North Korea is expected to send about 100 athletes to the upcoming Asian Games in Japan this fall. In an interview with the Choson Sinbo, a pro-Pyongyang mouthpiece in Japan on Tuesday, Ko Chol-ho, a senior sports official with North Korea's National Olympic Committee, said Pyongyang hopes its athletes will win more medals than they did at the previous Asian Games, despite sending a smaller delegation and competing in fewer disciplines. North Korea fi
Golfer Im Sung-jae failed to qualify for the PGA Tour Championship for the first time in seven years after finishing outside the top 30 in the FedExCup rankings over the weekend. At the BMW Championship in St. Louis, Missouri, on Sunday, the second event of the three-stage FedExCup playoffs, Im tied for 10th at 8-under 272, but it was not enough to secure a spot in the season finale, leaving him 37th in the overall FedExCup rankings. Only the top 30 pla
Uruguayan coach Gus Poyet is the leading candidate to take the helm of the South Korean men's national team, Japanese media reported on Tuesday. The speculation came less than two days after the Korea Football Association closed applications for a new head coach for the national team on Sunday. Citing multiple sources, Japanese online news outlet Sponichi Annex, run by sports daily Sports Nippon, reported that it is "almost certain" Poyet, w
South Korea's football association was raided by police Thursday after its former president and former national team coach were grilled by lawmakers over the country's embarrassing exit from the latest FIFA World Cup. The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency searched the Korea Football Association's headquarters in Cheonan and the KFA House in central Seoul under a warrant on suspicion of obstruction of business through deceptive means. Investiga
Baseball games scheduled for Tuesday evening in Seoul and Gwangju were canceled as a relentless heatwave continues to grip the country. According to the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO), the canceled games were between the NC Dinos and the Doosan Bears in Seoul, and the KT Wiz and the Kia Tigers in Gwangju. The cancellation came after the Korea Meteorological Administration issued the highest heat wave warning for both cities earlier in the day. A se
South Korea will field about 1,100 athletes in 41 disciplines at the upcoming Asian Games in Japan this fall, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said on Thursday. According to the ministry, an intra-agency task force formed to prepare for the 20th Asian Games is holding its first meeting ahead of the quadrennial sporting event, slated to take place in Aichi Prefecture and its capital city of Nagoya from Sept. 19 to Oct. 4, which would bring together
The two men most blamed for South Korea's worst World Cup showing in a generation bowed their heads before lawmakers on Wednesday, as parliament opened a public reckoning over how the national team crashed out and who let it happen. South Korea exited the 2026 World Cup at the group stage despite fielding European-based stars including Son Heung-min and Lee Kang-in, a result made harder to accept by the tournament's expansion to 48 teams and a draw w
South Korea will play friendly matches against Venezuela and Uzbekistan in October as the search for a new head coach for the national team continues, the Korea Football Association (KFA) said on Tuesday. After former head coach Hong Myung-bo stepped down following the team's poor World Cup performance earlier this month, South Korea is scheduled to face Venezuela on Oct. 2 and Uzbekistan on Oct. 6, with details including venues to be announced later. V
Former pitcher Park Chan-ho has become the first South Korean to acquire a stake in a Major League Baseball (MLB) team, leading a consortium that has signed a strategic partnership with the Athletics. During a press event in Seoul on Monday, Park said the consortium, dubbed "Team61", will invest $70 million in the Athletics, which left Oakland, Northern California, and are currently based in West Sacramento, California, before relocating to Las Veg
SEOUL, July 27 (AJP) -South Korea's Jenny Shin captured her second LPGA Tour title on Sunday, ending a wait of more than 10 years and extending Korean players' winning streak to three consecutive events ahead of the season's final major. Shin carded a 3-over-par 75 in the final round of the ISPS Handa Women's Scottish Open at Dundonald Links in North Ayrshire, Scotland, to finish at 9-under 279. The 33-year-old held off compatriot A Lim Kim, who closed with a 4-
