All posts tagged "World Cup"

  • Members of the South Korean men's national football team are greeted by Koreans in Brazil. (Yonhap)
    Korean soccer team arrives in Brazil

    Says they left their disappointments behind in Miami (Yonhap) Players on the Korean national football team have put their recent big loss to Ghana behind them as they get ready for a more crucial task ahead, the...

    • Posted June 11, 2014
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  • A view of Brasilia's National Stadium complex in Brasilia, Brazil, Monday, June 9, 2014. The Brazil's 2014 soccer Word Cup is set to begin in just a few days, with the opening match on June 12. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
    2,000 Koreans expected to hit the streets of Sao Paulo in support of Team Korea

    By Kim Sang-mok from Sao Paulo, Brazil Sao Paulo, recently rife with anti-World Cup protests and workers’ strikes, is preparing for the beginning of the 2014 Brazil World Cup. The Korean community in Sao Paulo, headed by...

    • Posted June 10, 2014
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    Twitter erupts over South Korea’s 4-0 debacle

    By Kim Tong-hyung The specter of disappointment looms, but Hong Myung-bo preaches patience. Patience will be in short supply when your team looks closer to terrible than mediocre a few days before the World Cup opener. Korea,...

    • Posted June 10, 2014
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    Coach pledges to improve defense

    Hong Myung-bo postgame interview By Kim Tae-jong Korea head coach Hong Myung-bo said Tuesday that the two early goals his men allowed to Ghana were “too huge to recover from” and finally led the team to a...

    • Posted June 10, 2014
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  • Ghana players celebrate after their second goal. (Yonhap)
    South Korea disappoints with World Cup “Ghana-mana” performance

    Takes 4-0 drubbing to end prep on a sour note  *Ganamana – means “no point in going” in Korean South Korea suffered an alarming 4-0 loss on Monday in their final test before the upcoming FIFA World...

    • Posted June 9, 2014
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  • Korean manager Hong Myung-bo. (Korea Times file)
    Hong Myung-bo says anything’s possible if and when S. Korea makes it out of group stage

    MIAMI (Yonhap) — South Korean national football head coach Hong Myung-bo is a reticent type who doesn’t normally talk about specific goals for his team. Yet in a candid session with South Korean journalists Wednesday here, Hong...

    • Posted June 5, 2014
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  • South Korean midfielder Han Kook-young speaks to reporters on June 3, 2014, in Miami before the team's practice at St. Thomas University.
    Player to Watch: S. Korea’s ‘New Vacuum Cleaner’ Han Kook-young

    MIAMI (Yonhap) — South Korean midfielder Han Kook-young isn’t flashy by any stretch of the imagination. And yet he is still a coach’s dream – a type of unassuming, hard-working player that football cognoscenti could appreciate. As...

    • Posted June 4, 2014
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