The Korea Football Association has asked Colombia's football association to take disciplinary action against one of its national team members for making a racist gesture at his South Korean opponents during a friendly match, officials said Saturday.Edwin Cardona made the mocking gesture toward South Korean captain Ki Sung-yueng during Friday's testy match at Suwon World Cup Stadium in Suwon, south of Seoul. It came after the end of some pushing and shoving that ensued following James Rodriguez's

South Korea stunned Colombia 2-1 in their men's friendly football match on Friday, submitting easily their most inspired effort of the year.Tottenham Hotspur's Son Heung-min grabbed a brace for the hosts at Suwon World Cup Stadium in Suwon, 46 kilometers south of Seoul, as 62nd-ranked South Korea upset 13th-ranked Colombia. Son Heung-min of South Korea celebrates his first goal against Colombia in the teams' friendly football match at Suwon World Cup Stadium in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, on Nov.

South Korean handball icon Woo Sun-hee announced her retirement on Friday, ending a 15-year international career highlighted by trips to three Olympics.Woo, 39, said Friday she decided to end her career after the conclusion of the National Sports Festival last month.She first made the national team in 2001 and represented the country at the 2004, 2012 and 2016 Olympics, and also at four Asian Games from 2002 to 2014. In this file photo taken on Aug. 14, 2016, South Korean handball player Woo Sun

Culture Minister Do Jong-hwan will leave for New York on Saturday to attend the United Nations General Assembly to adopt the Olympic Truce, the ministry said Friday.While in the US, the minister will be engaged in a slew of promotional activities for the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics. He is set to host a reception, hold a media briefing and give press interviews, said the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in a press release.Fireworks light up the sky at a port in Busan on Nov. 4, 2017,

A former All-Star catcher and a reliever each announced their retirement from the Korea Baseball Organization on Wednesday.A 42-year-old backstop Cho In-sung announced his decision through the Korea Professional Baseball Players Association earlier in the day. He'd been without a team after getting released by the Hanwha Eagles in June.Cho has wrapped up a 20-year career spent with three different clubs. He enjoyed his best years with the LG Twins, which drafted him in 1998.Known for his strong

US first lady Melania Trump met with Choi Min-ho of K-pop group Shinee at an event for the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics on Tuesday.  (Yonhap)The first lady, who arrived in Seoul that afternoon, presented herself at the “Girls Play 2!” campaign at the US Embassy in Korea.  (Yonhap)The campaign, aimed at encouraging girls’ active participation in sports, was prepared by the embassy to promote the Winter Olympics. Choi, who was also at the event, appeared alongside Trump, exciting the audience when he

US First Lady Melania Trump spent time with Korean students on Tuesday at a sports event organized by the US Embassy in Korea to promote physical activity among young girls.She arrived in Korea earlier in the day with her husband President Donald Trump for a two-day state visit after spending three days in Japan.While her husband was visiting Camp Humphreys, the new home of the US Eighth Army, in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province, she traveled to Habib House, the US ambassador's residence in Seoul.

SUWON -- South Korean midfielder Lee Jae-sung said Tuesday he is to ready to show his hot club form in international friendly matches later this month. Lee, who plays for Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors in the K League Classic, is one of the 23 players selected by men's national football team head coach Shin Tae-yong for the friendly football matches against Colombia and Serbia. South Korea will host Colombia in Suwon, south of Seoul, on Friday and will take on Serbia four days later in Ulsan. Lee was pi

South Korean LPGA star Park Sung-hyun, newly crowned world No. 1, said Tuesday her new ranking position is "an honor for my whole family."Park climbed a spot to No. 1 in the latest women's golf rankings announced Monday (Eastern Standard Time), dethroning fellow South Korean Ryu So-yeon. Park became the first LPGA rookie to reach No. 1."This is all too sudden for me, and it hasn't hit me yet," Park said in a statement released by her Seoul-based agency, SEMA Sports Marketing. "I think this is an

South Korea football coach Shin Tae-yong said Monday the national team will now try to play “rough” against opponents in upcoming friendlies this month.Shin, who took over the helm in July, has yet to collect a win with the national team even though he managed South Korea to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. While angry fans have been calling for his head, Shin said his side will play better in friendly matches at home against Colombia on Friday and Serbia four days later. Shin Tae-yong (Yonh

The volunteers for the PyeongChang Winter Games on Monday vowed to contribute to a successful sport event by providing the best service to visitors next year.The PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games hosted an event in Seoul to celebrate the launch of the volunteer program, with more than 1,000 gathered to show their commitment to the first winter multi-sport event in South Korea. The POCOG is recruiting some 22,400 volunteers to assist with a range of t

South Korea's pro football league office unveiled three candidates for this year's top individual award Monday. The K League said Lee Jae-sung of Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors, Johnathan Aparecido da Silva of Suwon Samsung Bluewings and Lee Keun-ho of Gangwon FC have been named candidates for the 2017 season K League Classic MVP. The winner will be announced Nov. 20.  Lee Jae-sung led his club Jeonbuk to their fifth league title last week. The 25-year-old midfielder, in his fourth season with Jeonbuk,

A teenage sensation captured South Korean baseball's top rookie award in a landslide on Monday.Nexen Heroes' outfielder Lee Jung-hoo was voted Rookie of the Year in the 2017 Korea Baseball Organization season at the annual awards ceremony in Seoul on Monday. The 19-year-old earned 503 total points out of the maximum 535, winning 98 out of 107 first-place votes.The first-place vote was worth five points, the second-place vote three points, and the third-place vote was good for one point.Lotte Gia

Tottenham Hotspur forward Son Heung-min said he still has to do a lot to catch up to his compatriot Park Ji-sung even after breaking a scoring record held by the former Manchester United midfielder.Son surpassed Park to become the highest-scoring Asian player in the English Premier League history with the winner against Crystal Palace at Wembley Stadium in London on Sunday. Son, who joined Spurs in 2015 from German outfit Bayer Leverkusen, bagged his 20th career Premier League goal in the 64th m

South Korea's football governing body is likely to conduct a personnel reshuffle next week amid growing calls for change that was sparked by the national team's poor performance, an official with the organization said Friday. The Korea Football Association is expected to make an executive reshuffle as its president Chung Mong-gyu has pledged last month, the official said. Chung previously apologized for the national team's slump and corruption scandal during a press conference, while promising t