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Defending Asian hockey champion undaunted by challenges in Olympic season

When South Korean club Anyang Halla try to win their third straight Asia League Ice Hockey title in the upcoming season, they'll have to do so without about a dozen players for about half the time. ...

Aug 28, 2017
Korean achieves new career high in tennis world rankings

South Korean tennis player Chung Hyeon has achieved a career high in the men's world rankings for the second time in two weeks. Chung moved up two spots to reach No. 47 in the Association of Tennis ...

Aug 28, 2017
Figure skater determined to win Olympic spot in last qualifying event

Former South Korean national figure skating champion said Friday he's determined to win an Olympic spot at the final qualifying event next month. Lee, a three-time South Korean champion, won the men...

Aug 25, 2017
Seoul-based taekwondo team's N. Korea visit likely to be called off

North Korea has responded negatively to a Seoul-based world taekwondo governing body's plan to send its demonstration team to Pyongyang next month, a sports official said Friday. The official from t...

Aug 25, 2017
IOC's Coordination Commission on PyeongChang to hold final meeting before Olympics

An International Olympic Committee body overseeing PyeongChang's preparations for the 2018 Winter Games will pay its final visit to the South Korean host city next week. The organizing committee for...

Aug 24, 2017
KEPCO signs on as sponsor for PyeongChang 2018

Korea Electric Power Corp., the state-run public utility firm, signed on as a corporate sponsor for the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics on Wednesday. KEPCO is the first public corporation to lend s...

Aug 23, 2017
Korea's Ryu Han-su wins gold at world wrestling championships

South Korean wrestler Ryu Han-su has claimed a gold medal at the world championships, as he washed away his painful memories of last year's Olympics. Ryu topped the men's Greco-Roman 66 kilograms at...

Aug 23, 2017
PyeongChang, US Olympic body launch youth mentorship program

The organizing committee for the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics and the United States Olympic Committee on Tuesday announced their launch of a Korean youth mentorship program. In a statement, the ...

Aug 22, 2017
Tickets for PyeongChang Winter Paralympics to go on sale next week

Tickets for the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Paralympics will go on sale next week to coincide with the 200-day countdown, the organizers said Thursday. The organizing committee for the Paralympic Winter...

Aug 17, 2017
Korean athletes depart for Summer Universiade in Taiwan

South Korean athletes competing at this year's Summer Universiade departed for Taiwan on Thursday. South Korea will be represented in 22 sports by 319 athletes and 96 officials at the Aug. 19-30 com...

Aug 17, 2017
Korea bests Iran to win men's intl. handball competition

The South Korean men's handball team defeated Iran Tuesday to win an international competition in Seoul, and Tunisia took second place. South Korea scored a victory of 33-22 over Iran in the last ma...

Aug 16, 2017
Chung Hyeon cracks top 50 in men's tennis world rankings for 1st time

South Korean tennis player Chung Hyeon has cracked the top 50 in the men's world rankings for the first time. Chung jumped seven spots to reach a career-high No. 49 in the Association of Tennis Prof...

Aug 14, 2017
NBA heads to the Holy Land to develop talent, promote values

JERUSALEM (AP) -- The NBA is heading to the Holy Land this week, bringing together some of the top emerging talent from across Europe as part of the league's push to attract more foreign players and ...

Aug 13, 2017
Korea, Tunisia end in draw in handball competition

Host South Korea and Tunisia played to a draw to open an international men's handball competition in Seoul on Sunday. The teams ended up deadlocked at 28-28 in the first match of the 12th Seoul Cup ...

Aug 13, 2017
Ex-German Olympic bobsleigh champ named Korea luge coach

Former German Olympic bobsleigh champion Andre Lange was named a coach for the South Korean national luge team Sunday. The Korea Luge Federation said Lange, 44, will join the team in October in prep...

Aug 13, 2017

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