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S. Korea start 2018 at No. 59 in FIFA world football rankings

South Korea started the new year as the world's 59th placed football team in the FIFA rankings. According to the January men's rankings table released by FIFA on Thursday, South Korea moved up one s...

Jan 18, 2018
Soccer
Tottenham's Son Heung-min scores 11th goal of season

South Korean attacker Son Heung-min has bagged one goal and one assist in his latest performance for Tottenham Hotspur. Son scored the opening goal in the Spurs' 4-0 win over Everton in their Englis...

Jan 14, 2018
Soccer
New football official looking to hire technical coach for nat'l team

A new South Korean football official overseeing national team coaches said Monday he plans to bring in a technical assistant for the national team ahead of this year's FIFA World Cup. Kim Pan-gon wa...

Jan 8, 2018
Soccer
S. Korea nat’l football coach says Tottenham manager gave hint on Son Heung-min use

South Korea football coach Shin Tae-yong said Friday that Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino gave a hint on the use of their ace attacker Son Heung-min. Shin returned home from his two-we...

Jan 5, 2018
Soccer
Son Heung-min scores 1st goal of 2018, reaches double figures for season

Tottenham Hotspur's South Korean star Son Heung-min has gotten on the board in 2018. Son scored his first goal of the new year against West Ham on Thursday (local time) at Wembley Stadium in London,...

Jan 5, 2018
Soccer
Korea men's football team to train in Turkey for 2018 World Cup prep

South Korea will set up their winter training camp in Turkey later this month to prepare for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, the national football governing body said Wednesday. The Korea Football Associat...

Jan 3, 2018
Soccer
Korean football chief pledges nat'l team support to reach 2018 World Cup knockout stage

South Korean football chief Chung Mong-kyu said Tuesday he is ready to give the best support for the men's national team to reach the knockout stage at the 2018 FIFA World Cup. In his new year messa...

Jan 2, 2018
Soccer
Pro football league commissioner vows to entertain more fans in 2018

South Korea's pro football league commissioner said Tuesday that the K League will be ready to entertain more fans with exciting matches in the new year. In his message for 2018, Kwon Oh-gap said he...

Jan 2, 2018
Soccer
Korean pro football club Gangwon interested in signing Crystal Palace midfielder

The president of South Korean pro football club Gangwon said Friday they're currently working to sign midfielder Lee Chung-yong from English Premier League side Crystal Palace. Gangwon CEO Cho Tae-y...

Dec 29, 2017
Soccer
Korean football club Jeju sign ex-Brazil U-20 forward Roberson

South Korean pro football club Jeju United said Friday they've signed Brazilian forward Roberson de Arruda Alves. The K League Classic club didn't release the details of Roberson's contract, but con...

Dec 29, 2017
Soccer
S. Korea selects director to handle nat'l football team coach hirings

South Korea's national football governing body on Tuesday appointed a director to handle national team coach hirings. The Korea Football Association (KFA) said its board members approved former Hong...

Dec 26, 2017
Soccer
Reigning pro football champions own league's largest payroll: data

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors, the reigning South Korean professional football champions, also have the league's largest payroll and own its five highest-paid players, data showed Friday. The K League, ope...

Dec 22, 2017
Soccer
Tottenham’s Son Heung-min named top S. Korean male footballer of 2017

Tottenham Hotspur’s Son Heung-min was named the top South Korean male player of 2017 by the national football governing body on Tuesday. Son earned the honor at the annual Korea Football Association...

Dec 19, 2017
Soccer
Ex-Barca prospect wins best goal of 2017 by Korean fans

Former FC Barcelona prospect Lee Seung-woo's goal against Argentina at the FIFA U-20 World Cup was voted the best goal of the year by local fans, the national football governing body said Tuesday. T...

Dec 19, 2017
Soccer
Korea to host regional football tournament in 2019

South Korea will host a regional football tournament in 2019 that features both men's and women's national football teams, an official from the national football governing body said Tuesday. The Eas...

Dec 19, 2017
Soccer

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