South Korea on Monday celebrated the 25th anniversary of the first Olympic Games held on its soil.The country’s leading sports officials and former Olympic medalists were on hand to mark the quarter-century anniversary of the 1988 Seoul Olympics. The ceremony was held at Seoul Olympic Museum in the nation’s capital.The Korea Sports Promotion Foundation, which organized the event, said it hoped to celebrate the accomplishments and legacy of the 1988 Olympics, and also to encourage the current gen

More SportsSept. 16, 2013

Choo Shin-soo of the Cincinnati Reds surpassed 100 walks in a season for the first time in his career in a road game against the Milwaukee Brewers on Sunday.Choo went 0-for-3 against the Brewers but had two walks to reach 101 free passes for 2013. The South Korean outfielder also stole a base and scored a run in the game, as the Reds lost 6-5.Only Joey Votto, Choo's teammate, has drawn more walks in the National League (NL) this season with 118. In the American League (AL), Mike Trout of the Los

BaseballSept. 16, 2013

EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France (AP) ― With teen amateur Lydia Ko of New Zealand in pursuit, Mika Miyazato of Japan held a one-stroke lead Saturday after two rounds at the Evian Championship.Miyazato shot a 2-under 69 and was at 8 under with a round to go in the fifth and last women’s major of the year.The four-round tournament was cut to 54 holes after rain left the greens soggy. The course dried out somewhat Saturday but more showers are forecast for the final round.Ko, who is 16 and plays with great

GolfSept. 15, 2013

LONDON (AP) ― Jose Mourinho endured his first Premier League loss since returning to Chelsea, and Manchester City was frustrated in a draw at Stoke.For Arsenal, Manchester United and Tottenham, however, there were routine victories as the league swung back into action for the first time since the transfer window closed in the international break.Samuel Eto’o failed to make an immediate scoring impact on his Chelsea debut as Steven Naismith gave Everton a 1-0 win.Naismith headed into the net from

SoccerSept. 15, 2013

All four junior weightlifters from South Korea have won medals in an international competition underway in North Korea, leading to the South Korean flag and anthem being raised and played in the communist nation for the first time.Kwon Ye-bin won bronze in the women's junior 69 kilogram event at the Asian Cup and Interclub Weightlifting Championship on Friday, becoming the first South Korean athlete to raise the country's national flag in the North, according to the Korea Weightlifting Federatio

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A south Korean weightlifter saw his national flag raised for the first time in North Korea Saturday after winning gold in an international competition under way in the communist country, The Associated Press reported.Two South Koreans, Kim Woo-sik and Lee Young-gun, were the only competitors in the 85 kilogram category and automatically won gold and silver at the Asian Cup and Interclub Weightlifting Championship in the North, AP said in a report from Pyongyang, the North's capital.During the me

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FOXBOROUGH, Massachussets (AP) ― New England quarterback Tom Brady threw a picture-perfect pass for a touchdown in the first series of the game before the game degenerated into a sloppy contest and the Patriots hung on for a 13-10 win over the New York Jets on Thursday. Brady threw a 39-yard touchdown pass to a wide-open Aaron Dobson but that was as good as the game got. From then on, Brady had trouble connecting with his rookie-filled receiving corps, while Jets rookie quarterback Geno Smith wa

Sept. 13, 2013

LAKE FOREST, Illinois (AP) ― Brandt Snedeker made seven straight birdies on his way to an 8-under 63 and a one-shot lead over Zach Johnson in the third FedEx Cup playoff event at the BMW Championship on Thursday. “You get on runs like that, you get excited for the next hole because you know something good is going to happen, because you’re in such a good frame of mind and everything is going in the right direction,” Snedeker said. In this case, everything was going in ― a 15-foot putt from the f

GolfSept. 13, 2013

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) ― Lance Armstrong has returned his Olympic bronze cycling medal, the latest fallout from his confession to using performance-enhancing drugs. Armstrong won the medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. The International Olympic Committee in January vacated the medal Armstrong won in the road time trial. Armstrong tweeted on Thursday that he gave it back and a U.S. Olympic Committee spokesman released a statement confirming its return. Armstrong’s tweet included a photo of the medal a

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National football head coach Hong Myung-bo on Friday departed for England to watch South Koreans in action, saying he will try to watch and meet everyone in the Korean contingent there. Hong is scheduled to return on Sept. 23. In August, he flew to Germany to see three South Korean players in the top-tier Bundesliga.Currently, four South Koreans are with English Premier League sides: Kim Bo-kyung of Cardiff City, Ji Dong-won and Ki Sung-yueng of Sunderland, and Park Chu-young of Arsenal.Two more

SoccerSept. 13, 2013

Ryu Hyun-jin of the Los Angeles Dodgers suffered his sixth loss of the Major League Baseball (MLB) season on Wednesday in a shaky outing against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Dodger Stadium.Ryu pitched six innings and allowed 10 hits and three runs, as the Dodgers lost 4-1. The lefty didn't walk a batter and had one strikeout.The South Korean dropped to 13-6 in his rookie season, and his ERA went up from 3.02 to 3.07. He also fell to 7-3 with a 2.23 ERA in 14 starts at home.Ryu is now 1-1 in four

BaseballSept. 12, 2013

The Los Angeles Dodgers’ pitching rotation of Clayton Kershaw, Zack Greinke, Ricky Nolasco and Ryu Hyun-jin may form the best rotation among playoff-bound teams in Major League Baseball, a baseball editor for a U.S. sports network said Wednesday.“You have two lefties, two righties, and four guys throw strikes and limit home runs. It’s clearly the best foursome going right now,” wrote David Schoenfield of ESPN.com. While the Dodgers dominance starts from their ace pitcher Kershaw, ESPN’s Schoenfi

BaseballSept. 12, 2013

Derek Jeter began the season on the disabled list, and that is how it will end.The New York Yankees shortstop will miss the rest of the season after being placed on the disabled list Wednesday with an ankle injury.Jeter, 39, last played Saturday against Boston. He was removed for a pinch runner after hurting his left ankle , and although a CT scan was negative, Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said the injury will need significant time to heal.“You have to let the pain dissipate and then gi

BaseballSept. 12, 2013

North Korea's International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Chang Ung expressed support for South Korea's effort to secure another seat in the sports governing body, a media report said Thursday.According to Voice of America (VOA), Chang who is attending the 125th IOC Session in Buenos Aires, Argentina, said he supports the bid by World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) chief Choue Chung-won to become a member of the IOC. He made the comments by phone with the Washington-based media company.The North Ko

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