9th Asian Winter Games kick off in China

S.Korea participates with 148 athletes for all six sports The ninth Asian Winter Games opened in the northeastern Chinese city of Harbin on Friday with a celebration of athletes from across the continent. Hosting the Winter Asiad for the second time under the motto, "Dream of Winter, Love among Asia," Harbin will be home to nearly 1,300 athletes from 34 countries over the next seven days. Curling, hockey and short track speed skating have already had some preliminary action in the days leading u

Feb. 7, 2025

S. Korea beats Hong Kong to reach semifinals in mixed doubles curling at Winter Asiad

South Korea defeated Hong Kong to advance to the semifinals of the mixed doubles curling competition at the Asian Winter Games in China on Friday. Kim Kyeong-ae and Seong Ji-hoon defeated Hung Ling-Yue and Martin Yan 11-4 in one of the two qualification games for the semifinals at Harbin Pingfang District Curling Arena in Harbin. Later Friday, Kim and Seong will face Han Yu and Wang Zhiyu of China in the semifinals, where they will look to avenge a 6-4 loss in the round-robin phase on Thursday.

Feb. 7, 2025

No trophy for Sonny as Tottenham fall to Liverpool in League Cup semifinals

Tottenham Hotspur's South Korean captain Son Heung-min will have to wait at least another season for his first-ever trophy after his club bowed out of the semifinals of the English Football League Cup. Liverpool pounded Spurs 4-0 in the second leg of their semifinal showdown at Anfield in Liverpool, England, on Thursday, prevailing 4-1 on aggregate to advance to the final. They will go for their second consecutive League Cup title and their 11th overall. They have already won more League Cups th

Feb. 7, 2025

Main S. Korean delegation to Asian Winter Games arrives in Harbin

The main batch of South Korean athletes competing in the ninth Asian Winter Games arrived in the host city of Harbin on Tuesday, three days before the opening ceremony. With the preliminary action under way and more to come in the days leading up to the ceremony, several South Korean athletes are already in the northeastern Chinese city. The men's and women's hockey teams arrived here last Saturday, followed by short track speed skaters on Sunday and speed skaters on Monday. Tuesday's group feat

Feb. 4, 2025

Son Heung-min helps Tottenham snap winless skid at 7

Captain Son Heung-min has helped Tottenham Hotspur snap their seven-match winless slide in the Premier League by creating the opponent's own goal and setting up the insurance marker. Spurs defeated Brentford 2-0 at Gtech Community Stadium, Brentford, England, on Sunday, thanks to a first-half own goal by Brentford midfielder Vitaly Janelt and a late score by Pape Sarr. Son's corner kick from the left side in the 29th minute deflected off Janelt's back and went in past goalkeeper Hakon Valdimarss

Feb. 3, 2025

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

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

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

Korean Series champions Tigers retain free agent Seo Geon-chang

The defending Korean Series champions Kia Tigers announced Thursday they have retained free agent Seo Geon-chang. The Tigers said Seo signed to a one-year deal, with a vesting option for a second season, meaning that it will become guaranteed if Seo reaches a performance incentive threshold this year. Seo can make as much as 500 million won ($343,480) with this deal. Seo joined the Tigers, his hometown team based in the southern city of Gwangju, before the 2024 Korea Baseball Organization season

Jan. 9, 2025

PGA Tour veterans looking to build on fond memories in Hawaii this week

With a win and a runner-up finish between them over the past two seasons at the Sony Open in Hawaii on the PGA Tour, South Korean veterans An Byeong-hun and Kim Si-woo said Wednesday they will try to build on their fond memories of the tournament this week. Both will tee off at the Sony Open at Waialae Country Club in Honolulu starting Thursday. It will be their second tournament of the 2025 season, following The Sentry, also in Hawaii, last week. An lost in the playoff to Grayson Murray at last

Jan. 8, 2025