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[Asian Games] S. Korea edges Japan 1-0 to reach semifinals
South Korea edged Japan 1-0 on a last-gasp penalty shot on Sunday to secure a berth in the semifinals of the men's football tournament at the Incheon Asian Games.South Korean captain Jang Hyun-soo’s successful shot with two minutes to go lifted the home country to the last four. South Korea will take on Thailand in Tuesday's semifinals.At the start of the quarterfinals game, high-tempered players were peevish, reflecting the importance of the game.With Jang Hyun-soo and Musashi Suzuki arguing af
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[Asian Games] Gold in women's golf
Park Gyeol of South Korea on Sunday captured the individual gold medal in women’s golf at the ongoing Asian Games. Park shot a four-round total of 19-under 269 at the par-72 Dream Park Country Club in Incheon, becoming the third straight South Korean champion of the event. The 18-year-old beat Budsabakon Sukapan of Thailand by two strokes. (Yonhap)
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[Asian Games] Japanese swimmer expelled over theft
INCHEON (Yonhap) ― A Japanese swimmer at the Asian Games has been expelled from his team after stealing a camera from a South Korean photojournalist, prompting a police investigation and apologies from Japan.Tsuyoshi Aoki, head of the Japanese delegation to the Asiad in Incheon, announced in a press conference that the swimmer, Naoya Tomita, has been kicked off the team “effective immediately” following the incident.
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[Asian Games] Son Yeon-jae eyes gold at Asian Games
South Korea’s rhythmic gymnastics star Son Yeon-jae finished fourth in the individual all-round at the world championships in Turkey, brightening the prospects for a gold medal at the ongoing Asian Games on her native turf.She came on top among the Asian participants, beating her Chinese rival Deng Senyue, who finished fifth by a margin of 1.167 points. They will clash again for the gold at the Incheon Asian Games this week. Korea’s Son Yeon-jae competes in the individual ribbon final at the wor
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[Asian Games] S. Korea grabs 3 archery golds
South Korea picked up three more gold medals in archery at the Asian Games on Sunday, reasserting its dominance in the sport after its men’s recurve team earlier failed to clinch its ninth straight Asiad title.In the women’s recurve team final, Jung Dasomi, Chang Hye-jin and Lee Tuk-young cruised to a comfortable 6-0 win over China’s Cheng Ming, Xu Jing and Zhu Jueman.China put up a feeble defense against the stalwart South Koreans, shooting a 7 and an 8 with no 10s in the first set. It managed
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[Asian Games] S. Korean Park Gyeol wins gold in women's individual golf
Park Gyeol of South Korea on Sunday captured the individual gold medal in women's golf at the ongoing Asian Games. Park shot a four-round total of 19-under 269 at the par-72 Dream Park Country Club in Incheon, becoming the third straight South Korean champion of the event. The 18-year-old beat Budsabakon Sukapan of Thailand by two strokes. Another Thai, Supamas Sangchan earned the bronze at 14-under. South Korea conceded the women's team gold medal to Thailand as its Asiad winning streak w
Olympic GamesSept. 28, 2014
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[Asian Games] Record-breaking N. Korean lifter Kim Un-ju feels S. Koreans' warm hearts
North Korean gold-medal winning weightlifter Kim Un-ju said Sunday that she felt the warm-heartedness of South Koreans who encouraged Kim during her record-breaking quest at the Incheon Asian Games. In the women's under-75㎏ weightlifting on Thursday, Kim lifted 128㎏ in the snatch and then hoisted a world record of 164㎏ in the clean and jerk for a total of 292㎏ -- a new Asian Games record. She is one of the four North Korean gold medal winners in weightlifting at this year's Asiad and also be
Olympic GamesSept. 28, 2014
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[Asian Games] S. Korea wins bowling gold, bronze in women's trios event
South Korea captured the gold and the bronze in the women's trios bowling event at the Asian Games on Sunday, bringing home the country's second gold from the sport. The squad of Lee Na-young, Jung Da-wun and Son Yun-hee combined for 3,896 points to defeat the Singaporean team of Cherie Tan, New Hui Fen and Jazreel Tan by a margin of 143 points at Anyang Hogye Gymnasium in the city of Anyang, just south of the South Korean capital of Seoul. Another South Korean team of Lee Yeong-seung, Jeon
Olympic GamesSept. 28, 2014
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[Asian Games] S. Korea wins 1 gold, 1 bronze in team recurve archery
South Korea picked up a gold medal and a bronze medal in team recurve archery at the Asian Games on Sunday. In the women's recurve final, Jung Dasomi, Chang Hye-jin and Lee Tuk-young cruised to a comfortable 6-0 win over China in the set score to add another gold to the country's already extensive medal collection in the sport. The Chinese archers were Cheng Ming, Xu Jing and Zhu Jueman. From the get go, China put up a feeble defense against the stalwart South Koreans, shooting a 7 and an 8
Olympic GamesSept. 28, 2014
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[Asian Games] Women's sepaktakraw: 9-year-old South Korean supports Indonesian team
Among the supporters who came for Indonesian women's team in today's semifinal match against Myanmar, there was one young boy spotted holding a pair of cheering baloons and shouted very loudly for Indonesia. Heo Jae-hoon, 9-year-old boy from Incheon, came to support Indonesian women's team today at Bucheon Gymnasium. The match was held between indonesia and Myanmar and the Myanmar supporters were very enthusiastic, energetic, loud, and came in a large group of people; meanwhile Indonesia only ha
Olympic GamesSept. 28, 2014
