South Korean Olympic speed skating champion Lee Seung-hoon is facing allegations that he assaulted two teammates on multiple occasions.In announcing the findings of its probe into the Korea Skating Union on Wednesday, the sports ministry said, without naming names, that a skater is believed to have struck two younger teammates during overseas competitions in 2011, 2013 and 2016.Later, speed skating sources said the accused athlete is Lee, a two-time Olympic gold medalist. According to one source

The Korea Baseball Organization on Wednesday suspended two players facing sexual assault allegations without pay, effective immediately.Earlier in the day, police in Incheon, 40 kilometers west of Seoul, said two teammates for the Seoul-based Nexen Heroes are under investigation on suspicions of sexually assaulting a woman at an Incheon hotel. The Heroes are visiting Incheon for a three-game road series against the SK Wyverns that began Tuesday.Police initially withheld the identities of the acc

South Korean Chung Hyeon will skip his second straight ATP Tour event with an ankle injury.Chung, ranked 20th in the world, withdrew from the Lyon Open in the French city on Tuesday (local time), a day before he was to face the 75th-ranked Gilles Simon in the round of 16.As the fourth seed, Chung got a bye through the round of 32, and a win over Simon would have sent Chung to the quarterfinals against an unseeded opponent.But the nagging ankle problem has now kept the South Korean out of his sec

Members of the most successful South Korean World Cup team will hold a charity match later this month to cheer on this year's World Cup squad."Team 2002," made up of players and coaches from the 2002 World Cup squad that reached the semifinals, said Tuesday their charity match will take place at Seoul World Cup Stadium on May 31.Prior to the match, the former players will each tape a message of encouragement for this year's national team set to compete at the World Cup in Russia next month. Park

Fresh off her first win on home soil, South Korean golfer Park In-bee remained at No. 1 in the women's world rankings released Tuesday.Park has been sitting at the top since April 23, after starting the year at No. 13. She won the Bank of Hope Founders Cup on the LPGA Tour in March, and last weekend, she captured the Doosan Match Play Championship for her first victory on the Korea LPGA Tour.Park has 7.87 rankings points, 0.88 point ahead of No. 2 Feng Shanshan. South Korean golfer Park In-bee h

Another day, another man down for South Korea's World Cup team.Gangwon FC forward Lee Keun-ho has been ruled out of next month's FIFA World Cup with a torn medial collateral ligament in his right knee, the Korea Football Association said Tuesday. Lee sustained the injury during a K League 1 game against Gyeongnam FC last Saturday.Though Lee was stretchered off the field, his K League 1 club initially said the injury wasn't serious and he'd be able to compete in the World Cup. But further tests r

The South Korean national football team on Monday vowed to give its best and meet fans' expectations at the 2018 FIFA World Cup before they start training together for the quadrennial event. Some 3,000 football fans gathered for an event at Seoul Plaza in Seoul to celebrate the launch of South Korea's World Cup squad that will compete in Russia next month. "I know fans are concerned because we're in a tough group,"South Korea's head coach Shin Tae-yong said. "But I believe we can make a 'delight

Figure skating champion Kim Yu-na made her first appearance in an ice show in four years on Sunday. She performed a special gala program at the “All That Skate 2018” ice show held at Seoul’s Mokdong Ice Rink. The world-class athlete performed to Jonny Greenwood’s “House of Woodcock,” part of the original soundtrack for the 2017 film “Phantom Thread.”No jumps were carried out but Kim mesmerized the audience during the three-minute show. Skating in a flowing white dress dotted with dainty flowers,

Dijon FCO midfielder Kwon Chang-hoon has been dropped from South Korea's preliminary World Cup roster due to injury, the national football governing body said Monday. The Korea Football Association said Kwon has been excluded from South Korea's 28-man roster for the 2018 FIFA World Cup and will not join the national team.The KFA added it will not call up Kwon's replacement and the national team will train with 27 players at the National Football Center in Paju, Gyeonggi Province, later Monday. 

South Korea's Chun In-gee has lost her chance to end a 20-month LPGA title drought in a playoff.Chun came up short at the weather-shortened Kingsmill Championship in a three-way playoff with Ariya Jutanugarn and Nasa Hataoka on River Course at Kingsmill Resort in Williamsburg, Virginia, on Sunday (local time). Chun was the first to be eliminated from the sudden-death play with a par on the first playoff hole, where Jutanugarn and Hataoka both birdied. Chun dropped to 0-3 in her career in LPGA pl

Dijon FCO's South Korean midfielder Kwon Chang-hoon is likely to miss the 2018 FIFA World Cup due to injury, according to French media on Sunday.Kwon started as a forward in Dijon's French Ligue 1 match against Angers at Stade Gaston-Gerard in Dijon, France, on Saturday, but he was forced out to leave the pitch in the 76th minute due to injury.  According to French media, the 23-year-old injured his Achilles tendon and is likely to miss the World Cup in Russia, where South Korea will face Sweden

To heal a blister on his pitching hand that has been bothering him all year, Nexen Heroes' right-hander Shin Jae-young will go the extra mile -- to the nearest bathroom, perhaps.Add the 2016 Korea Baseball Organization Rookie of the Year to the list of pitchers who will urinate on their hands, as long as it means their blisters will go away. Rich Hill of the Los Angeles Dodgers has been known to do it, and Jameson Taillon of the Pittsburgh Pirates said earlier this week he'd be willing to try it

Former Manchester United midfielder Park Ji-sung said Wednesday he thinks South Korea have less than a 50 percent chance of advancing past the group stage at the 2018 FIFA World Cup.South Korea are in Group F at the World Cup in Russia with Germany, Mexico and Sweden. Park, who will work as a commentator for local broadcaster SBS during the 2018 World Cup, said he thinks South Korea will have a tough World Cup against football powerhouses but that fans should not give up hope on the national tea

JEONJU, North Jeolla Provinc-- Three national football team members who play with the defending South Korean league champions said Wednesday they will be ready to show their performance at the 2018 FIFA World Cup.South Korea's head coach Shin Tae-yong on Monday announced a provisional 28-man roster for the World Cup in Russia, where the men's national team will face Germany, Sweden and Mexico in Group F. Among the 28 players, Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors, the reigning champions of the top flight K Lea

The domestic league is well represented on South Korea's provisional World Cup roster announced Monday.Head coach Shin Tae-yong unveiled his 28-man team, from which five will be cut for the final roster by the FIFA-mandated deadline of June 4. Of the 28, 14 are based in the K League -- 13 in the top-flight K League 1 and one in the second-division K League 2.South Korea will play Germany, Sweden and Mexico in the group stage of the 2018 World Cup, which kicks off in Russia on June 14.Jeonbuk Hyu