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Premier League drop pre-match handshake over coronavirus concern

Mar 6, 2020

LONDON (AFP) -- Premier League players and officials will not take part in the traditional pre-match handshake from this weekend over fears about the spread of the coronavirus. Teams have been told ...
Asian football body on verge of postponing World Cup qualifiers due to coronavirus

Mar 3, 2020

The Asian football governing body has inched closer to postponing World Cup qualifying matches following the outbreak of the novel coronavirus. The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) said Tuesday it...
Pro football league to discuss postponing season amid coronavirus scare

Feb 24, 2020

Faced with the fast-spreading coronavirus, the South Korean professional football league will convene an emergency board meeting later Monday to discuss postponing the start of the new season. The K...
Ex-S. Korea captain Ki Sung-yueng leaves for Spain to finalize talks with top-division club

Feb 21, 2020

INCHEON -- Former South Korean men's football captain Ki Sung-yueng departed for Spain on Friday to finalize talks with a top-flight club there, looking to continue his pro career in Europe after neg...
Pro football matches in southeastern region postponed due to coronavirus

Feb 21, 2020

Upcoming professional football matches in South Korea's southeastern region have been postponed due to the spread of the coronavirus. The K League announced Friday that the Feb. 29 home opener for D...
Son Heung-min to undergo surgery on broken forearm on Friday: source

Feb 20, 2020

Tottenham Hotspur's South Korean forward Son Heung-min will undergo operation on his broken right forearm in Seoul on Friday. A source close to the player told Yonhap News Agency on Thursday that So...
Mourinho sees no bright side for Spurs without Son and Kane

Feb 20, 2020

Tottenham upset the odds to progress past Manchester City and Ajax to reach last season's final. But it was Leipzig who looked the seasoned Champions League team in their first ever knockout tie in t...
Spurs left hanging by Son's injury: Mourinho

Feb 19, 2020

LONDON (AFP) -- Jose Mourinho has compared Tottenham's hopes of having a positive end to the season to hanging from the balcony of a fourth-floor building after losing Son Heung-min to injury. Alrea...
Son strikes late to edge Spurs past Villa in five-goal thriller

Feb 17, 2020

Son's spot-kick was saved by Reina, but the South Korean followed up to prod home and become the first Asian player to score 50 Premier League goals. But Spurs allowed Villa back into the game early...
New kits for nat'l football teams unveiled

Feb 6, 2020

New uniforms for the South Korean national football teams were released on Thursday, featuring designs inspired by the global popularity of the country's pop culture and by a mythological guardian an...
Son Heung-min stays hot, scores in 4th straight

Feb 6, 2020

Son Heung-min has done it again. The in-form South Korean star for Tottenham Hotspur scored in his fourth straight match, converting a late penalty to take his club over Southampton 3-2 in the fourt...
Tottenham weather Man City storm to snatch win

Feb 3, 2020

However, Tottenham also felt City were lucky not to be down to 10 men earlier when Raheem Sterling caught England international teammate Dele Alli with his studs. "I thought I was going to love VAR ...
S. Korean captain to miss Olympic women's football qualifiers with injury

Feb 2, 2020

South Korean captain Cho So-hyun will miss the Olympic women's football qualifying tournament this week with an ankle injury. The Korea Football Association (KFA) said Cho has suffered a right ankle...
Men's Olympic football team gets hero's welcome after clinching Tokyo 2020 berth

Jan 28, 2020

INCHEON -- The South Korean men's Olympic football team made a triumphant return home from Thailand on Tuesday after capturing a spot in this year's Summer Games in Tokyo. Coached by Kim Hak-bum, So...
Extra!: S. Korea beat Saudi Arabia in extra time to take Asian U-23 football crown

Jan 27, 2020

South Korea defeated Saudi Arabia 1-0 in extra time to capture their first Asian men's football title in the under-23 age group on Sunday. Defender Jeong Tae-wook headed in the winner in the 113th m...