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Unified Korean team cruises into women's hoops quarters with win over KazakhstanAug 21, 2018JAKARTA -- The unified Korean basketball team cruised into the quarterfinals of the 18th Asian Games with an 85-57 win over Kazakhstan on Tuesday. North Korean center Ro Suk-yong led the balanced at... -
Ex-Olympic champ fencers chase team gold after losing individual titlesAug 21, 2018JAKARTA -- South Korea's star fencers will chase gold medals in team events at the 18th Asian Games this week after they failed to win individual titles. Park Sang-young and Kim Ji-yeon will compete... -
Rejuvenated Djokovic eyes US Open as 'Big Four' reunitedAug 21, 2018From the pits of despair in Paris, record-setting Novak Djokovic now eyes a third US Open title in New York where for the first time since Wimbledon last year, the sport's 'Big Four' will be reunited... -
Korea picks up 3 gold medals in fencing, taekwondoAug 21, 2018JAKARTA -- South Korea arrived in Jakarta with an eye on eight gold medals in fencing at the 18th Asian Games. After getting shut out on Sunday, the team claimed two gold medals on the piste on Monda... -
N. Korea's Om Yun-chol defends weightlifting titleAug 20, 2018JAKARTA (Yonhap) -- North Korean weightlifter Om Yun-chol successfully defended his Asian Games title on Monday. Om, 26, won the men's 56kg weightlifting competition at the 18th Asian Games after cl... -
S. Korea's Kim Jan-di wins silver in women's taekwondo 67kgAug 20, 2018JAKARTA (Yonhap) -- South Korean taekwondo fighter Kim Jan-di won a silver medal in the women's 67-kilogram division at the 18th Asian Games on Monday. Kim lost to Julyana Al Sadeq of Jordan 5-1 in ... -
S. Korean taekwondo fighter Kim Tae-hun wins gold in men's 58kgAug 20, 2018JAKARTA (Yonhap) -- South Korean taekwondo fighter Kim Tae-hun won a gold medal in the men's 58-kilogram division at the 18th Asian Games on Monday. Kim defeated Niyaz Pulatov of Uzbekistan 24-6 in ... -
Korea grabs 2 shooting silver medalsAug 20, 2018PALEMBANG, Indonesia -- South Korea picked up two silver medals in shooting at the 18th Asian Games on Monday. First, it was Jung Eun-hea winning silver in the women’s 10-meter air rifle at Jakabar... -
Korean shooting legend aims for his 1st individual goldAug 20, 2018South Korean shooting legend Jin Jong-oh will try to add one more honor to his already-decorated resume on Tuesday by winning the men's 10-meter air pistol event at the 18th Asian Games. Jin, who wo... -
Djokovic wins Cincy title to complete Masters matched setAug 20, 2018Mason, OH (AFP) -- Novak Djokovic ended a career-long jinx, lifting the trophy in Cincinnati at last to complete a matched set of Masters 1000 titles. Djokovic, who came up empty in five prior Cinci... -
Two taekwondo golds among 11 medals for Korea on Day 1Aug 20, 2018JAKARTA -- South Korea wasted little time establishing its winning ways at the 18th Asian Games, picking up two gold medals to go along with three silver and six bronze medals on Sunday, the first fu... -
Unified Korean rowing team finishes last in qualification in Asiad debutAug 19, 2018PALEMBANG -- A unified Korean men's rowing team finished last in its qualification group in its Asian Games debut on Sunday. Kim Su-min and Park Tae-hyun from South Korea and Yun Chol-jin and Kim Ch... -
Koreas march together at Asian Games' opening ceremonyAug 18, 2018South and North Korea marched together at the opening ceremony of the 18th Asian Games in Jakarta on Saturday, marking the second time in six months that the two were united behind one flag at an int... -
S. Korean prime minister leaves for Indonesia for Asian GamesAug 18, 2018South Korean Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon left for Indonesia Saturday to attend the opening ceremony of the Asian Games, setting the stage for a possible meeting with a senior North Korean official. (... -
Co-host city of Palembang could be promised land for S. KoreaAug 18, 2018Palembang, a co-host city of the 2018 Asian Games along with Jakarta, could prove to be the promised land for South Korea, once the competition begins in earnest on Sunday. Located about 430 kilomet...
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