FIFA President Gianni Infantino on Tuesday congratulated South Korean football chief Chung Mong-gyu on earning a position at the global football body.Chung, head of the Korea Football Association, was elected by acclamation to the FIFA Council on Monday at the Asian Football Confederation Congress in Manama, Bahrain. He will serve a two-year term through 2019. This image, provided by the Korea Football Association on May 9, 2017, shows the congratulatory letter sent by FIFA President Gianni Infa

Choo Shin-soo of the Texas Rangers has hit his 150th career major league home run.Choo launched a solo shot off Brad Hand of the San Diego Padres at Petco Park in San Diego on Monday (local time) in the top of the seventh inning. The blast cut the Rangers' deficit to 4-1 but the Padres added a run in the bottom half of that inning to take the interleague game 5-1. In this Associated Press photo, Choo Shin-soo of the Texas Rangers watches his solo home run against the San Diego Padres in their ma

Host South Korea will bring back heroes of the past for the opening ceremony of the FIFA U-20 World Cup later this month, organizers said Tuesday.The top youth football competition will kick off on May 20 at Jeonju World Cup Stadium in Jeonju, North Jeolla Province, some 240 kilometers south of Seoul. Jeonju is one of six hosting cities of the 24-nation tournament that wraps up on June 11.Members of the South Korean men's under-20 football team pose for photos at the National Football Center in

The ladies' figure skating singles final was the hottest ticket for next year's Winter Olympics to be held in South Korea, organizers said Monday.The organizing committee for the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Games announced the winners of the online ticket lottery on Monday. It said the winners will be informed by e-mail and they have until May 21 to complete their payments.PyeongChang added it took applications for 384,000 tickets, and 162,000 tickets have been allocated for the first phase. Soohora

South Korean football chief Chung Mong-gyu has won a seat on FIFA's main decision-making body.Chung, who leads the Korea Football Association, was elected by acclamation to a FIFA Council membership along with Mariano Araneta of the Philippines and Zhang Jian of China at the Asian Football Confederation Congress in Manama, Bahrain, on Monday. They were each given a two-year term that ends in 2019. Korea Football Association President Chung Mong-gyu speaks during a draw ceremony for the FIFA U-20

PyeongChang, the South Korean home of the 2018 Winter Olympics, will co-host an annual meeting of international sports journalists this week, a chance to showcase its readiness to stage the first Winter Games in the country.The 80th Congress of the International Sports Press Association will come to Seoul and PyeongChang, some 180 kilometers east of the capital in Gangwon Province, for a five-day visit starting Wednesday. Soohorang (left) and Bandabi, the official mascots of the 2018 PyeongChang

PAJU -- The South Korean under-20 national football team beat Saudi Arabia 3-1 on Monday in a practice match for an upcoming FIFA competition at home.FC Barcelona B midfielder Paik Seung-ho scored a goal and set up another in an unofficial match at the National Football Center in Paju, north of Seoul, where the South Korean players have been training for the FIFA U-20 World Cup. The players on the South Korean under-20 national football team train at the National Football Center in Paju, Gyeongg

South Korean volleyball star Kim Yeon-koung said Monday she will either stay in Turkey or move to China for next season.Kim, considered one of the world's best attackers today, returned home after leading Fenerbahce to the Turkish league championship for the 2016-17 season. She has been playing with Fenerbahce since 2011. South Korean volleyball player Kim Yeon-koung poses for a photo during a press conference at Incheon International Airport in Incheon on May 8, 2017. (Yonhap)Speculation has be

Two South Korean clubs will try to claim knockout berths in the top Asian club football tournament this week by winning their last respective group matches.Suwon Samsung Bluewings and Jeju United will aim to grab the round of 16 spots in the Asian Football Confederation Champions League on Tuesday. Two other K League Classic clubs -- FC Seoul and Ulsan Hyundai -- will play their final matches on Wednesday, but they are already out of the contention for the knockout stage.The players of the Suwon

Former Olympic swimming champion Park Tae-hwan has capped off his first competition of the season with yet another victory.Park won the men's 1,500-meter freestyle gold at Arena Pro Swim Series at McAuley Aquatic Center in Atlanta on Sunday (local time), with the time of 15:06.38.Park Tae-hwan of South Korea celebrates his victory in the men's 200-meter freestyle final at the FINA World Short Course Swimming Championships at the WFCU Centre in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, on Dec. 7, 2016. (EPA-Yonh

The Doosan Bears, two-time defending champions in South Korean baseball, aren't quite out of woods yet, heading into the second week of May.And what a difference a year makes. After Sunday's loss to the LG Twins in the Korea Baseball Organization, the Bears are 14-17-1 (wins-losses-ties), good for only seventh place in the 10-team league. They're 8.5 games behind the first-place Kia Tigers.On May 8 last year, the Bears were in first place at 19-10-1.Yoo Hee-kwan of the Doosan Bears reacts after

South Korean Kim Sei-young has collected her sixth career LPGA victory at a match play event in Mexico.Kim defeated Ariya Jutanugarn 1-up to take the Citibanamex Lorena Ochoa Match Play in Mexico City on Sunday (local time).It was Kim's first win of 2017. The 24-year-old won three times as a rookie in 2015 and added two more wins in 2016. She took home a winner's check of $205,000.Kim Sei-young of South Korea poses with the champion's trophy after winning the Citibanamex Lorena Ochoa Match Play

A satellite city of Seoul is trying to land a professional football club at a brand new stadium scheduled to open this fall, its officials said Saturday.Yongin, located some 50 kilometers south of the capital in Gyeonggi Province, is building a 37,000-seat multi-purpose stadium as part of its new municipal sports park, set for completion in November. (Yonhap)And according to city officials, Mayor Jung Chan-min recently ordered his staff to look into the feasibility of hosting a pro football team

Former Olympic swimming champion Park Tae-hwan has won his much-anticipated season debut.The South Korean star captured the men‘s 400-meter freestyle title at Arena Pro Swim Series at McAuley Aquatic Center in Atlanta on Friday (local time), with the time of 3:44.38.He beat the runner-up, Felix Auboeck of the United States, by a whopping 6.01 seconds.Park’s winning time was the fourth-fastest 400m freestyle record of 2017. Sun Yang of China owns the fastest time of the season with 3:42.16. Park

Former PGA Championship winner Yang Yong-eun said Thursday he'd like to regain his full-time status on the PGA Tour in the near future.Yang, who famously held off then-world No. 1 Tiger Woods to capture the 2009 PGA Championship, lost his PGA privileges in 2014.He has spent the majority of the ensuing seasons in Europe and Asia, while appearing in US events only occasionally.Yang Yong-eun (right) hands a club to his celebrity caddie, singer Lee Seung-chul, at the second hole during the first rou