Korea picks up 3 gold medals in fencing, taekwondo

JAKARTA -- South Korea arrived in Jakarta with an eye on eight gold medals in fencing at the 18th Asian Games. After getting shut out on Sunday, the team claimed two gold medals on the piste on Monday.Jeon Hee-sook and Gu Bon-gil won the women's foil and the men's sabre individual titles on Day 2 of the Asian Games. It was Jeon's second straight gold and Gu's third in a row.Gu's victory in the final came against his teammate Oh Sang-uk. (Yonhap)After two days of fencing, South Korea now has two

More SportsAug. 21, 2018

N. Korea's Om Yun-chol defends weightlifting title

JAKARTA (Yonhap) -- North Korean weightlifter Om Yun-chol successfully defended his Asian Games title on Monday. Om, 26, won the men's 56kg weightlifting competition at the 18th Asian Games after clearing a total of 287kg. Thach Kim Tuan of Vietnam took silver at 280kg, while Surahmat Bin Suwoto Wijoyo of Indonesia earned bronze at 272kg.  North Korean weightlifter Om Yun-chol pumps a fist after a successful lift at the Jakarta-Palembang Asian Games on Monday. YonhapThis was North Korea's 100th

More SportsAug. 20, 2018

S. Korea's Kim Jan-di wins silver in women's taekwondo 67kg

JAKARTA (Yonhap) -- South Korean taekwondo fighter Kim Jan-di won a silver medal in the women's 67-kilogram division at the 18th Asian Games on Monday. Kim lost to Julyana Al Sadeq of Jordan 5-1 in the final to claim an Asiad silver. This was South Korea's third taekwondo "kyorugi" (sparring) medal at Jakarta-Palembang 2018.  South Korea`s Kim Jan-di lands a kick on opponent Nigora Tursunkulova of Uzbekistan in the semi-final round on Monday. YonhapEarlier, Kim Tae-hun won the men's 54kg, while

More SportsAug. 20, 2018

S. Korean taekwondo fighter Kim Tae-hun wins gold in men's 58kg

JAKARTA (Yonhap) -- South Korean taekwondo fighter Kim Tae-hun won a gold medal in the men's 58-kilogram division at the 18th Asian Games on Monday. Kim defeated Niyaz Pulatov of Uzbekistan 24-6 in the final to claim his second career Asian Games gold. He topped the men's 54kg at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon.  Kim Tae-hun and coaching staff celebrate his gold medal at the Asian Games on Monday. YonhapIt was also South Korea's first gold medal from taekwondo "kyorugi" (sparring) competition at

More SportsAug. 20, 2018

Korea grabs 2 shooting silver medals

PALEMBANG, Indonesia -- South Korea picked up two silver medals in shooting at the 18th Asian Games on Monday.　First, it was Jung Eun-hea winning silver in the women’s 10-meter air rifle at Jakabaring Sport City Shooting Range in Palembang, the co-host city of the Asian Games with Jakarta. Then Kang Gee-eun followed up with silver in the women’s trap.　 Jung Eun-hea (Yonhap)In the air rifle event, Jung scored 248.6 points to finish second behind Zhao Ryozhu of China, who won gold with an Asian Ga

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Paulo Bento arrives in Korea to lead national football team

INCHEON -- Portuguese tactician Paulo Bento arrived in South Korea on Monday to lead the country's national football team. Bento landed at Incheon International Airport with his backroom staff -- chief assistant coach Sergio Costa, assistant coach Filipe Coelho, goalkeeper coach Vitor Silvestre and fitness coach Pedro Pereira -- to lead the South Korean men's national football team.The 49-year-old was unveiled as head coach of South Korea on Friday. (AFP)"It's an honor to be in South Korea," Ben

SoccerAug. 20, 2018

Korean shooting legend aims for his 1st individual gold

South Korean shooting legend Jin Jong-oh will try to add one more honor to his already-decorated resume on Tuesday by winning the men's 10-meter air pistol event at the 18th Asian Games. Jin, who won four gold medals from the last three Olympic Games, has three Asian Games gold medals, but all of them are from team events. He has one silver and three bronzes in individual events. In what could be his final Asian Games appearance, Jin will aim to get his first individual Asian Games gold medal in

More SportsAug. 20, 2018

Ex-Korean baseball star leads fledgling Laos baseball team to Jakarta

JAKARTA -- When former South Korean star catcher Lee Man-soo launched efforts to spread the gospel of baseball in Laos in December 2014, he said his goal was to take the Laotian national team to an international event.Nearly four years later in August 2018, Lee finds himself with the fledgling team at an international competition -- the 18th Asian Games in Jakarta."Baseball is growing in popularity in Laos now, and if we can manage a victory here, it would lead to even bigger and better things,"

BaseballAug. 20, 2018

Djokovic wins Cincy title to complete Masters matched set

Mason, OH (AFP) -- Novak Djokovic ended a career-long jinx, lifting the trophy in Cincinnati at last to complete a matched set of Masters 1000 titles.Djokovic, who came up empty in five prior Cincinnati finals, defeated seven-time winner Roger Federer 6-4, 6-4 in the final.The former world number one became the first man to win all nine of the ATP's Masters 1000 events in the elite series' current configuration.Federer, meanwhile, lost a final in the hardcourt US Open tuneup for the first time.

