South Korea men's national football team head coach Shin Tae-yong said Monday defense is his major concern at the 2018 FIFA World Cup after his side lost key players due to injuries.Shin announced a 28-man preliminary roster for the 2018 World Cup in Russia, where South Korea will face Germany, Sweden and Mexico in Group F. The 49-year-old coach said he had to pick 12 defenders because of the injured players.According to FIFA, the deadline for the final 23-player roster is in on June 4. Shin sai

South Korea on Monday unveiled a tentative roster for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, headlined by Tottenham Hotspur attacker Son Heung-min.South Korea's head coach Shin Tae-yong announced the roster of 28 players for the World Cup in Russia, where the men's national team will face Germany, Sweden and Mexico in Group F.South Korea are scheduled to open their Group F campaign with Sweden in Nizhny Novgorod on June 18 and will face Mexico five days later in Rostov-on-Don. The Taeguk Warriors wi

Tottenham Hotspur attacker Son Heung-min has become the first Asian to finish the season as a top-10 goal scorer in the English Premier League. Son only played six minutes as a second-half substitute and failed to score a goal in Tottenham's season finale against Leicester City at Wembley Stadium in London, where the hosts claimed a 5-4 win and sealed third place in the EPL on Sunday (local time). The 25-year-old South Korean, however, ended the EPL campaign with 12 goals, sharing 10th place on

A former South Korean national short track coach banned for assaulting an athlete has landed a job in China, a news report said Saturday.Xinhua News Agency in China said two South Korean-born coaches are set to finalize their contracts with the Chinese national team.Cho Jae-beom is one and Song Jae-kun, who has been coaching in China since 2015, is the other South Korean native on the staff. Shim Suk-hee (Yonhap)Cho is back to coaching just four months after receiving a lifetime ban from the Kor

South Korea has lost its fifth consecutive game at the men’s hockey world championship.The 18th-ranked South Korea was blown out by the world No. 6 United States 13-1 in Group B action at the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Championship in Herning, Denmark, on Friday (local time). (Yonhap)Forward Ahn Jin-hui gave South Korea its first lead of the tournament on a power play in the first period, before the US rallied with 13 unanswered goals, including five on power plays, at Jysk

South Korea's injury woes have gotten worse ahead of the 2018 FIFA World Cup as they lost a veteran midfielder in his club action.Suwon Samsung Bluewings confirmed Thursday that their captain Yeom Ki-hun sustained a fractured rib during the first leg of their Asian Football Confederation Champions League round of 16 match against Ulsan Hyundai on Wednesday. The 35-year-old was brought down in a tackle by Ulsan's Richard Windbichler in the 76th minute and was later taken off the pitch on a stretc

Two seasoned veterans are trying to keep their struggling Korea Baseball Organization club afloat after opening their season on a down note.Samsung Lions' starter Jang Won-sam and outfielder Park Han-yi are two of the few remaining pieces from the club's dynasty years from 2010 to 2015, a six-year span during which they made every Korean Series and won four consecutive championships starting in 2011.But since losing to the Doosan Bears in the 2015 Korean Series, the Lions have fallen on hard tim

CLEVELAND -- Once the sweeping was done, LeBron James peeled off his jersey and headed toward the locker room. He stopped on the way to share a moment with his two sons, who held basketballs while patiently waiting to take some shots.James hugged his kids and rubbed their heads. He treated the Toronto Raptors the same way.Child’s play.James ended Toronto’s season for the third straight season with a second consecutive four-game sweep as Cavs advanced to the Eastern Conference finals for the four

INCHEON -- South Korean men's and women's table tennis teams returned home on Tuesday after picking up bronze medals at the world championships in Sweden.Though both teams had podium finishes, the women's side made far more headlines last week at the World Team Table Tennis Championships in Halmstad, Sweden, where the South Koreans teamed up with North Koreans for their first ping pong joint squad in 27 years.The Koreas were set to square off in the quarterfinals last Thursday, but they decided

South Korean golfer Park Sung-hyun climbed a spot in the world rankings Tuesday following her latest LPGA victory.Park traded places with countrywoman Ryu So-yeon to reach No. 4 in the latest rankings. Park won for the first time this season at the Volunteers of America LPGA Texas Classic in Texas last Sunday.Park shot an 11-under 131 at the weather-shortened, 36-hole tournament. Prior to the win, Park had been in the top 10 just once in seven tournaments while missing two cuts, after playing on

South Korean Park Sung-hyun has won a weather-shortened LPGA tournament for her first win of the 2018 season.Park captured the 36-hole Volunteers of America LPGA Texas Classic at the Old American Golf Club in The Colony, Texas, on Sunday (local time). Torrential downpours caused the tournament to be reduced to two rounds, and Park, the 2017 Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year, fired an 11-under 131 over those 36 holes to take home $195,000, one stroke better than Lindy Duncan of the United

The joint Korean women's table tennis team won the bronze medal at the world championships in Sweden on Friday.(Yonhap)The combined squad of South Korea and North Korea lost to Japan 3-0 in the semifinals of the World Team Table Tennis Championships at Halmstad Arena in Halmstad, Sweden. There is no third-place match, and Korea will share the bronze with the loser of the other semifinal match between China and Hong Kong.Team matches consist of five singles matches in a best-of-five format, with

The head of South Korea's top sports body said Friday he will soon meet with the Asian Olympic chief over joint Korean teams at an upcoming continental multi-sport competition.Lee Kee-heung, president of the Korean Sport & Olympic Committee , said he will sit down with Sheikh Ahmad Al Fahad Al Sabah, president of the Olympic Council of Asia, in Lausanne, Switzerland, on May 13.The topics for discussion will include organizing a joint Korean march at the opening ceremony of the 2018 Asian Games a

A man who engineered the formation of a unified Korean team at the ongoing table tennis worlds still has to pinch himself.Ryu Seung-min, the 2004 Olympic men's singles table tennis champion, said at a press conference in Halmstad, Sweden, on Thursday (local time) that he never expected the two Koreas to come together during the World Team Table Tennis Championships.Now an International Olympic Committee member and vice president of the Korea Table Tennis Association, Ryu worked behind the scenes

Los Angeles Dodgers' South Korean starter Ryu Hyun-jin has left his start early with a left groin strain.Ryu lasted just 1 1/3 innings against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field in Phoenix on Wednesday (local time), with the Dodgers ahead 1-0.After throwing a 0-1 cutter to Deven Marrero in the bottom of the second, Ryu came up hobbling. After a brief chat with manager Dave Roberts and training staff, Ryu walked off the mound.Ryu tried to stretch his left leg but looked to be in some discomf