All posts tagged "football"

  • David Beckham will visit Korea to promote Haig Club whiskey.
    David Beckham to visit Korea next week

    Retired football star David Beckham will come to Korea next week to promote his whisky brand Haig Club. The former Manchester United star will arrive Wednesday and appear at a lunch event and press conference for the...

    • Posted November 1, 2014
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  • Hines Ward goes over production notes before a Superbowl broadcast (Courtesy of Andrew Ree)
    Hines Ward: The Legend Goes On

    By Brian Han Even after retiring from the National Football League, Hines Ward cannot be stopped. After winning two Super Bowl Championships, a Super Bowl MVP and claiming the Pittsburgh Steelers’ All-Time Leading Receiver title for receptions,...

    • Posted October 23, 2014
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  • South Korean players celebrate while a North Korean player cannot hide his disappointment. (Yonhap)
    S. Korea wins men’s football gold over N. Korea 1-0

    By Yoo Jee-ho and Oh Seok-min INCHEON(Yonhap) — South Korea defeated North Korea 1-0 for the men’s football gold medal in an eagerly anticipated showdown at the Asian Games on Thursday, ending a 28-year drought for the...

    • Posted October 2, 2014
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  • South Korea's Kim Seung-dae, center, fights for the ball with Thailand's Narubadin Weerawatnodom, right and Adison Promrak, left, during the men's football semifinal against Thailandat the 17th Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2014.  (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
    South, North Korea to meet in Asian Games football final

    INCHEON (Yonhap) — South Korea defeated Thailand 2-0 in the men’s football semifinals on Tuesday at the Asian Games, setting up a tantalizing inter-Korean showdown for the gold medal. Powered by two goals late in the first...

    • Posted September 30, 2014
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    South Korea suffers deflating 1-0 loss to Tunisia at home

    By Yoo Jee-ho SEOUL (Yonhap) — Sloppy and unorganized on both ends, South Korea dropped to Tunisia 1-0 in its final match at home before the World Cup on Wednesday. Zouhaier Dhaouadi scored on a breakaway moments...

    • Posted May 28, 2014
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    Will Ki Sung-yueng be ready for World Cup?

    Ki Sung-yueng, perhaps the best free-kicker on the South Korean National Soccer team, has asked his English club to allow him to return home before the end of the current season to recover from a knee injury,...

    • Posted May 1, 2014
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  • Chelsea Ladies’ newest player Ji So-yun waves to fans at Incheon International Airport before leaving for England on Tuesday. She became the first Korean to play for a England-based team after signing a two-year contract. (Yonhap)
    Ji So-yun signs with Chelsea Ladies

    By Kwon Ji-youn Female footballer Ji So-yun has signed a two-year contract with the Chelsea Ladies, becoming the first Korean to play in the Women’s Super League in England. The announcement of Ji’s addition was published on...

    • Posted January 28, 2014
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