More SportsAug. 20, 2018

Park Sung-hyun wins 3rd LPGA tourney of year to retake No. 1 ranking

South Korean golfer Park Sung-hyun will retake the No. 1 ranking after capturing her third LPGA title of the season in a playoff.Park rallied from a two-shot final round deficit against Lizette Salas and beat her on the first playoff hole at the Indy Women Tech Championship at Brickyard Crossing Golf Club in Indianapolis, Indiana, on Sunday (local time).Park is projected to return to the No. 1 spot in the women's rankings this week. She spent one week at the top in November last year, a historic

GolfAug. 20, 2018

Two taekwondo golds among 11 medals for Korea on Day 1

JAKARTA -- South Korea wasted little time establishing its winning ways at the 18th Asian Games, picking up two gold medals to go along with three silver and six bronze medals on Sunday, the first full day of competition in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia.Taekwondo poomsae practitioners delivered both of the gold medals, plus one silver and one bronze, to get the ball rolling in Jakarta. Poomsae, which requires taekwondo practitioners to demonstrate attacking and defensive moves of the Korean m

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S. Korea crush Maldives 8-0 in women's football

South Korea beat the Maldives 8-0 in their women's football match at the 18th Asian Games in Indonesia on Sunday.   Son Hwa-yeon scored a hat trick at Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium in Palembang, Indonesia, to lead South Korea to the quarterfinals regardless of their final Group A match against Indonesia on Tuesday. South Korea defeated Chinese Taipei 2-1 in their opening match on Thursday.   Chelsea Ladies forward Ji So-yun converted the penalty kick in the 25th minute to open the scoring for South K

SoccerAug. 19, 2018

S. Korean mixed shooting team wins silver

The South Korean mixed pistol shooting team of Lee Dae-myung and Kim Min-jung captured a silver medal at the 18th Asian Games on Sunday.Lee and Kim finished second in the 10-meter air pistol mixed team event with a score of 467.6 points at Shooting Range inside Jakabaring Sports City in Palembang, a co-host city of the Asian Games along with Jakarta. Wu Jiayu and Ji Xiaojing of China took the gold with 473.2 points. This was Lee's eighth Asian Games medal and Kim's first. South Korean mixed pist

SportsAug. 19, 2018

Taekwondo poomsae practitioner Kang Min-sung wins S. Korea's 1st gold

Taekwondo poomsae practitioner Kang Min-sung won South Korea's first gold medal at the 18th Asian Games on Sunday.   Kang, 20, defeated Koorosh Bakhtiyar of Iran in the men's individual poomsae final to claim a gold medal at the Asian Games in Indonesia. This was also South Korea's second medal at Jakarta-Palembang 2018. Earlier, Yun Ji-hye took bronze in the women's individual poomsae.    South Korea's taekwondo poomsae practitioner Kang Min-sung overwhelmed after winning the country's first go

SportsAug. 19, 2018

Unified Korean rowing team finishes last in qualification in Asiad debut

PALEMBANG -- A unified Korean men's rowing team finished last in its qualification group in its Asian Games debut on Sunday.Kim Su-min and Park Tae-hyun from South Korea and Yun Chol-jin and Kim Chol-jin from North Korea finished last among four teams in Heat 1 of the lightweight men's four competition with a time of 7:12.74. The 2,000-meter race took place at Jakabaring Lake inside Jakabaring Sports City in Palembang, a co-host city of the 2018 Asian Games along with Jakarta. (Yonhap)Indonesia

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Koreas march together at Asian Games' opening ceremony

South and North Korea marched together at the opening ceremony of the 18th Asian Games in Jakarta on Saturday, marking the second time in six months that the two were united behind one flag at an international sporting competition.South Korean female basketball player Lim Yung-hui and North Korean football player Ju Kyong-chol together carried the Korean Unification Flag -- a blue Korean Peninsula again a white background -- during the Parade of Athletes at Gelora Bung Karno (GBK) Main Stadium.I

More SportsAug. 18, 2018

Park has share of clubhouse lead at rain-hit Indy golf

Park Sung-hyun took advantage of an early tee time to shoot her best round of 2018 on Friday and grab a share of the clubhouse lead during the LPGA Tour's Indy Championship.The South Korean fired a nine-under 63 on Friday to finish in a tie with Lizette Salas at 13-under 131 as they completed their second rounds before heavy rains caused a four-hour delay.The second round will resume early Saturday at the Brickyard Crossing Golf Course in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Yonhap)Park said her superb perfo

GolfAug. 18, 2018

S. Korean baseball manager not taking any opponent lightly

Despite his team's favorite status at the Asian Games baseball tournament in Indonesia, South Korean manager Sun Dong-yol said Saturday he won't take any opponent lightly.Sun gathered his 24-man team for the Jakarta-Palembang Asian Games on Saturday, with the first practice scheduled for later in the day at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul. The team is made up entirely of players from the Korea Baseball Organization, the top domestic league. (Yonhap)South Korea defeated Chinese Taipei in the finals of th

BaseballAug. 18, 2018

S. Korean prime minister leaves for Indonesia for Asian Games

South Korean Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon left for Indonesia Saturday to attend the opening ceremony of the Asian Games, setting the stage for a possible meeting with a senior North Korean official. (Yonhap)South and North Korea are set to march together behind the Korean Unification Flag at the opening ceremony in Jakarta later in the day.The rival Koreas are scheduled to field joint teams in three sports -- women's basketball, rowing and canoeing -- in a sign of warming relations. The two Koreas

More SportsAug. 18, 2018

Co-host city of Palembang could be promised land for S. Korea

Palembang, a co-host city of the 2018 Asian Games along with Jakarta, could prove to be the promised land for South Korea, once the competition begins in earnest on Sunday.Located about 430 kilometers northwest of the Indonesia capital, Palembang will stage women's football, shooting, rowing, canoeing, bowling, tennis and soft tennis, among others. (EPA-Yonhap)While preliminary matches in football, basketball and handball have already been played prior to Saturday's opening ceremony due to sched

More SportsAug. 18, 2018