LONDON (AP) -- Despite beating Novak Djokovic in straight sets to win the ATP Finals at only 21, Alexander Zverev knows keeping pace with the Serb isn’t going to be easy. 　 Zverev claimed the biggest title of his career with a 6-4, 6-3 upset on Sunday, becoming the youngest champion of the season-ending event since Djokovic claimed the first of his five titles a decade ago -- also at age 21. 　 “Oh my God,” said Zverev, who also became the first German winner since 1995. “I’ve won one (year-end t

BRISBANE, Australia -- Veteran midfielder Koo Ja-cheol will leave the South Korean national team due to an injury suffered during a match in Australia, officials said Sunday.Koo injured his lower back and right hip during South Korea's 1-1 draw with Australia in Brisbane on Saturday. And instead of playing South Korea's next match against Uzbekistan on Tuesday, Koo will return to his Bundesliga club, FC Augsburg, for precautionary reasons, team officials said. South Korean national team midfield

South Korea have been eliminated in the group stage at the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Uruguay, following their second straight loss.South Korea were blanked by Canada 2-0 in their Group D match at Estadio Charrua in Montevideo on Saturday (local time), and fell to last place in the group that also includes Spain and Colombia. (Yonhap)South Korea lost the opener to Spain 4-0 last Wednesday. But regardless of their result against Colombia on the coming Wednesday, South Korea will not grab one

South Korean teenage figure skater Lim Eun-soo has won her first senior Grand Prix medal to join exclusive company.The 15-year-old grabbed bronze at the Rostelecom Cup in Moscow on Saturday (local time), with a combined 185.67 points from her short program and free skating. (Yonhap)This was the fifth and penultimate leg of the International Skating Union Grand Prix of Figure Skating season. Lim is the first South Korean woman since Kim Yu-na, in 2009, to reach the podium at a senior Grand Prix e

BRISBANE, Australia (Yonhap) -- South Korea national football coach Paulo Bento said Friday that his side's style of play will not change when they face Australia in a friendly match.South Korea, 53rd in the latest FIFA rankings, will face 42nd-ranked Australia at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane, Australia, on Saturday. (Korea Football Association)"Although we have some new faces, we will not have big changes in our style of play," Bento said at a pre-match press conference."Our goal is to collect a

South Korea will try to extend their unbeaten streak under new head coach Paulo Bento when they take on Australia in a friendly football match on the road.South Korea, 53rd in the latest FIFA rankings, will face 42nd-ranked Australia on Saturday. The match will kick off at 6:50 p.m. local time, or 5:50 p.m. Korea time, at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane, Australia. South Korea are on a four-game unbeaten streak since Bento took over the team in August. The men's national football team beat Costa Ric

A Canadian coach who guided the South Korean women's curling team to a silver medal at the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics has backed the curlers' abuse claim.Peter Gallant, who was a coach of the South Korean curling team that is better known by its nickname Garlic Girls or Team Kim, said in a statement  Thursday that he stands "100 percent behind" the curlers who claim irregular, unfair treatment by their head coach and management. (Yonhap)The curling team, comprised of skip Kim Eun-jung, lead Kim Y

Members of the South Korean women's curling team that won a silver medal at the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics, better known by their nickname Garlic Girls or Team Kim, reaffirmed Thursday that they will not work with current management following allegations of abuse.The curling team comprised of skip Kim Eun-jung, lead Kim Yeong-mi, second Kim Seon-yeong, third Kim Kyeong-ae and candidate Kim Cho-hee, said that it can't condone the management officials' action to dominate the team."We've been going

The full South Korean football squad on Wednesday started training in Australia for two upcoming friendly matches. South Korea, led by head coach Paulo Bento, had two training sessions at Perry Park in Brisbane, Australia, with all 24 players in attendance. The Taeguk Warriors are scheduled to face Australia on Saturday and will take on Uzbekistan three days later in Brisbane. The men's national team arrived in the Australian city on Tuesday but wasn't able to train with the full squad as VfL Bo

South Korean national baseball manager Sun Dong-yol offered to resign Wednesday following a controversy surrounding his Asian Games roster selection. "I think my time is up," Sun told Yonhap News Agency on the phone. Sun later held a press conference explaining his decision after meeting with Chung Un-chan, commissioner of the Korea Baseball Organization. But he only spoke about one and a half minutes, saying that what he wants to say is all contained in a written statement. This file photo take

South Korea's badminton body will scrap age restrictions for non-national team members' participating in international competitions, officials said Wednesday. Badminton Korea Association said it will hold a board meeting on Monday to discuss revision of its rules and will abolish a clause regarding the age restriction of non-national team players. Shin Baek-cheol, Ko Sung-hyun, Lee Yong-dae and Kim Gi-jung badmintion players (Yonhap)Presently, the BKA rule states that male badminton players who

The sports ministry announced Tuesday that its joint investigation with the national Olympic committee into abuse allegations surrounding curling officials will begin next week.For three weeks starting next Monday, the ministry and the Korean Sport & Olympic Committee will look into charges raised by members of the national women's curling team that they were subjected to unfair treatment and abuse by their head coach Kim Min-jung, her husband Jang Ban-seok and her father Kim Kyung-doo. The wome

South Korean football forward Hwang Hee-chan was cut from the men's national team Tuesday with an injury, the sport's national governing body said.The Korea Football Association said Hwang, forward for German outfit Hamburg SV, will not join the rest of the Taeguk Warriors in Australia for two friendlies this month because of a thigh injury. Hwang also missed recent club matches. (Yonhap)The KFA also said head coach Paulo Bento will not replace Hwang, who is the second national team player to be

South Korean free agent pitcher Ryu Hyun-jin has accepted the qualifying offer from the Los Angeles Dodgers, opting to stay with the club for one more year after six seasons together instead of testing the open market.The Major League Baseball Players Association said Monday (local time) that Ryu decided to accept the one-year offer worth US$17.9 million -- the mean salary of the 125 highest-paid players. The deadline to accept or reject the offer fell at 5 p.m. (Yonhap)(Eastern Standard Time) M

SK Wyverns' slugger Han Dong-min surely has a flair for the dramatic, and he put it on full display on Monday to lift his Korea Baseball Organization club to the 2018 Korean Series championship.Han belted a go-ahead solo homer in the top of the 13th inning for the Wyverns' 5-4 victory over the Doosan Bears in Game 6 of the series at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul. (Yonhap)Han was voted the MVP of the series for his effort. Though he only batted 4-for-21, two of the four hits were home runs and he knock