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Figure skater Choi Da-bin sets season-best score in Olympic tune-up

Jan 26, 2018

South Korean figure skater Choi Da-in earned her best score of the season at an Olympic tune-up competition on Friday. Choi earned her season-best 190.23 points overall to finish fourth at the Four ...
N. Korea figure skating pairs team wins bronze at Four Continents Championships

Jan 26, 2018

North Korea's figure skating pairs team of Ryom Tae-ok and Kim Ju-sik won the bronze medal Friday at the last-minute international rehearsal before the next month's PyeongChang Winter Olympics. At t...
Federer hails Chung as future top 10 player

Jan 26, 2018

MELBOURNE -- Roger Federer hailed Chung Hyeon as a future top 10 player Friday after the South Korean's Australian Open came to a painful end at the hands of the Swiss maestro. The defending champio...
[Newsmaker] S. Korean sensation Chung Hyeon bows to Roger Federer at Australian Open

Jan 26, 2018

South Korean tennis sensation Chung Hyeon bowed out to Roger Federer in the Australian Open semifinals Friday, ending a historic run that has captivated a nation hungry for new sporting heroes. The ...
Lee Sang-ho eyes Korea's 1st Olympic medal on snow

Jan 25, 2018

South Korean alpine snowboarder Lee Sang-ho has a nickname that he can't shake off till this day. Lee first started snowboarding at a sledding slope that was previously a cabbage patch. After he est...
Bobsleigh pilot confident of strong PyeongChang 2018 performance

Jan 24, 2018

South Korean bobsleigh pilot Won Yun-jong said Wednesday he feels confident that he can achieve good results at the upcoming Winter Olympics. Won will partner with brakeman Seo Young-woo to compete...
Tennis: Injured Nadal set to return in three weeks

Jan 24, 2018

MELBOURNE (AFP) - World number one Rafael Nadal faces three weeks out after being diagnosed with a torn inner hip muscle during his Australian Open quarter-final defeat, his management said Wednesday...
Chung's amazing run continues into Australian Open semis

Jan 24, 2018

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) _ Hyeon Chung has reached the semifinals of a Grand Slam for the first time, following up his upset victory over six-time Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic in the fou...
Chung Hyeon becomes 1st S. Korean Grand Slam semifinalist at Australian Open

Jan 24, 2018

Chung Hyeon became the first Korean tennis player to reach a semifinals at a Grand Slam event Wednesday, as he continued his historic run at the Australian Open. Chung beat Tennys Sandgren of the Un...
[PyeongChang 2018] Administrative oversight costs speed skater Olympic berth

Jan 23, 2018

An administrative oversight has cost a South Korean speed skater a spot in next month's PyeongChang Winter Olympics. The Korea Skating Union said Tuesday that Noh Seon-yeong, initially picked to rep...
[PyeongChang 2018] IOC President Bach says PyeongChang Olympics can send 'message of peace' to world

Jan 23, 2018

With the two Koreas having agreed to march in together at their opening ceremony, the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Games can send "the message of peace" to the rest of the world, the world Olympic chief s...
[PyeongChang 2018] PyeongChang's top organizer downplays controversy over joint flag

Jan 23, 2018

The head of the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics organizing committee on Tuesday downplayed concerns over the planned use of the Korean Unification Flag, a joint flag symbolic of a unified Korean Pen...
[PyeongChang 2018] Pyeongchang Olympics opener to highlight peace through children's eyes

Jan 23, 2018

The opening ceremony for next month's PyeongChang Winter Olympic will highlight peace by following the fairytale-like adventures of five imaginary children from rural South Korea exploring the countr...
[PyeongChang 2018] Korean-born Russian short track star not to join Olympics

Jan 23, 2018

South Korean-born Russian short track speed skating star Victor An will not be allowed to compete at the upcoming Winter Olympic Games, sources said Tuesday, presumably due to alleged links to Russia...
[Newsmaker] S. Korean tennis star Chung Hyeon beats Novak Djokovic at Australian Open

Jan 22, 2018

Chung Hyeon continued his impressive run at the Australian Open on Monday after he beat former world No. 1 Novak Djokovic to become the first South Korean to reach the last eight at a Grand Slam even...