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Age is just a number. These gamers, 41.7 on average, have the gold to prove it
Esports player Bae Jae-min had been getting physical therapy for his wrist. Yeon Jea-gil said his eyes grew tired and red after even a short time playing. Still, neither was ready to put down his controller. On Saturday, the two joined Lee Kwang-noh to beat host Japan 5-2 in the Asian Games fighting games final, giving South Korea its first esports gold of the Aichi-Nagoya Games. Bae, 41, played Tekken 8, while Yeon, 39, competed in Street Fighter 6, and Lee, 44, took on The King of Fighters XV.
Sept. 27, 2026 -
Man City chairman defiant over reported charges
LONDON (AFP) -- Manchester City chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak said Saturday that the club was confident it could prove its "innocence" after reportedly being found guilty on all but one of 115 charges of breaching Premier League financial rules. News of the decisions reached by an independent commission was widely reported Friday, but no official announcement has been made by the Premier League and there is no indication yet of any potential punishment. Abu Dhabi-backed City has always strenuousl
Sept. 27, 2026 -
Baseball team goes for 5th consecutive gold; women's handball teams seeks revenge vs. Japan
As the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games enter their final full week of the competition, South Korea will take aim at its fifth consecutive baseball gold medal Sunday. Managed by Ryu Ji-hyun, the team made up of top stars from the Korea Baseball Organization will take on the host country Japan in the final at 6:30 p.m. Sunday at Toyohashi, some 85 kilometers southeast of the main host city, Nagoya. South Korea won all three preliminary games before absorbing a 5-0 loss to Japan to begin the Super Round o
Sept. 27, 2026 -
S. Korea wins first women's basketball gold medal in 12 years
South Korea captured the women's basketball title at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Saturday with a 75-70 victory over the home team Japan. Forward Lee Hae-ran led her team with 24 points, and captain Kang Lee-seul added 21 points for the narrow win in the final at Aichi International Arena in Nagoya, central Japan. This is South Korea's first women's hoops gold since 2014, coming six days after the men's team also beat Japan for gold. This is also South Korea's first sweep of the men's and wom
Sept. 26, 2026 -
S. Korea wins 4th consecutive gold in men's sabre team fencing at Asian Games
South Korea won its fourth consecutive gold medal in the men's sabre team fencing at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Saturday, with star fencer Oh Sang-uk winning two titles in fencing. The South Korean sabre team defeated Japan 45-44 in the men's sabre team final at Aichi Sky Expo in Tokoname, some 35 kilometers south of the main host city of Nagoya, Japan. It marked South Korea's fourth straight Asian Games title in the event, in which the country has stayed atop since the 2014 edition. South
Sept. 26, 2026 -
S. Korea wins gold in esports fighting games at Asian Games
South Korea won the gold medal in the fighting games event at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Saturday, claiming the first title in esports. The team of Lee Kwang-noh, Yeon Jea-gil and Bae Jae-min beat Japan 5-2 in the fighting games final at Aichi Sky Expo in Tokoname, some 35 kilometers south of the main host city of Nagoya, Japan. The fighting games event includes Street Fighter 6, Tekken 8 and The King of Fighters XV, with three gamers playing their respective games. Saturday's gold is South
Sept. 26, 2026 -
Sprinter pulls out of 200m heats due to leg cramps
South Korean sprinter Joel Jin Nwamadi failed to finish his preliminary race in the men's 200-meter dash at the Asian Games on Saturday due to leg cramps. Nwamadi pulled up lame during the heats for the men's 200m at Nagoya City Mizuho Park Athletic Stadium in Nagoya. The race was held just before noon Saturday for the 20-year-old, who had finished fourth in the 100m final around 10:30 p.m. Friday. "After the 100m final, he had to wait until the early hours of Saturday for a doping test," an off
Sept. 26, 2026 -
Kim Ji-eun gets rifle bronze for S. Korea's 9th shooting medal
