The United States, Mexico and Canada won the right to host the 2026 World Cup after easily beating Morocco in a vote by FIFA member nations on Wednesday.   The North American bid received 134 of the 203 votes, while Morocco polled 65 in the ballot at a FIFA Congress held in Moscow on the eve of the 2018 World Cup.Football's showpiece event will return to the North American continent for the first time since 1994 when the United States hosted the tournament.   Delegates had been faced with a clea

WASHINGTON -- The top US counterintelligence official is advising Americans traveling to Russia for football’s World Cup beginning this week that they should not take electronic devices because they are likely to be hacked by criminals or the Russian government. In a statement to Reuters on Tuesday, William Evanina, an FBI agent and the director of the US National Counterintelligence and Security Center, warned World Cup travelers that even if they think they are insignificant, hackers could sti

SAINT PETERSBURG, Russia (Yonhap) -- South Korea are readying for their stay at their World Cup base camp as the national football team's supporting staff arrived in Russia's second-largest city to lay the groundwork in Russia.The Korea Football Association said three officials of its national team supporting crew arrived in Saint Petersburg on Sunday for advance work for South Korea's base camp during the 2018 FIFA World Cup.Saint Petersburg Stadium in Saint Petersburg, Russia, on Monday. (Yonh

The Korea Baseball Organization said Thursday it has asked the police to investigate a tip that a player-turned-broker has approached a pitcher to fix matches.In a press statement, the KBO said it received the tip in early May that the broker, a 20-something undrafted former player, was on the prowl and was looking to engage pitchers in fixing schemes.And after its own preliminary investigation, the KBO asked the police on May 18 to launch its own probe.Hours after the KBO's announcement, the Do

South Korea and North Korea will form a joint judo team to compete in an upcoming East Asian competition, Seoul's judo governing body said Thursday.The Korea Judo Association said the two sides agreed to field a unified team at the 11th East Asian Judo Championships, although details need to be further discussed. The East Asian Judo Championships will be held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, from Saturday to Sunday, featuring eight nations, including Japan and China.The KJA said the South will send col

LEOGANG, Austria -- South Korea's national football team for the 2018 FIFA World Cup kicked off its training in Austria on Monday.The men's national team arrived in its pre-World Cup training camp in Leogang, Austria, on Sunday after traveling more than 15 hours from Incheon International Airport. The 23 players didn't train in the morning as they took rest to overcome jetlag. Some of them were seen taking massages from their medical staff to relieve tight muscles from the long trip. The team at

LEOGANG, Austria -- South Korea football coach Shin Tae-yong said Monday more than 90 percent of his plans for the 2018 FIFA World Cup are completed. South Korea are in World Cup Group F with Sweden, Mexico and Germany. Shin's team is currently training in Leogang, Austria, with 23 players. "Almost everything has been decided," Shin told South Korean reporters before training at Steinbergstadion in Leogang, Austria. "Unless there are injured players, we will compete at the World Cup with my solu

LEOGANG, Austria -- South Korea’s World Cup squad numbers have been confirmed, the national football governing body said Monday, ahead of the team’s first training in Austria. The Korea Football Association said it confirmed South Korea’s shirt numbers for the 2018 FIFA World Cup as it submitted the final 23-man roster to FIFA. South Korea are in World Cup Group F with Sweden, Mexico and Germany. (Yonhap)Most South Korean players received the numbers that they have been using for the national te

The last-place club in the top South Korean baseball league has replaced its manager.The NC Dinos, mired in 10th place in the Korea Baseball Organization, announced late Sunday that Kim Kyung-moon will be replaced by general manager Yoo Young-joon. Kim will serve in an advisory role for the club, though his specific responsibilities haven't been defined. Kim, who has 896 wins, 774 losses and 30 ties in his career, has been the only manager for the Dinos, which joined the KBO in 2013. This was th

South Korean Kim Hyo-joo has come up short in what could have been a historic rally to win the oldest major on the LPGA Tour.Kim lost to Ariya Jutanugarn in a playoff at the US Women's Open at Shoal Creek Golf and Country Club in Shoal Creek, Alabama, on Sunday (local time). The two ended the regulation tied at 11-under 277, before Jutanugarn sealed the victory on the fourth playoff hole with a par.Kim, world No. 67, was six strokes back of the fifth-ranked Jutanugarn, the overnight leader, to s

Salzburg, Austria -- The South Korean men's national football team has arrived at its training camp in Leogang, Austria, to gear up for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.The Taeguk Warriors, led by head coach Shin Tae-yong, had a 12-hour flight from Incheon to Wien and took a bus to arrive in Leogang on Sunday. South Korea's 23 players will train in the popular ski resort town until they fly to Saint Petersburg, Russia, where their World Cup base camp is located, on June 12.The Korea Football As

South Korean An Byeong-hun has lost a PGA Tour event in a sudden-death playoff, coming up just shy of his first win on the US circuit.An fell to Bryson DeChambeau on the second playoff hole at the Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio, on Sunday (local time). An, the 2015 European Tour Rookie of the Year, was chasing his first PGA victory.An had also lost in a playoff at the 2016 Zurich Classic.An, DeChambeau and Kyle Stanley ended regulation tied at 15-under 273. Wh

INCHEON -- The South Korean men's national football team departed for Austria on Sunday to set up their pre-World Cup camp, 15 days before their first group stage match in Russia.Head coach Shin Tae-yong and his 23 players will settle down in Leogang, in the state of Salzburg, and play two more tune-up matches there before hopping over to Saint Petersburg on June 12.Drawn in Group F, the 61st-ranked South Korea are scheduled to play world No. 23 Sweden at Nizhny Novgorod Stadium, Nizhny Novgorod

INCEHON -- South Korea's national football team head coach, Shin Tae-yong, said Sunday his side will try to fix the problems raised during their latest friendly matches once they set up their pre-World Cup training camp in Austria.South Korea's 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup will depart for Leogang, Austria, later Sunday to fine-tune their preparations for football's showpiece event in Russia. South Korea are in Group F with Sweden, Mexico and Germany."We'll fly to Austria and will pre

The Pittsburgh Pirates' South Korean infielder Kang Jung-ho has hit a grand slam in his second minor league game since returning to America, as he works his way back to the bigs.Starting at shortstop and batting third for the Pirates' Advanced Single-A team, Brandenton Marauders, Kang launched a grand slam in the bottom fifth against the Charlotte Stone Crabs at LECOM Park in Bradenton, Florida, on Saturday (local time). The Marauders went on to win 7-6.Kang's blast broke a 1-1 tie, and the Mara