Oh Seung-hwan of the St. Louis Cardinals picked up two saves in one day with two perfect innings of work.The Korean reliever shut down the San Diego Padres in both games of the doubleheader at Busch Stadium in St. Louis on Wednesday (local time). The right-hander became the first Cardinals pitcher since Jason Isringhausen in August 2004 to save two games in one day. (Yonhap)Oh, a former star closer in South Korea and Japan, is now 4-for-4 in save opportunities since taking over from struggling f

Jack Nicklaus Golf Club in Korea, lying just west of the nation's capital, will host the LPGA's international match play competition in 2018.The third edition of the biennial International Crown will be the first to be played outside the United States. The LPGA Tour made the announcement at Merit Club in Gurnee, Illinois, the site of this year's International Crown, on Wednesday (local time).Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea, located in Incheon, west of Seoul, also hosted the 2015 Presidents Cup, a

Korean chefs on Wednesday showcased a variety of Korean dishes made with local ingredients from Gangwon Province, the venue for the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics, with a subtle twist to capture the taste buds of athletes and visitors to the upcoming event.  Three venues in Gangwon Province -- PyeongChang, Gangneung and Jeongseon -- each developed 10 dishes with local ingredients as part of efforts to globalize Korean cuisine during the international sports event.Gangwon Province is located so

Four Korean golfers competing in an international match play event this week said they will try to erase disappointing memories.Korea is the top seed at the second edition of the International Crown, an LPGA's match play competition taking place at Merit Club in Gurnee, Illinois, near Chicago. (Yonhap)Eight countries are competing with four players apiece. The field of 32 players was determined by the world rankings as of June 13, with the four highest-ranked players representing each nation.Aft

Los Angeles Dodgers' Korean pitcher Ryu Hyun-jin is headed back to the disabled list after one start.The Dodgers on Tuesday (local time) placed the left-hander on the 15-day DL with left elbow tendinitis, retroactive to July 9.Ryu had been scheduled to start against the Washington Nationals on the road on Wednesday.Ryu made just one start after returning from surgery to repair a torn labrum in his pitching shoulder. On July 7 against the San Diego Padres, Ryu was touched for six runs on eight hi

Korean golfer Park In-bee will fine-tune her preparations for the Rio de Janeiro Summer Games by competing in an event on home soil, her Seoul-based agency said Tuesday. Galaxia SM said Park will enter a Korean LPGA event on Jeju Island that starts on Aug. 5. The women's Olympic golf competition is set for Aug. 17-20. "For Park In-bee, the Jeju Samdasoo Masters will be her warm-up event for the Rio Games," an official from Galaxia SM said. "She has started her swing practice and her injury is ge

Korea set out on its quest for a top-10 finish at next month's Rio de Janeiro Olympics with a team launching ceremony on Tuesday.Some 300 athletes and officials were on hand at Olympic Hall, inside the Olympic Park in Seoul, along with Kim Jung-haeng and Kang Young-joong, co-heads of the Korean Olympic Committee, Kim Jong-deok, minister of culture, sports and tourism, and Chung Mong-gyu, head of the delegation.Korea is eyeing its fourth consecutive top-10 showing at a Summer Games in Rio by winn

Choi Ji-man of the Los Angeles Angels has finally gone deep in the majors.Choi hit his first career big league home run off the Texas Rangers starter A.J. Griffin at Angel Stadium of Anaheim on Monday (local time).The Korean first baseman led off the bottom of the fifth with the Angels down 4-2, and crushed Griffin's first-pitch fastball over the right field wall to make it a one-run game.The home run came in Choi's 34th at-bat.It was also Choi's only hit of the game. He was 1-for-4 and is now b

Korean boxer Ham Sang-myeong has earned his ticket to the Rio de Janeiro Summer Games despite his elimination at the Olympic qualifiers, the national amateur boxing governing body said Tuesday. The Boxing Association of Korea said it received a document from the International Boxing Association, the amateur boxing governing body, early Tuesday morning that says Ham, who fights at bantamweight (under-56kg), can compete at the Rio Games. Ham, the 2014 Asian Games gold medalist, was eliminated in t

Korean fencer Gu Bon-gil has been named Korea's flag bearer at the opening ceremony for the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, the Korean Olympic Committee announced Tuesday. The KOC said Gu, who is a member of the gold medal-winning men's sabre team at the 2012 London Games, will carry the national flag at the opening ceremony for the 31st Summer Games which will be staged at Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Aug. 5. Gu, 27, is currently ranked world No. 4 in men's sabre. He also has three A

The manager of the defending Korean baseball champions received a contract extension on Monday.The Doosan Bears in the Korea Baseball Organization said they and Kim Tae-hyung have agreed in principle to a three-year contract extension, which will take the 48-year-old through the 2019 season.The financial details will be negotiated after the end of this season. Kim took over the Bears before the 2015 season on a two-year deal.The extension comes as no surprise, as Kim guided the Bears to their fi

The organizers of the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics on Monday launched a nationwide tour for the event mascots in hopes they will help further drive up interest in the country's first Winter Games.The PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games kicked off the national promotion tour of its mascots Soohorang, a white tiger, and Bandabi, an Asiatic black bear, in a ceremony at Hoenggye Elementary School in the host city of PyeongChang some 180 kilometers ea