All posts tagged "Sports"

  • Ha Na Jang
    Ha Na Jang leads LPGA Malaysia after second round

    KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — South Korea’s Ha Na Jang used a late three-hole birdie run to take a one-stroke lead Friday in the LPGA Malaysia. The 23-year-old Jang shot a bogey-free 6-under 65 to reach 10-under...

    • Posted October 9, 2015
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  • International team player Hedeki Matsuyama, right, of Japan and teammate Adam Scott of Australia prepare to putt during their foursome match at the Presidents Cup golf tournament at the Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea, in Incheon, South Korea, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2015.(AP Photo/Woohae Cho)
    S. Korean Bae paired with Matsuyama, Lee sitting out

    INCHEON (Yonhap) — Bae Sang-moon, the only South Korean competing at this week’s Presidents Cup, will team up with Hideki Matsuyama of Japan in Saturday’s foursome match. The two International Team members will be up against Bill...

    • Posted October 9, 2015
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  • Kansas City Royals fan Sung Woo Lee, from South Korea, shows off his "super fan' cap before Game 1 of baseball's World Series between the Kansas City Royals and the San Francisco Giants Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2014, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP) Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
    Video: Looking back at KC Royals’ Korean Karma, Lee Sung-woo

    By Brian Han The Kansas City Royals may no longer be underdogs going into the 2015 major league postseason, but even the best teams should take every advantage they can get. The franchise’s greatest off-the-field asset last...

    • Posted October 8, 2015
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  • Mideast Kuwait South Korea WCUP Soccer
    S. Korea inches past Kuwait 1-0, undefeated in World Cup qualifiers

    KUWAIT CITY (Yonhap) — South Korea defeated Kuwait 1-0 here Thursday for their fourth consecutive victory in the Asian qualification for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, inching closer to their ninth straight appearance in the quadrennial tournament....

    • Posted October 8, 2015
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  • fifa
    FIFA bans Chung Mong-Joon for six years

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — Football’s world governing body said Thursday it has banned South Korean FIFA presidential hopeful Chung Mong-joon for six years, a move that could cast a pall on his campaign. “The former FIFA Vice-President Chung...

    • Posted October 8, 2015
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  • 1990 – Park Joo-bong, left, and Kim Moon-soo hold up a trophy after winning a men's doubles competition. (Korea Times file)
    S. Korean Olympic gold medalist charged over alleged assault

    WONJU, South Korea (Yonhap) — A former Olympic badminton champion has been charged with assaulting an employee of a bar, police said Thursday. Kim Moon-soo, the 1992 Summer Olympic gold medalist in the men’s doubles, is suspected...

    • Posted October 8, 2015
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  • rickie walker
    US dominates first day of Presidents Cup

    INCHEON, South Korea (AP) — The Presidents Cup wasn’t an hour old when Nick Price looked at the scoreboard and had that sinking feeling. It was filled with American red. And there wasn’t much Price or the...

    • Posted October 8, 2015
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