A local court on Friday slapped a suspended sentence with probation on a baseball pitcher for fixing games.The Changwon District Court sentenced NC Dinos pitcher Lee Tae-yang, who was indicted on charges of fixing games in the Korea Baseball Organization, to a 10-month jail term with a stay of execution for two years. The court also ordered the 23-year-old right-hander to forfeit 20 million won ($17,940) and serve 200 hours of community service. "Match fixing from pro athletes can't be accepted

South Korea's top sports body will see new faces running for its presidency as the current leaders have decided not to enter the race.Kang Young-joong, who is the co-chief of the integrated Korean Olympic Committee along with Kim Jung-haeng, said Friday he will not enter the sports body's presidential election, scheduled for Oct. 5. Kim also recently hinted at not running for president.Under the rule, Kang had to resign from his post to enter the election. The KOC code says an incumbent leader s

South Korean goaltender Shin So-jung will depart for American women's professional ice hockey league this week, officials here said Thursday. Shin, 26, became the first South Korean to play in the National Women's Hockey League last month after she signed a contract with the New York Riveters for the 2016-17 season. The two sides agreed to terms on a one-year, US$13,500 contract.The goalie will fly to the U.S. on Friday. Shin is familiar with playing against North American ice hockey players. Sh

The main contingent of South Korean athletes to the Rio de Janeiro Olympics came home to a heroes' welcome Wednesday after 17 days of competition in Brazil.The group made up of 70 athletes and sports officials arrived at Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul, at about 8:10 a.m.Hundreds of people, including the athletes' families and friends, were on hand at the airport to welcome the delegation with cheers.Wrestler Kim Hyeon-woo, who won a bronze medal in the men's under-75kg Greco-Roman

South Korea's main delegation for the Rio de Janeiro Paralympics departed Tuesday as they begin the quest for a solid performance at the quadrennial competition.Eighty athletes from seven sports -- swimming, archery, judo, tennis, rowing, table tennis and athletics -- flew to Atlanta where their training camp is based. They will train in the US city about a week before landing in Brazil.This is the first time that the South Korean Paralympic delegation will have an overseas training camp before

Olympic golf champion Park In-bee returned home to South Korea to a hero's welcome on Tuesday. Park was crowned the first Olympic women's golf champion in 116 years, with a comfortable five-shot victory over the world No. 1 Lydia Ko in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday. The victory made Park the only golfer, male or female, with an Olympic gold and a career grand slam -- which entails winning four different majors at least once."In Korean time, I played the game early in the morning," Park said after s

South Korea on Monday unveiled the 21-man squad for their final round of Asian qualifiers for the 2018 FIFA World Cup next month.South Korea, ranked 48th in the latest FIFA world rankings, will host No. 78 China at Seoul World Cup Stadium on Sept. 1 and face No. 105 Syria five days later on the road. For the final regional qualification, where 12 teams compete, South Korea are grouped with Iran, Uzbekistan, China, Qatar and Syria in Group A. Among the 21 players, five have represented South Kore

South Korean archers and a veteran pistol shooter were on target at the Rio de Janeiro Summer Games, as they made their way into the record books.South Korea completed an unprecedented title sweep in archery.It all started with the men's team victory, followed by the women's team gold.Chang Hye-jin overcame some disastrous scores in windy conditions to take the women's individual gold. Ku Bon-chan capped off the historic run by capturing the men's individual title.In the process, Ku became the f

With a combination of a slow start and underachieving athletes, South Korea came short of its gold medal target at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics.The Rio Games drew to a conclusion Sunday, with 306 gold medals handed out in 28 sports.Nine of those gold medals were won by South Koreans -- four in archery, two in taekwondo and one each in fencing, shooting and golf.The country had set out to capture at least 10 gold medals and place inside the top 10 in the gold medal count for its fourth consecutive

Before the start of the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, Yun Yong-bok, a senior North Korean sports official, offered a bold prediction on his country's performance."We didn't come all the way here to win a meager five gold medals," Yun said on July 28, when the North Korean athletes landed in Rio.Yun talked the talk, but his athletes couldn't walk the walk.North Korea ended its Rio campaign with two golds, three silvers and two bronzes. At the 2012 London Olympics, the country had won four golds, three