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Kim A-lim wins LPGA season opener for 3rd career title
South Korea's Kim A-lim has gone wire-to-wire to capture the LPGA season opener in Florida for her third career title. Kim won the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions by two shots over Nelly Korda of the United States at Lake Nona Golf & Country Club in Orlando on Sunday at 20-under 268. Kim shot a five-under 67 in the final round and was the only player to shoot in the 60s in all four rounds at this tournament. Kim, 29, cashed in the winner's check of US$300,000. The no-cut tournamen
Feb. 3, 2025 -
Tottenham's S. Korean teen Yang Min-hyeok loaned to 2nd-tier club
Tottenham Hotspur's South Korean teenager Yang Min-hyeok has been loaned to a second-division club without playing a match for the Premier League side. Queens Park Rangers announced Wednesday that they acquired the 18-year-old winger on a loan deal for the rest of the 2024-2025 campaign. "I am really happy to be here and I will try to do my best for the team," Yang was quoted as saying on QPR's website. "In every single match, I will try to help the team win and to make the fans happy. Any time
Jan. 30, 2025 -
Round two: New dawn for Korean MMA
Korea's surging MMA scene links international glory with hometown action-packed battles On a pulse-pounding night last December, a furnace of fighting spirit erupted from the eight-sided ring, where two fighters collided in a fierce battle. An arena packed with 5,000 spectators echoed with thunderous roars, resonating with every explosive exchange inside the octagon. This adrenaline-fueled showdown marked the second event of Z-Fight Night, or ZFN, a newly launched Korean mixed martial arts promo
Jan. 25, 2025 -
S. Korean team launched for Asian Winter Games in China
South Korean athletes competing in the upcoming Asian Winter Games held their delegation launch ceremony in Seoul on Friday, vowing to make the country proud with their performances on ice and snow. The Chinese city of Harbin will host the ninth edition of the Asian Winter Games from Feb. 7 to 14. It will be the first Winter Asiad since the 2017 event in Sapporo, Japan. Sixty-four gold medals will be up for grabs in six sports and 11 disciplines, including alpine skiing, curling, figure skating,
Jan. 24, 2025 -
'Pikki Pikki' dance cheerleader joins Taiwan's Fubon Angels
Lee Ju-eun, the Korean cheerleader from the "Pikki Pikki" dance viral Tiktok video, in which she danced moving her hands up and down, with her thumbs up during a baseball game, is taking her cheerleading skills to Taiwan. According to Fubon Hyundai Life Insurance on Wednesday, Lee signed an exclusive contract with Fubon Sports & Entertainment and is set to join the Fubon Angels, the cheerleading squad for the Fubon Guardians in Taiwan’s professional baseball league, for the 2025 season. “I’m so
Jan. 23, 2025 -
KBO teams to start traveling overseas for spring training this week
With the start of the new season about two months away, teams in the Korea Baseball Organization will start traveling to their spring training sites around the world this week. The defending champions, the Kia Tigers, will be one of three clubs traveling Wednesday, with manager Lee Bum-ho and a few veteran players leading the way to Irvine, California. A second group of Tigers players will join them Thursday. Also traveling Wednesday will be the Samsung Lions, who lost to the Tigers in the 2024
Jan. 20, 2025 -
Following election loss, Lee Kee-heung offers to resign as nat'l Olympic chief, IOC member
After being denied a third term as the South Korean Olympic chief, veteran sports administrator Lee Kee-heung has offered to resign both as the national Olympic body head and as a member of the International Olympic Committee, sources close to Lee said Friday. According to the sources, Lee has told the Korean Sport & Olympic Committee that he will step down before the end of his current term on Feb. 27. Lee, however, had not submitted formal resignation papers as of Thursday evening. In the elec
Jan. 17, 2025 -
Son Heung-min scores in North London derby loss
Son Heung-min has found the back of the net once again in the North London derby against Arsenal, but the Tottenham Hotspur captain couldn't deliver a victory for his side. Son scored Spurs' lone goal in their 2-1 loss to Arsenal at Emirates Stadium in London on Wednesday. The defeat extended Tottenham's winless slide to five matches, with one draw and four losses. Spurs have not won at Arsenal since November 2010. Son put Tottenham on the board in the 25th minute after the loose ball had floate
Jan. 16, 2025 -
S. Korean IOC membership down to one after natl. Olympic chief loses election
The number of South Korean members on the International Olympic Committee is set to be cut to one next month, after the national Olympic chief Lee Kee-heung fell short in his bid for a third consecutive term this week. Lee finished as the runner-up to Ryu Seung-min in the election for Korean Sport & Olympic Committee president Tuesday. Ryu, a former IOC member himself and 2004 Olympic men's singles table tennis champion, beat Lee by 417 to 379 in voting. Lee was elected as an IOC member in 2019
Jan. 15, 2025 -
Ex-Olympic table tennis champion elected as head of Korean Olympic committee
Former Olympic table tennis champion Ryu Seung-min was elected as head of the South Korean Olympic committee Tuesday. Ryu earned 417 votes from 1,209 voters to become the new president of the Korean Sport & Olympic Committee, denying incumbent Lee Kee-heung a third term. The election appeared in danger of being postponed when a group of 11 voters, led by Korea Ice Hockey Association President Lee Ho-jin, and an election candidate Kang Shin-wook each filed for an injunction to halt the proceeding
Jan. 14, 2025 -
New Dodgers player Kim Hye-seong determined to crack Opening Day roster
Kim Hye-seong, the latest South Korean player for the Los Angeles Dodgers, departed for the US on Tuesday, determined to crack the Opening Day roster and make his big league debut as soon as possible. Kim signed a three-year, $12.5 million contract with the Dodgers on Jan. 3, the final day of his 30-day negotiating period after his posting process began in early December. The Dodgers have a club option for two more years, which will increase the total value of Kim's deal to a maximum of $22 mill
Jan. 14, 2025