratulates new IOC member

President Moon Jae-in congratulated Lee Kee-heung, a South Korean sports official, Thursday on his election as a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). In his Facebook message, Moon said it's a "valuable outcome" won together by the South Korean people who have successfully hosted a number of international sports events, including the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Oly...

2019-06-27 11:30

All national short track speed skaters kicked out of training center over sexual harassment

The entire South Korean short track speed skating team has been expelled from the national training center over a sexual harassment incident involving two male athletes. According to the Korean Sport & Olympic Committee (KSOC), one male short track speed skater pulled down the pants of a younger male teammate during training while the female skaters were present on June 17 at...

2019-06-25 13:45

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