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[World Cup] Big loss behind them, S. Koreans set sights
Players on the South Korean national football team have put their recent big loss to Ghana behind them as they get ready for a more crucial task ahead, the squad's head coach said Wednesday.Earlier in the day, Hong Myung-bo and his 23-man team arrived in Foz do Iguacu, their base camp during the FIFA World Cup in Brazil, after wrapping up an earlier camp in Miami.South Korea has struggled mightily in its preparation for the tournament. It lost to Tunisia 1-0 in Seoul on May 28 and fell to Ghana
June 12, 2014
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Team tensions emerging at World Cup
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) ― The World Cup hasn’t even begun and already there’s been a training ground run-in between two Dutch players and Cameroon’s entire team delayed its flight to Brazil in a dispute over their tournament bonus.Prodigious talent often goes hand-in-hand with oversized egos and managing them can be a fulltime job for team leaders in the pressure-cooker environment of the sport’s showcase event.Sometimes, players’ feelings need as much massaging as their muscles.“Conflict is inevita
June 10, 2014
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Was it a goal? Debate should all end at Brazil World Cup
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) ― Was it a goal, or wasn’t it?The question shouldn’t need to be debated in the next five weeks in Brazil, where goal-line technology will be used for the first time in a World Cup.Fourteen cameras ― seven trained on each goalmouth ― have been hung up in all 12 World Cup stadiums. The cameras will record 500 images per second, and a computer will digest the frames. Within a second of a ball crossing the line, the referee’s special watch will vibrate and flash “GOAL.”End of the
June 10, 2014
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Ghana wins warmup before World Cup opener
Marseille striker Jordan Ayem scored a hat trick after entering the game as a substitute Monday as Ghana won its warmup match for next week's World Cup by beating South Korea 4-0.Ghana plays the United States next Monday in Natal, Brazil. The Black Stars eliminated the Americans from the World Cup in 2006 and 2010.Forward Abdul Majeed Waris left the game in the fourth minute with a left leg injury and was replaced by Ayem, who scored in the 13th minute when his shot from 15 yards deflected off d
June 10, 2014
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Korea to face Ghana in final test before WC
MIAMI, Florida (Yonhap) ― In its final test before the upcoming FIFA World Cup, South Korea will take on Ghana in Miami on Monday.The kickoff at Sun Life Stadium will be at 7 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, or 8 a.m. Tuesday in South Korea.Both South Korea and Ghana will play in the World Cup in Brazil. South Korea is paired with Russia, Algeria and Belgium in Group H. Ghana has drawn Germany, Portugal and the United States in Group G.South Korea is ranked 57th in the latest FIFA rankings, 20 spots
June 9, 2014
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Football: Maradona slams FIFA 'bribes'
Argentina legend Diego Maradona lashed out at "bribes" within FIFA, demanding action against those involved in corruption claims linked to Qatar's World Cup bid, in remarks published Sunday."There are huge bribes" in the world football governing body, UAE-based Maradona told Abu Dhabi daily, Al-Ittihad. "Those behind them must be held accountable, especially in regards to the latest events related to awarding Qatar the 2022 World Cup."Where has this money gone, who received it, and why," must al
June 8, 2014
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Stars out of WC action
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) ― Elite professional footballers may be pampered like royalty, but near constant training and grueling club and country commitments are taking their toll on the World Cup before the tournament even kicks off in Brazil.Germany midfielder Marco Reus on Saturday became the latest player to pull out of the global football showcase, joining the likes of Frank Ribery, Radamel Falcao, Theo Walcott and several other big names who will be watching the World Cup in between trips to the
June 8, 2014
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New allegations of corruption in 2022 WC vote
LONDON (AP) ― FIFA’s decision to award the 2022 World Cup to Qatar came under further scrutiny as a British newspaper published new allegations that Mohamed bin Hammam used his wealth and top level contacts to buy support for the oil-rich country’s successful bid.The Sunday Times, which last week claimed that the former FIFA vice president made payments totaling $5 million to senior football officials to seal support for Qatar, also accused Bin Hammam of using $1.7 million to secure key Asian vo
June 8, 2014
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Getting defensive
MIAMI, Florida (Yonhap) ― South Korean midfielder Han Kook-young isn’t flashy by any stretch of the imagination. And yet he is still a coach’s dream, a type of unassuming, hard-working player whom soccer cognoscenti could appreciate. As South Korea prepares for the upcoming FIFA World Cup in Brazil at its camp in Miami, the 24-year-old said he will continue to make sacrifices for the team.“I am trying not to have any regrets each day,” Han told reporters Tuesday before practice at St. Thomas Uni
June 4, 2014
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Platini hits back at Qatar claim
NYON, Switzerland (AP) ― FIFA vice president Michel Platini has criticized a British newspaper for linking him to corruption claims about Qatar’s 2022 World Cup bid.The Daily Telegraph led Tuesday’s edition reporting that Platini secretly met with his FIFA board colleague Mohamed bin Hammam of Qatar “shortly before” the World Cup vote in December 2010.The claim follows the rival Sunday Times alleging that bin Hammam, who FIFA expelled in 2012, paid soccer officials millions of dollars to support
