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S. Korean Im Sung-jae eyeing top-5 finish at relocated PGA tournament

GolfOct 14, 2020

Im Sung-jae has been the biggest South Korean name on the PGA Tour for the past couple of years, but he hasn't played like one in the tour's only event held on his home soil during that time. Now th...
Tottenham's Son Heung-min has mixed feelings about documentary on club

SoccerOct 13, 2020

During what ultimately ended as a disappointing 2019-2020 Premier League season for Tottenham Hotspur, the club's Korean star Son Heung-min and his lads had a documentary crew's cameras and microphon...
KBO commissioner declines 2nd term

BaseballOct 13, 2020

Chung Un-chan, commissioner of the Korea Baseball Organization, has decided not to seek a second term. Following its board of directors meeting, the KBO announced Tuesday that Chung, whose three-yea...
Pro football league to reopen stadium gates Friday

SoccerOct 12, 2020

The South Korean pro football league will reopen the gates to its stadiums later this week, following the recent easing of social distancing restrictions during the coronavirus pandemic, the Korea Pr...
Montenegrin striker Mugosa named K League's top player for Sept.

SoccerOct 12, 2020

Incheon United striker Stefan Mugosa has been voted the top player in South Korean club football for September. The Korea Professional Football League (K League) announced Monday that Mugosa topped ...
Fans set to return to KBO games as pennant race intensifies

BaseballOct 12, 2020

As the South Korean baseball league enters its third-to-last week of the regular season, stadium gates will open back up for fans who have been itching to return to seats. The Korea Baseball Organiz...
S. Korean Kim Sei-young captures 1st career LPGA major title

GolfOct 12, 2020

With a ruthlessly dominant performance, South Korean LPGA star Kim Sei-young has finally broken through with her maiden major title. Kim captured the KPMG Women's PGA Championship by five strokes Su...
Under eased social distancing rules, baseball league to reopen stadiums on Tuesday

BaseballOct 11, 2020

With social distancing rules during the coronavirus pandemic eased across the nation, the top baseball league here will reopen stadium gates on Tuesday. The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) made th...
Men's nat'l football teams set for rare exhibition matches

SoccerOct 8, 2020

South Korean football fans will be treated to a pair of exhibition matches between their two men's national teams this month, with the first showdown set for Friday, the Hangeul Day holiday. The sen...
Cardinals' Kim Kwang-hyun comes home following successful rookie campaign

BaseballOct 7, 2020

He has come home again. After a whirlwind but outstanding rookie season with the St. Louis Cardinals, South Korean pitcher Kim Kwang-hyun returned home Wednesday, four days after his club was elimina...
Surprise LPGA major champion working on long game in pursuit of 2nd big win

GolfOct 7, 2020

South Korean LPGA player Lee Mi-rim chipped and putted her way to a stunning major title last month, and ahead of another major tournament this week, she has been working on her long game. Lee is en...
He does it again: Rays' Choi Ji-man homers off Yankees' Gerrit Cole in ALDS

BaseballOct 6, 2020

Choi Ji-man hits Gerrit Cole like few others in Major League Baseball (MLB). Choi, the South Korean first baseman for the Tampa Bay Rays, blasted a two-run homer off the New York Yankees' ace in Gam...
[Herald Interview] Looking at the future of esports

More sportsOct 6, 2020

Gen.G’s Arnold Hur predicts LCK turning to franchises will lead to improvements in esports industry
Ahead of long-awaited matches, U-23 nat'l football coach feels alive again

SoccerOct 5, 2020

PAJU -- It has been nine months since the South Korean men's under-23 national football team played a match, and for head coach Kim Hak-bum, the pair of exhibitions against the senior national team c...
LoL Worlds play-ins: A miracle for the underdogs

More sportsOct 2, 2020

Leading up to the 2020 League of Legends World Championships, many knew this year would be different. COVID-19 not only put an end to travel across China for the 10th year of LoL esports, but also m...