Former major league pitcher Michael Bowden threw a no-hitter in the top South Korean league Thursday.The right-hander for the Doosan Bears tossed the 13th no-hitter in the Korea Baseball Organization's 34-year history, shutting down the visiting NC Dinos in a 4-0 victory at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul.Bowden threw a career-high 139 pitches, striking out nine while walking three and hitting another.The 29-year-old American is the third foreign pitcher to throw a no-hitter in the KBO, after Charlie Sh

The national pro football league said Thursday it will delay meting out punishment on Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors over a bribery scandal.The K League had been scheduled to discuss penalties for Jeonbuk on Friday, but it will do so after mid-August instead, according to Cho Nam-don, who heads the league's disciplinary committee.In May, local prosecutors said a Jeonbuk scout, identified only by his surname Cha, had been indicted on charges of bribing two referees in 2013. Cho said the league postponed

The world's top sports tribunal announced Wednesday South Korean swimmer Park Tae-hwan has filed an appeal against an Olympic ban over doping.It's the first official declaration by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) regarding Park's legal battle against the Korean Olympic Committee (KOC). The 2008 Olympic champion in the 400m freestyle already revealed last month that he'd filed his appeal in April.A KOC rule prohibits an athlete from representing the country for three years after the end

Korean Air Lines Co., Korea's top air carrier, said Tuesday that it will offer business class tickets to speed skater Lee Sang-hwa free of charge for one year.The tickets are set to be provided to Lee when she participates in either an international competition or overseas training, the carrier said.Lee captured the gold medal in the women's 500 meters at both the Sochi Winter Games in 2014 and the Vancouver Winter Olympics in 2010.The sponsorship, called the excellence program, is meant to prov