June 4, 2014
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Thousands of fans show up for Brazil’s training session
GOIANIA, Brazil (AP) ― Thousands of fans watched Brazil’s final training session Monday before its World Cup warm-up game against Panama.Fans arrived early at the Serra Dourada Stadium to get a glimpse of the players who will try to win the World Cup at home beginning next week.Coach Luiz Felipe Scolari made reference to 20,000 people watching on, but initial estimates by police said between 5,000 and 10,000 supporters were at the stadium. Attendance at the 50,000-capacity Serra Dourada had been
June 3, 2014
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Korea keeping close tabs on Russia
MIAMI, Florida (Yonhap) ― Fully aware of the importance of the opening group match at the FIFA World Cup in Brazil, South Korea is closely studying Russia in the buildup to the big event, a midfielder said on Monday.Ahead of the team’s practice at St. Thomas University in Miami, midfielder Park Jong-woo told reporters that the team watched videos of Russia for the third time earlier in the day.The South Koreans had studied the Russian team in two video sessions before arriving in the United Stat
June 3, 2014
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Hwang shows his versatility
MIAMI, Florida (Yonhap) ― Although he will likely end up being a backup at the upcoming FIFA World Cup in Brazil, South Korean defensive back Hwang Seok-ho said Sunday he still cherishes the opportunity to represent his country at the sport’s grandest event.“I can’t wait for the World Cup,” Hwang said at St. Thomas University in Miami, Florida, where the rest of the 23-man squad is training ahead of the June 12-July 13 tournament. “I don’t know if I am going to get another chance to be on a Worl
June 2, 2014
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Korea’s opponents go undefeated
South Korea’s Group H opponents at the upcoming FIFA World Cup in Brazil have collectively gone undefeated in their prep matches for the big tournament, providing a glimpse into what can be expected in games that will matter later this month.Belgium and Russia have played two matches in the past week, and Algeria has played one match in the buildup to the World Cup.Belgium is the top-ranked nation in Group H at No. 12 and is favored to win the group in Brazil. The Belgians routed Luxembourg 5-1
June 2, 2014
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Coach Hong stresses defensive organization
As South Korea opened its pre-World Cup camp in Miami on Saturday, head coach Hong Myung-bo stressed the importance of shoring up the defense.Hong’s 23-man squad arrived in Miami on Friday to prepare for the upcoming FIFA World Cup in Brazil. South Korea chose the site because the climate here is similar to that in Cuiaba, the venue for its opening group stage match against Russia on June 17, and because both cities are in the same time zone.The team will face Ghana in the last tune-up match bef
June 1, 2014
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Paraguay beats Cameroon 2-1 in friendly
KUFSTEIN, Austria (AP) ― Cameroon slumped to a 2-1 defeat against Paraguay after resting several leading players in a World Cup warm-up game on Thursday. Midfielder Oscar Romero put Paraguay ahead in the fourth minute and Roque Santa Cruz added a second in the 68th. Maxim Choupo-Moting pulled a goal back for Cameroon with 75th minute volley and striker Mohammadou Idrissou missed a chance to equalize in the 87th when his penalty was saved by Paraguay goalkeeper Roberto Junior Fernandez. Cameroon
May 30, 2014
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3 stadiums worry FIFA after final inspections
SAO PAULO (AP) ― FIFA Secretary-General Jerome Valcke expressed his concern about three of the 12 World Cup stadiums during his final inspection of host cities.During a two-week trip that ended on Thursday, Valcke sent warnings to organizers in Natal, Porto Alegre and Sao Paulo, which will host the World Cup’s opening match in two weeks.He said it was a “race against the clock” in Natal and there was a lot “yet to be done” in Porto Alegre. In Sao Paulo, FIFA requested a second test event at the
May 30, 2014
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Korea learns lesson in defeat
South Korean national football team head coach Hong Myung-bo admitted after his squad’s defeat on Wednesday night that they would have some serious challenges in Brazil if they did not work out their fatal defensive weaknesses.The 55th-ranked Taeguk Warriors did not get a victorious send-off at Seoul World Cup Stadium, instead falling to Tunisia 1-0 in their last friendly on home soil before the World Cup.Making matters worse for the team, defender Hong Jeong-ho was carried off on a stretcher in
May 29, 2014
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Hawking helps England with WC chances
LONDON (AP) ― Physicist Stephen Hawking has turned his brilliant mind toward perhaps his toughest challenge yet ― helping England win the World Cup.Britain’s most famous scientist, known for his theories on physics and the universe, has been commissioned by a betting company to analyze data from every World Cup that England qualified for since winning the tournament in 1966 in the hope of coming up with a winning formula.His conclusion: Roy Hodgson’s team has the best chance of winning in Brazil
May 29, 2014
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Lifting World Cup can boost stock market
LONDON (AP) ― Winning the soccer World Cup can bring instant rewards to that country’s stock market investors. But they better be quick as the post-victory rally doesn’t last long.That’s the conclusion of investment bank Goldman Sachs, which published a wide-ranging report on the World Cup and its economic impact.Goldman Sachs analysts found “a clear pattern of outperformance by the winning team in the weeks after the World Cup final.” On average, the victorious country’s stocks outperform the g
May 29, 2014
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