South Korea football coach Shin Tae-yong vowed Sunday to rebound from disappointing performances in recent weeks, saying his side will show the utmost effort toward a turnaround starting next month. Shin returned home after two friendly matches in Europe and inspections of possible training bases for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.He also interviewed candidates for foreign assistant and fitness coach positions for the men's national team in Germany.  Shin Tae-yong (Yonhap)Shin was supposed to talk with

South Korean tour star Ko Jin-young captured her first LPGA title at home on Sunday, overcoming a gaffe on the green to edge out two fellow South Koreans in a nail-biting finish.Ko carded a four-under 68 in the final round to take the LPGA KEB Hana Bank Championship on the Ocean Course at Sky 72 Golf & Resort near Incheon International Airport.At a tournament-record score of 19-under 269, Ko defeated LPGA rookie sensation Park Sung-hyun by two. Chun In-gee, the 2016 LPGA Rookie of the Year, was

South Korea women's football coach Yoon Duk-yeo said Sunday that upcoming friendly matches with the United States will give them a chance to grow. The Taeguk Ladies have departed for the US for two friendly matches later this month. The South Koreans will first meet the Americans at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans on Oct. 20 (Korean time), and the two sides will square off again three days later at Sahlen's Stadium in Cary, North Carolina.  Yoon Duk-yeo (Yonhap)Yoon called up 23 playe

The Lotte Giants stayed alive in the Korea Baseball Organization postseason on Friday with a 7-1 victory over the NC Dinos on the road.Son A-seop smacked a pair of home runs, while Lee Dae-ho and Jeon Jun-woo also hit one homer apiece at Masan Stadium in Changwon, some 450 kilometers southeast of Seoul, as the Giants evened their best-of-five first round series at two games apiece. Lotte Giants outfielder Son A-seop (Yonhap)Lotte starter Josh Lindblom struck out 11 in eight dominant innings, hol

Underachieving baseball club LG Twins welcomed their new manager on Friday.Ryu Joong-il was formally introduced as the new skipper for the Seoul-based club in the Korea Baseball Organization. The Twins first announced their hiring of Ryu on Oct. 3, hours after their regular season finale.Ryu signed a three-year deal worth 2.1 billion won ($1.87 million), including 600 million won in signing bonus.For the first time in his baseball career, Ryu, 54, is donning a uniform belonging to a club other t

Archer Choi Mi-sun will receive a national award for her sporting excellence, South Korea's sports ministry said Friday. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said Choi, who helped the South Korean women's archery team win a gold medal at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics, was named one of the nine recipients of the 55th Korea Sports Awards. The 21-year-old won the presidential honor in the sports competition category, it said. The annual sports awards honor those who have contributed to sp

INCHEON -- To play in South Korea for the first time in her young career this week, Olafia Kristinsdottir, the first LPGA Tour player from Iceland, had to come a long way.The rookie was a last-minute addition to the field of 78 at the LPGA KEB Hana Bank Championship, which began at Sky 72 Golf & Resort's Ocean Course, near Incheon International Airport, on Thursday. An extra spot opened up for her when Moriya Jutanugarn of Thailand pulled out, and Kristinsdottir only found out over the weekend -

South Korean attacking midfielder Moon Chang-jin has completed his move to the United Arab Emirates side Shabab Al Ahli Club, his South Korean club announced Friday. Gangwon FC in the top-flight K League Classic said Moon has terminated the contract with them by mutual consent and joined Al Ahli. The terms of his contract with the Dubai-based club weren't revealed. Gangwon said Al Ahli has been trying to acquire Moon since last month for their new season and the 24-year-old player recently told

　FIFA has promised to deliver a "transparent" bidding process for the 2026 World Cup after the controversy surrounding the awarding of the 2018 and 2022 tournaments to Russia and Qatar.　The successful bid will have to "formally commit to conducting their activities based on sustainable event management principles and to respecting international human rights and labor standards" laid out by the United Nations.　A joint United States-Mexico-Canada bid is the favorite to host the 2026 tournament, wi

South Korean golfer Amy Yang said Thursday she feels her confidence is coming back after a solid start to the LPGA stop in her native country.Yang carded a two-under 70 to position herself among the top 15 in the early part of the opening round of the LPGA KEB Hana Bank Championship. Held on Ocean Course at SKy 72 Golf & Resort, this is the lone LPGA held in South Korea each year.Yang is the 2013 champion of this event, and at the 2015 tournament, she tied the LPGA record for consecutive birdies

South Korea will likely see a steep fall in the FIFA rankings for this month following their disappointing losses in recent friendly matches. The ranking prognosis tool offered in the FIFA website on Thursday showed South Korea are projected to mark 588 points for the October list, down 71 points from September when they were ranked at 51st in the world. Although final October FIFA rankings will be revealed on Monday, the Taeguk Warriors are destined to see a big drop from their current position

South Korean football icon Park Ji-sung has been named the first torchbearer for the first Winter Olympics to take place in his native country.The organizing committee for the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Games said Wednesday that Park, the former men's national team captain, will carry the torch first after the lighting and handover ceremonies in Ancient Olympia, Greece, on Oct. 24. In this file photo taken on Aug. 4, 2017, Park Ji-sung (C), former South Korean men`s national football captain, is fl

INCHEON -- South Korean pitcher Oh Seung-hwan said Wednesday he's "open to all possibilities" as he is set to hit free agency this offseason.Oh returned home Wednesday after completing his second major league season with the St. Louis Cardinals. The right-hander went 1-6 with a 4.10 ERA and 20 saves in 62 appearances and lost his closer job in the midseason. This was a down year compared to 2016, when he was 6-3 with 19 saves and a 1.92 ERA and became the go-to ninth-inning guy for the Cardinals

CHANGWON, South Korea -- The NC Dinos beat up on the Lotte Giants 13-6 on Wednesday to move within a victory of advancing to the next round in the Korea Baseball Organization postseason.The Dinos belted out five home runs in their home park, Masan Stadium in Changwon, 450 kilometers southeast of Seoul, to take a 2-1 series lead in the best-of-five opening round. They pounded out 13 hits in the game.Game 4 is back at Masan Stadium at 6:30 p.m. Thursday.Third baseman No Jin-hyuk, who came off the