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[Asian Games] Men's football: Locals send cheers to foreign teams
The 2014 Incheon Asian Games is a festival for 45 different countries across the continent. Athletes and players from all except the host nation, South Korea, must wrestle with jetlag, unfamiliar weather, new foods, language barriers and even nostalgia.But here at the Goyang Stadium during men's football quarterfinals match between Saudi Arabia and Uzbekistan on Friday stood locals ready to solace the foreign athletes. S-OIL workers support the Saudi Arabian team. Supporters for the Uzbekistan t
Olympic GamesSept. 28, 2014
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[Asian Games] Asiad medal standings
Asiad medal standingsThe medal standings for the top 10 countries at the Asian Games as of Saturday: Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 China 96 58 41 195 2 South Korea 35 42 40 117 3 Japan 32 43 38 113 4 Kazakhstan 9 10 18 37 5 North Korea 8 8 9 25 6 Ira
Olympic GamesSept. 28, 2014
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[Asian Games] Southeast Asia makes strong showing in sailing
The Asian Games has been known as China's, South Korea's and Japan’s festival for a very long time because the three countries always have ranked first, second and third in the medal tables.Since the New Delhi 1982 Asian Games, China, Japan, and South Korea have placed as the top three in all the Asian Games held, with just the order of those three teams varying every four years. In many sports the three countries have been outstanding.But sailing in Incheon 2014 is an exception.First of all in
Olympic GamesSept. 26, 2014
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[Asian Games] Surprise birthday party for Park Tae-hwan at end of Asian Games for swimming
After all the swimming races were over, there was a unique scene on deck. Sun Yang of China showed up with a huge birthday cake in his hands and handed it over to Park Tae-hwan of South Korea. On the cake said, “Happy Birthday, Tae-hwan.” Sept. 27, the day after the last day of the swimming competition is Park’s 25th birthday. Sun, who knew this ahead of time, had prepared a cake for Park. (Yonhap) After the men’s 4×100m medley relay victory ceremony, Sun and Park, surrounded by other winners of
Latest NewsSept. 26, 2014
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[Asian Games] Shouts of friendship between South Korea and Saudi Arabia embrace Asia
S-OIL employees root for Saudi Arabian soccer players in Final 16 at Incheon Asian GamesSaudi Arabian cheering squad rooted for Saudi Arabian players at the soccer competition between Saudi Arabia and Uzbekistan in the Final 16 at the Incheon Asian Games held in the Goyang Sports Complex on Sept. 26.Saudi Arabia defeated Uzbekistan 3-2 to advance into Final 8. On that day, the cheering squad including Saudi Arabians residing in Korea, ordinary citizens and S-OIL employees waved the Saudi Arabia’
Olympic GamesSept. 26, 2014
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[Asian Games] Park anchors S. Korea to bronze in relay for 20th Asiad medal
South Korean swimmer Park Tae-hwan closed out his Asian Games with a bronze medal in the 4x100m medley relay on Friday.Park anchored South Korea to the time of 3:39.18 for the bronze medal, sharing it with teammates Choi Kyu-woong, Chang Gyu-cheol and Park Seon-kwan.It was also Park Tae-hwan‘s 20th Asian Games medal, making him the most decorated South Korean athlete in the competition’s history.China won the gold in 3:31.17, and Japan got the silver in 3:31.70.Park leaves Incheon with one silve
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[Asian Games] S. Korea wins bowling gold, bronze in women’s doubles
South Korea picked up its first bowling gold in the women’s doubles squad event at the Incheon Asian Games on Friday, successfully defending the title it had earned in the 2010 Guangzhou Asiad.The duo of Lee Na-young and Son Yun-hee scored 2,553 points to beat out Malaysia‘s Shalin Zulkifli and Sin Li Jane, who earned2,518 points at Anyang Hogye Gymnasium in South Korea’s city of Anyang, just south of the capital city of Seoul. Another South Korean team of Lee Yeong-seung and Jung Da-wun got the
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[Asian Games] Deadly aim in Incheon
South Korea picked up two silver medals and one bronze medal in shooting competitions at the Asian Games on Friday, hitting a speed bump on its daily quest to reach the top of the podium.In the women’s rifle three-position event ― kneeling, prone and standing, the squad of Yoo Seo-young, Jeong Mi-ra and Kim Seol-a earned an aggregate 1,734 points to reach second place on the podium at Ongnyeon International Shooting Range in South Korea’s western port city of Incheon.China finished first with 1,
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[Asian Games] South Korean archers set to take armful of gold medals
South Korean archers will take aim at their familiar gold medal parade at the Asian Games, which reaches its midway point on Saturday.South Korea will compete in the women’s and men’s compound finals at Gyeyang Asiad Archery Field and aims to occupy the top podium positions.The men’s team takes on India, while female archers, who set a new world record in the quarterfinals, will confront Chinese Taipei in the gold-medal match. Korean women’s archery team (Yonhap)They will also continue their att
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[Asian Games] Fencers enjoy record haul in Asian Games
Fencers from host South Korea enjoyed a banner performance at the Asian Games over the first week of the 16-day competition, leading all countries in medals on the piste.The fencing component ended on Thursday, with South Korea having added a silver in the women’s epee team event and a bronze in the men’s foil team event.Overall, South Korea collected eight gold, six silver and three bronze medals and became the first country in Asiad fencing history to win at least eight gold medals in a single
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