(ATTN: UPDATES with more details in last 4 paras)
SUWON, South Korea, Jan. 21 (Yonhap) -- A former national short track speed skating coach was sentenced to 10 1/2 years in prison on Thursday on ch...
17:07 Jan. 21
SUWON, South Korea, Jan. 21 (Yonhap) -- A former national short track speed skating coach was sentenced to 10 1/2 years in prison on Thursday on charges of sexually assaulting Olympic champion Shim...
15:44 Jan. 21
GOYANG, South Korea, Jan. 21 (Yonhap) -- As he takes on the role of an "adviser" for the reigning domestic club champions, South Korean football icon Park Ji-sung will put his focus on developing y...
14:24 Jan. 21
By Yoo Jee-ho
SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean baseball league will require all participants of upcoming spring training to be tested for the novel coronavirus, with only those receiving...
11:37 Jan. 21
By Yoo Jee-ho
SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean baseball club Kiwoom Heroes promoted bench coach Hong Won-ki to become their new manager on Thursday.
The Heroes announced that Hong has...
11:00 Jan. 21
By Yoo Jee-ho
SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Yonhap) -- About two weeks after making a surprise announcement that he would step down as LPGA commissioner in 2021, Mike Whan is, in his own words, "at peace" with h...
08:52 Jan. 21
By Yoo Jee-ho
SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Yonhap) -- South Korean free agent pitcher Yang Hyeon-jong wants to give himself a bit more time as he tries to make it to the big leagues, according to his agent Wedn...
16:34 Jan. 20
GANGJIN, South Korea, Jan. 20 (Yonhap) -- South Korea hopes that it will be able to host an Olympic women's football qualifying match against China next month as scheduled despite the COVID-19 pand...
09:50 Jan. 20
By Yoo Jee-ho
SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Yonhap) -- The reigning Asian club champions Ulsan Hyundai FC will take on a Mexican opponent to kick off the FIFA Club World Cup next month in Qatar.
The draw for ...
08:57 Jan. 20
GANGJIN, South Korea, Jan. 19 (Yonhap) -- With his South Korean national team set to face China in Olympic women's football qualifying playoff next month, head coach Colin Bell isn't daunted by pas...
19:53 Jan. 19
By Yoo Jee-ho
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korean midfielder Lee Dong-gyeong will stay put with his current K League club for two more years after being linked to clubs in Canada and Portugal.
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17:41 Jan. 19
By Yoo Jee-ho
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Yonhap) -- It has taken longer than expected, but the national team midfielder Lee Yeong-jae is joining Suwon FC after all.
Suwon FC, newly promoted to the top-flig...
14:05 Jan. 19
By Yoo Jee-ho
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korean football icon Park Ji-sung will join the domestic club champions Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors as an adviser, hoping his knowledge of European footbal...
13:37 Jan. 19
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Yonhap) -- With a big league deal in tow, South Korean baseball star Kim Ha-seong will train with his former Seoul-based club early next month to prepare for the new season.
Kim,...
13:11 Jan. 19
By Yoo Jee-ho
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean women's national football team opened its final training camp before the Olympic qualifiers on Monday, with a pair of crucial matches again...
15:42 Jan. 18
By Yoo Jee-ho
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korea club football champions Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors said Monday they've plucked a striker from a rival team.
Jeonbuk, the four-time defending K Le...
14:45 Jan. 18
By Yoo Jee-ho
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Yonhap) -- The Hanwha Eagles, the perennial doormats in South Korean baseball, have finally finished in first place in something.
On Monday, the Eagles became the f...
11:36 Jan. 18
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korean baseball All-Star Min Byung-hun revealed on Monday he played through a brain disease most of last season, a condition that will require surgery this week.
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10:39 Jan. 18
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Yonhap) -- South Korean skeleton slider Yun Sung-bin, the reigning Olympic champion in men's skeleton, has won a bronze medal in his first competition of the season amid the novel c...
20:48 Jan. 15
By Yoo Jee-ho
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will be without one of their most versatile players for the final camp ahead of next month's Olympic women's football qualifying matches.
The...
16:31 Jan. 15