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 sets single-day preseason attendance record

The South Korean baseball league set a single-day attendance record for a preseason Sunday, breaking its own record set from the previous day. The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) announced that the five exhibition games on Sunday drew a combined 71,288 fans. On Saturday, the first day of the preseason, 67,264 fans had been on hand, breaking the previous mark of 66,785 fans set on March 22, 2015. The new record only lasted a day. The Hanwha Eagles hosted the Doosan Bears at their alternate home

March 9, 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

Ulsan ready to chase knockout spot at expanded FIFA Club World Cup

As the lone South Korean club at this year's FIFA Club World Cup, Ulsan HD FC will try to make a push for a knockout berth, their head coach said Thursday. Kim Pan-gon and his captain Kim Young-gwon attended the South Korean stop of the Club World Cup Trophy Tour in Seongnam, just south of Seoul. The 2025 Club World Cup, the first edition with an expanded format featuring 32 teams, will be played across the United States from June 14 to July 13. FIFA launched the trophy tour in January in New Yo

March 6, 2025

Wiz veteran Hwang Jae-gyun embraces mid-career position change

Since 2009, his third professional season, Hwang Jae-gyun has been a third baseman, manning the hot corner for three different clubs in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) while making cameos at first base and shortstop. He also had a cup of coffee as third baseman for the San Francisco Giants. At age 37 playing for the KT Wiz, Hwang is about to undergo a mid-career change. The Wiz signed an All-Star third baseman Heo Kyoung-min in free agency in November, and Heo, a more accomplished defender

March 6, 2025

Giants infielder Son Ho-young not taking playing time for granted

After earning a regular playing opportunity for the first time in his career at age 30 last year, Lotte Giants infielder Son Ho-young established new career-best numbers across the board. In 102 games, Son batted .317/.354/.538 with 18 home runs and 78 RBIs. Injuries forced him to miss 42 games. Otherwise, he could have pushed for the 20-homer, 100-RBI plateaus. Following the end of spring training in Japan, Son said Wednesday he hopes to play more games than a season ago. "Since I played about

March 5, 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

Much-maligned football chief wins new term despite controversy

In only a matter of months, Chung Mong-gyu went from being booed by thousands of disgruntled fans to winning his fourth consecutive term as South Korea's top football official. Chung handily defeated two rival candidates to win the election for president of the Korea Football Association on Wednesday, collecting 156 out of 183 votes. Huh Jung-moo, former head coach of the South Korean men's national team, finished with 15 votes, and Shin Moon-sun, former player and television analyst, had 11 vot

Feb. 26, 2025