Korean Olympic football team boss Shin Tae-yong on Monday said his players will focus on enhancing their defensive play when they arrive in Brazil for the Summer Games.Korea have been paired in Group C with Fiji, Germany and Mexico at the men's football tournament of the Rio de Janeiro Summer Olympics. They departed for Brazil Monday and will land in Sao Paulo, the site of the team's training camp, the following day. "In the tournament, you need to have strong defense to collect good results," S

Korean Greco-Roman wrestler Kim Hyeon-woo has won everything there is to win in his sport: an Olympic gold, a world championship, an Asian Games gold, and two Asian championships.Boasting such a glowing resume, the 27-year-old said Monday he's not afraid of losing at next month's Rio de Janeiro Summer Games.Kim, who won the 2012 London Olympic gold in the 66kg class, will be competing in the 75kg class at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics next month. He could make even more history there -- a gold wil

For Korean wrestlers, the mats at Rio de Janeiro Olympics next month will be their battlefields.At the pre-Olympic media day held at the National Training Center in Seoul Monday, the five wrestlers -- two in freestyle and three in Greco-Roman -- and their coaches talked about having the mentality of soldiers going to war."I am going to be prepared like a warrior and try to bring home a gold medal," said Kim Hyeon-woo, the 2012 Olympic champion in the men's 66kg Greco-Roman event. He has since mo

The state-run telecommunications research institute said Monday that it will provide an automated translation application for the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games.Co-developed by the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute and local software firm Hancom Interfree Inc., "Genie Talk" translates Korean into English, Japanese, Chinese, Spanish, French, German, Russian and Arabic. (Yonhap)The ETRI first launched the free translation app in Korean-English in 2012 and has since added

Choi Ji-man of the Los Angeles Angels picked up his first major league RBI and steal in a victory.Batting fifth, the Korean first baseman went 1-for-3 with an RBI, a steal and a run scored, as the Angels defeated the Chicago White Sox 8-1 at Angel Stadium in Anaheim on Sunday (local time).Choi, who was called up from the minors just before the All-Star break, also extended his hitting streak to four games. The long-time minor leaguer, who made the Angels' Opening Day roster but was demoted after

South Korean swimmer Park Tae-hwan is worried that time may just be his biggest enemy as he gears up for the Rio de Janeiro Summer Olympics next month.　Still, it doesn‘t mean he has lost any hope of contending for a medal.　Park returned to South Korea Thursday from his training camp in Australia. He only secured his Olympic berth last Friday, as the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruled him eligible for Rio and lifted a Korean Olympic Committee (KOC) ban imposed on the swimmer based on his

The world’s top sports tribunal has ruled that banned South Korean swimmer Park Tae-hwan is eligible for this year’s Summer Olympics.　The Court of Arbitration for Sport on Friday handed down a decision in favor of Park following his appeal against the Korean Olympic Committee over the latter’s ban on the athlete for the Rio de Janeiro Summer Games. South Korean swimmer Park Tae-hwan (Yonhap)　The CAS said the KOC rule barring athletes from competing for South Korea for three years after the end o