All posts tagged "World Cup"

  • Chung Mong-joon pauses to answer questions during a news conference in Seoul, South Korea. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
    FIFA likely to punish Chung Mong-joon for alleged vote trading

    LONDON (Yonhap) — FIFA will likely mete out punishment on South Korean FIFA presidential candidate Chung Mong-joon for alleged vote trading in a World Cup bid, Chung’s aide told reporters in London Tuesday. Chung traveled to the...

    • Posted October 7, 2015
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  • South Korea's Son Heung-min celebrates scoring a hat-trick against Laos during the Asian zone Group G qualifying soccer match for the 2018 World Cup at Hwaseong Sports Complex Main Stadium in Hwaseong, South Korea, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2015. South Korea won 8-0.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
    Son Heung-min to miss S. Korea’s World Cup qualifier with foot injury

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — Tottenham Hotspur forward Son Heung-min will miss South Korea’s upcoming World Cup qualifier against Kuwait with a foot injury, the sport’s national federation said Friday. The Korea Football Association (KFA) said it will not...

    • Posted October 2, 2015
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  • Son Heung-min of South Korea celebrates after scoring a goal against Myanmar in a World Cup qualifying match in Bangkok on June 16, 2015. (Yonhap)
    S. Korea defeats Myanmar to open World Cup qualification

    BANGKOK, June 16 (Yonhap) — South Korea defeated Myanmar 2-0 on Tuesday to start the second round of the Asian qualification for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Midfielder Lee Jae-sung headed in the opener in the first...

    • Posted June 16, 2015
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  • Ecuadorian referee Byron Moreno, left, has somewhat of a celebrity status in Korea to this date. (AP file)
    [EURO SPORT] S. Korea results from 2002 World Cup now under scrutiny

      —  South Korea’s controversial 2-1 win over Italy and penalty shoot-out defeat of Spain at the 2002 World Cup have been questioned again in the Italian press. The Corriere dello Sport newspaper alleges that...

    • Posted May 30, 2015
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  • Two men talk to each other in front of the FIFA logo at the FIFA headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland, Wednesday, May 27, 2015. Swiss prosecutors opened criminal proceedings into FIFA's awarding of the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, only hours after seven soccer officials were arrested Wednesday pending extradition to the U.S. in a separate probe of "rampant, systemic, and deep-rooted" corruption. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
    What would happen if Western powers boycotted World Cup?

    NEW YORK (AP) — What would happen if Sepp Blatter hosts a World Cup and most of Europe, several South American powers and the United States don’t show up? Blatter was voted to a fifth term as...

    • Posted May 30, 2015
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  • Winner Choi Minjeong of South Korea skates during the women's 1,500 meters final race at the World Cup short track speed skating championship in Dresden, Germany, Saturday, Feb. 7, 2015. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)
    Koreans dominate short track speedskating World Cup

    DRESDEN, Germany (AP) — Choi Min-jeong and Sin Da-woon won 1,500-meter races as South Korea dominated a short track speedskating World Cup on Saturday. Choi won the women’s race in 2 minutes, 29.791 seconds, ahead of compatriot...

    • Posted February 9, 2015
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    S. Koreans cruise through heats in Day 1 of Short Track World Cup

    SEOUL, Dec. 19 (Yonhap) — Homegrown skaters cruised through heats and preliminaries on the first day of the International Skating Union (ISU) Short Track Speed Skating World Cup in Seoul on Friday. In the men’s 1,000 meters...

    • Posted December 19, 2014
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