All posts tagged "World Cup"

  • Russia's Aleksei Kozlov, center, and Slovakia's Vladimir Weiss, right, during a friendly soccer match between Russia and Slovakia in St. Petersburg, Russia, Monday, May 26, 2014. Russia won 1-0. (AP)
    Understanding Russian

    South Korea focuses on their opening World Cup match MIAMI (Yonhap) — Fully aware of the importance of the opening group match at the FIFA World Cup in Brazil, South Korea is closely studying Russia in the...

    • Posted June 3, 2014
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    Red Tigers amped up for World Cup

    Viewing parties to be held at Tom’s Urban inside L.A. Live. As the 2014 Brazil World Cup approaches, 1.5- and second-generation Korean American soccer fans, the “Red Tigers,” are also gearing up to support the Korean national...

    • Posted June 3, 2014
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  • Belgium's Romelu Lukaku picked up a hat trick against Luxembourg and scored another against Sweden last week. (AP)
    S. Korea’s World Cup opponents peaking at the right time

    Belgium, Russia and Algeria combined for 4-0-1 record last week (Yonhap) — South Korea’s Group H opponents at the upcoming FIFA World Cup in Brazil have collectively gone undefeated in their prep matches for the big tournament,...

    • Posted June 1, 2014
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    Nobody does World Cup like South Korea

    The 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil is only 11 days away. The international soccer tournament turns night to day and pretty much everything else upside down in South Korea, and the World Cup fever is starting to...

    • Posted June 1, 2014
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  • Koo d’etat

    25-yr-old Koo Ja-cheol becomes the youngest captain for S. Korean World Cup squad (Yonhap) — Forward Koo Ja-cheol on Wednesday was named the South Korean captain for this year’s FIFA World Cup. Head coach Hong Myung-bo said...

    • Posted May 23, 2014
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  • The South Korean World Cup soccer team got all dressed up and posed for the camera with the head coach Hong Myung-bo in the middle. Their suits, called 'Pride 11,' were specially made for them by Samsung's Everland Fashion division. (Yonhap)
    Korean World Cup soccer team goes Gangnam style

    Representing Korea       

    • Posted May 21, 2014
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  • Brazil Soccer WCup Draw
    No easy opponent in Group H for South Korea

              By Yoo Jee-ho / Yonhap When South Korea drew Algeria, Belgium and Russia in Group H at the World Cup draw held in December in Brazil, you could almost hear sighs of...

    • Posted May 12, 2014
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