Speed skater Kim Min-sun wins 500m bronze at world championships

South Korean speed skater Kim Min-sun has grabbed her second straight medal at the annual world championships. Kim captured bronze in the women's 500 meters at the International Skating Union (ISU) World Speed Skating Single Distances Championships at Hamar Olympic Hall in Hamar, Norway, on Friday (local time), with a time of 37.73 seconds. Femke Kok of the Netherlands won the gold medal in 37.50 seconds, and her fellow Dutch skater Jutta Leerdam got the silver medal in 37.69 seconds. Kim had wo

March 15, 2025

Dodgers' Kim Hye-seong scores twice, steals bag in spring game

Competing for a spot with the Los Angeles Dodgers, South Korean rookie Kim Hye-seong has begun showing signs of life at the plate and on base paths. Kim recorded a hit and a steal while scoring twice as the Dodgers defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks 6-2 at Camelback Ranch in Glendale, Arizona, on Monday (local time). Kim is now batting .222/.323/.333 in 14 spring training games with six runs scored and two steals. Kim, who signed with the Dodgers in January after eight years with the Kiwoom Heroe

March 11, 2025

Son Heung-min's late penalty salvages draw for Tottenham against Bournemouth

Son Heung-min salvaged a draw for Tottenham Hotspur with his second-half penalty in their latest Premier League match at home. Son converted the spot kick in the 84th minute as Spurs eked out a 2-2 draw against AFC Bournemouth at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London on Sunday. It was Son's seventh goal of the Premier League this season and 11th goal in all competitions. Spurs stayed in 13th place with 34 points from 10 wins, four draws and 14 losses. Son started the match on the bench and watched

March 10, 2025

KBO preseason to open Saturday with pitch clock, other rule changes in play

The prelude to the 2025 regular season in South Korean baseball will begin Saturday, with the pitch clock, the most prominent new feature of the year, set to take effect. All 10 teams in the Korea Baseball Organization are scheduled to play 10 preseason games each from Saturday to March 18. All games were initially scheduled for 1 p.m., but some teams have already asked the league to move their games to the evening hours so that their players can get used to playing under lights before the regul

March 7, 2025

Giants' Lee Jung-hoo hits 2nd homer in spring training; Dodgers' Kim Hye-seong goes hitless

Lee Jung-hoo of the San Francisco Giants has raised his spring training batting average to .400 after hitting his second home run of the exhibition season. Lee batted 1-for-3 with a homer and two RBIs in the Giants' 7-3 win over the Chicago White Sox at Scottsdale Stadium in Scottsdale, Arizona, on Thursday. The South Korean sophomore batted third and got the start in center field. He hit a flyout to center in the bottom of the first inning before going deep off Jonathan Cannon with a runner on

March 7, 2025

Son Heung-min quiet as Tottenham lose 1st knockout match at Europa League

Tottenham Hotspur have lost their first knockout match of the UEFA Europa League in the Netherlands, unable to overcome a first-half own goal. Spurs' South Korean skipper Son Heung-min logged 72 unproductive minutes in his team's 1-0 loss to AZ Alkmaar in the opening leg of the round of 16 at AZ Stadion in the Dutch city of Alkmaar on Thursday. Tottenham midfielder Lucas Bergvall put one into his own net in the 18th minute. The Premier League club must win the second leg scheduled for next Thurs

March 7, 2025

Pirates' Bae Ji-hwan homers in 3-hit effort; Giants' Lee Jung-hoo stays hot in spring training

Bae Ji-hwan of the Pittsburgh Pirates launched a home run as part of his three-hit effort in his latest spring training game, as he seeks to make the team's Opening Day roster for later this month. Batting leadoff, Bae went 3-for-3 with an RBI and two runs scored, though the Pirates lost to the Boston Red Sox 12-4 at LECOM Park in Bradenton, Florida, on Tuesday (local time). Bae is batting .545 (6-for-11) and has an on-base plus slugging (OPS) of 1.492 through six spring training games. Bae open

