Son Heung-min's hopes of avoiding military service by securing Asian Games gold suffered a blow Friday as South Korea were stunned 2-1 by minnows Malaysia. (Yonhap) The Tottenham Hotspur forward came off the bench just before the hour-mark but couldn't help the defending champions overturn a two-goal deficit, after Safawi Rasid's first-half double for 171st-ranked Malaysia. Son is skipping Pre...

South Korea suffered a shocking 2-1 loss to Malaysia in the men's football competition at the 18th Asian Games in Indonesia on Friday. Safawi Rasid scored two goals at Si Jalak Harupat Stadium in Bandung, Indonesia, to stun the defending champions at the Asian Games. With the latest result, South Korea dropped to second place in Group E with one win and one loss. South Korea demolished Bahrain ...

South Korea on Friday appointed former Portugal boss Paulo Bento as the new head coach for the men's national football team. Kim Pan-gon, who heads the national team coach appointment committee at the Korea Football Association, said that Bento will lead South Korea through the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. The 49-year-old Portuguese will succeed Shin Tae-yong for the top South Korean football ...

South Korea beat Chinese Taipei 2-1 in their women's football opening match at the 18th Asian Games in Indonesia on Thursday. Jeon Ga-eul and Jang Sel-gi scored a goal apiece at Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium in Palembang, Indonesia, to help South Korea to collect their first win in Group A in the women's football competition at the Asian Games. The Taeguk Ladies, led by head coach Yoon Duk-yeo, are ...

South Korea stayed steady at No. 57 in the latest FIFA rankings announced Thursday in the wake of the 2018 World Cup. According to FIFA's August rankings, South Korea remained in 57th place with 1,387 points following their performance at the 2018 World Cup in Russia. South Korea were eliminated in the group stage at the 2018 World Cup with one win and two losses. They beat the defending champi...

Korea is set to name former Portugal boss Paulo Bento as the new head coach for the men's national football team, an official with the country's football governing body said Thursday. A Korea Football Association official said Bento will sign a contract to lead the Taeguk Warriors through the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. If confirmed, the 49-year-old Portuguese will succeed Shin Tae-yong for th...

BANDUNG, Indonesia -- Korea beat Bahrain 6-0 in their men's football opening match at the 18th Asian Games in Indonesia on Wednesday. Hwang Ui-jo scored a hat trick at Si Jalak Harupat Stadium in Bandung, Indonesia, for Korea to collect their first win in Group E, where they will also face Malaysia and Kyrgyzstan. Korea are the defending champions of the Asian Games men's football tournament. T...

Tottenham Hotspur forward Son Heung-min joined the South Korean men's under-23 national football team on Monday to compete at the 18th Asian Games in Indonesia. Son arrived in Bandung, Indonesia, to play for South Korea at the Asian Games following Spurs' 2-1 win over Newcastle United in their English Premier League opener on Saturday. He was the last South Korean footballer to report to the U-2...

Two South Korean football forwards who played at this year's FIFA World Cup said Wednesday they'll use that experience to help their country defend the Asian Games gold medal. Hwang Hee-chan and Lee Seung-woo started training with South Korea's under-23 national football team for the Jakarta-Palembang Asian Games at Paju Stadium in Paju, north of Seoul, on Wednesday, following their pre-season s...

Korean footballers received a World Cup bonus despite suffering a group stage exit, the national football governing body said Tuesday. The Korea Football Association said it gave out 1.15 billion won ($1.02 million) to 23 players who participated in the (Yonhap) 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. Each player will equally get 50 million won for their performance at the top football tournament. Kor...

South Korean midfielder Ki Sung-yueng has made his first appearance for his new Premier League club while wearing his old number. Newcastle United on Monday (local time) posted pictures of Ki in his familiar No. 4, in training with his new teammates. Ki signed a two-year deal with Newcastle on June 29, after a six-year stint with Swansea City. Ki wore No. 4 with his former club, too. In this p...

KOBE, Japan _ Andres Iniesta made his debut in Japan on Sunday for Vissel Kobe but his new team went down 3-0 at home to Shonan Bellmare. Keisuke Saka and Mitsuki Saito scored to give the visitors a 2-0 lead before Iniesta came on as a 59th-minute substitute. But Shunsuke Kikuchi added another in the 67th to put the result beyond doubt. Andres Iniesta (AP) The 34-year-old Iniesta had his first...

SHENZHEN, China -- South Korean football legend Cha Bum-kun said Thursday that Asian nations need to compete with each other to develop the sport as he eyes an expansion of his youth football project across the continent. Cha will launch “Team Chaboom Plus Project” in Shenzhen, 2,000 kilometers south of Beijing, with the help of a sports organization under China‘s CITIC Group. The 65-year-old i...

Korea is negotiating with Tottenham Hotspur over the release date of Son Heung-min for the upcoming Asian Games, a football official in Seoul said Thursday, hoping the star forward can join the national team as soon as possible. Son, 26, was named to Korea's 20-man football squad for the 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia as one of the three overage players. The Asiad is open to men's footballers age...

South Korea has begun its quest to find a new head coach for the men's national football team after suffering an early exit at the 2018 FIFA World Cup. The Korea Football Association on Wednesday confirmed that Kim Pan-gon, who leads the national team coach appointment committee, has returned from a trip to negotiate with foreign tacticians for the South Korean men's national football team coach...