Kim Ji-eun earned bronze in rifle shooting at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Saturday, the country's ninth medal in the sport at the competition. Kim scored 348.4 points for the women's 50-meter rifle 3 positions at Aichi Prefectural General Shooting Gallery in Toyota, east of the main host city of Nagoya. Han Jiayu of China won the gold with an Asian continental record score of 359 points, holding off fellow Chinese, Zhang Liyuan, by 0.2 point. Kim's is South Korea's first medal in the women's
Sept. 26, 2026 -
S. Korea adds two silvers in kayak sprint events at Asian Games
South Korea added two silver medals in the men's and mixed kayak sprint events at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Saturday, wrapping up its sprint canoeing campaign with two golds and two silvers. Jang Sang-won finished second in the men's kayak single 500-meter final with a time of 1:44.433 at Miyoshi Lake Canoe Course in Miyoshi, just east of the main host city of Nagoya. He was just 0.791 second behind the winner, Shakhriyor Makhkamov of Uzbekistan, who finished in 1:43.642. The bronze medal
Sept. 26, 2026 -
S. Korea wins bronze in women's synchronized 10m diving at Asian Games
South Korea won the bronze medal in the women's synchronized 10-meter platform diving at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Saturday, claiming the country's first medal in diving. The South Korean duo of Kim Na-hyun and Moon Na-yun scored a total of 276.90 points after five attempts to finish third in the event's final held at Tokyo Aquatics Centre in Tokyo. North Korea's Jo Jin-mi and Kim Mi-rae, silver medalists at the 2024 Paris Olympics, won silver with 317.64 points, while China's Chen Yuxi an
Sept. 26, 2026 -
South Korea's Hwang Seo-hyun wins gold in women's balance beam at Asian Games
South Korea's Hwang Seo-hyun won the gold medal in the women's balance beam event in artistic gymnastics at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Friday, bringing in the country's second title in the sport. Hwang scored 14.700 points in the women's balance beam final, beating Qiu Qiyuan of China, who earned 14.566 points, at Nagoya General Gymnasium in Nagoya, central Japan. Mana Okamura of Japan won bronze with 14.300 points. (Yonhap)
Sept. 25, 2026 -
South Korea earns silver, bronze in team shooting events
South Korea won a silver medal and a bronze medal in team shooting events at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Friday, raising its total in the sport to eight. Choo Ga-eun and Hong Su-hyeon won silver in the 10-meter air pistol mixed team event with 478 points at Aichi Prefectural General Shooting Gallery in Toyota, some 25 kilometers east of the main host city of Nagoya. This was Choo's second medal at this year's Asiad, following her gold medal in the women's 10m air pistol individual event Wedn
Sept. 25, 2026 -
Artistic gymnast Yeo Seo-jeong wins gold in women's vault at Asian Games
South Korean artistic gymnast Yeo Seo-jeong won gold in the women's vault at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Thursday, giving the country its first title in the sport. Yeo scored an average of 14.483 points after two attempts, beating defending Asiad champion North Korea's An Chang-ok, who scored 13.666 points, in the women's vault final of artistic gymnastics at Nagoya General Gymnasium in Nagoya, central Japan. The bronze medal went to Du Siyu of China, who scored 13.450 Thursday's gold was Ye
Sept. 24, 2026 -
Top S. Korean sports official blasts organizers for shoddy operations
NAGOYA -- The head of the South Korean national Olympic committee on Thursday lambasted the organizers of the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games for their shoddy operations, saying he would give them a failing grade. In a meeting with South Korean media at the Main Press Centre in Nagoya, Ryu Seung-min, president of the Korean Sport & Olympic Committee, laid into issues covering athletes' accommodations and transportation, among others. "I am sure a lot of others will feel the same way," Ryu said. "Things
Sept. 24, 2026 -
S. Korea wins gold in men's kayak four-person 500m racing at Asian Games
NAGOYA -- South Korea won the gold medal in the men's kayak four 500-meter race at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Thursday, bringing home the country's first gold in canoe sprint at the competition. The team of Cho Gwang-hee, Kim Hyo-bin, Jang Sang-won and Choi Min-kyu finished the race in 1:22.587 in the final of the men's kayak four 500m event at Miyoshi Lake Canoe Course in Miyoshi, just east of the main host city of Nagoya. It was South Korea's first gold medal in canoe sprint and ninth ove
Sept. 24, 2026