March 5, 2025

KBO's top rookie in 2024 trying to cut down on miscues in 2025

Doosan Bears reliever Kim Taek-yeon was the runaway winner of the top rookie prize in the Korea Baseball Organization last year after taking over as the team's closer in June. He went on to record 19 saves and a 2.08 ERA, while showing the kind of poise rare for someone who only turned 19 in the middle of the year. In 2025, expectations are high for Kim, who will be the Bears' closer from Day 1. And Kim himself will count on better numbers than last year. "I will try to cut down on walks and not

March 4, 2025

North Jeolla beats Seoul to become S. Korean candidate in bid for 2036 Summer Olympics

North Jeolla Province stunned Seoul on Friday to become the South Korean candidate in the bidding race for the 2036 Summer Olympics. The province, located in the southwestern part of the country, defeated the capital city 49-11 in a vote by representatives from the national governing bodies of Summer and Winter Olympic sports. There was one invalid vote. "We've done it. We've created a miracle," North Jeolla Governor Kim Kwan-young said in a statement. "Support from our residents gave us the pow

Feb. 28, 2025

FIFA, AFC presidents congratulate S. Korean football chief on reelection

Presidents of the international and Asian football governing bodies congratulated the South Korean football chief Chung Mong-gyu on his recent reelection, the sport's national federation said Friday. The Korea Football Association said FIFA President Gianni Infantino and Asian Football Confederation President Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa each sent a letter to Chung on Friday, two days after Chung won the election in a landslide for his fourth consecutive term as head of the KFA. Chung ha

Feb. 28, 2025

Giants outfielder Lee Jung-hoo belts 1st spring training home run

San Francisco Giants outfielder Lee Jung-hoo has gone deep for the first time this spring training. Lee belted a solo home run off Colorado Rockies starter Chase Dollander in the bottom of the first inning at Scottsdale Stadium in Scottsdale, Arizona, on Monday (local time). The homer over the right field wall knotted the game at 1-1, and the teams ended up in a 2-2 tie. Lee, who batted third and started in center field, had not homered in a big league game since April last year. He suffered a s

Feb. 25, 2025

New Dodger Kim Hye-seong collects 1st hit of spring training

Three games into his first spring training with the Los Angeles Dodgers, South Korean utility man Kim Hye-seong finally has his first hit. Kim went 1-for-2 with a walk after coming off the bench in the Dodgers' 8-3 win over the San Diego Padres at Camelback Ranch in Glendale, Arizona, on Sunday. Kim pinch-hit for the starting shortstop Mookie Betts at the top of the lineup with one out in the bottom of the fourth inning and then got an infield single off Eduarniel Nunez. Kim, mostly a second bas

Feb. 24, 2025

Figure skater Kim Chae-yeon soars to gold at Four Continents on home ice

Kim Chae-yeon captured the women's singles title at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Seoul on Sunday, putting on another flawless performance only 10 days after winning the gold medal at the Asian Winter Games in China. The 18-year-old South Korean scored a personal-best 148.36 points in the free skate of the International Skating Union (ISU) event at Mokdong Ice Rink in western Seoul, for a total of 222.38 points, also a new career high. Kim had won the short program with a n

Feb. 23, 2025

Dodgers utility man Edman to Kim: 'Work at all different positions'

Tommy Edman, super utility man for the defending World Series champions Los Angeles Dodgers, knows a thing or two about handling multiple positions on the field. The half-Korean player wants Kim Hye-seong, his former South Korean national team pal and now his new Dodger teammate, to be prepared to do the same in the majors. After eight years of playing several positions in the Korea Baseball Organization, Kim signed with the Dodgers in January. Though he was the primary second baseman for the Ki

Feb. 17, 2025

New Dodger Kim Hye-seong working on swing change during 1st MLB spring training

In his first spring training with the Los Angeles Dodgers, South Korean infielder Kim Hye-seong has been working on a swing change. After a long day at Camelback Ranch in Glendale, Arizona, on Sunday, Kim told South Korean media that he has been trying to tweak the movements of his upper and lower body. "The team has broken down things for me, and I've been trying to make those changes," Kim said. "It feels a bit awkward because I am still in a transitional period. I'll have to get a lot of reps

Feb. 17, 2025