Outgoing FC Seoul boss Choi Yong-soo said Wednesday he decided to join the Chinese club Jiangsu Suning because he wanted a new challenge by facing top-class football coaches.FC Seoul announced Tuesday that Choi will leave the five-time K League Classic champions for Jiangsu in the Chinese Super League. (Yonhap)Before his last match as Seoul head coach Wednesday, Choi told reporters that he accepted Jiangsu's offer because he didn't want to miss another opportunity.Last July, Choi turned down Jia

The 8th Busan Mayor’s Cup International Surfing Championship will take place at Busan’s Haeundae beach from Friday to Sunday. Busan Metropolitan City anticipated more than 400 surfers from five countries would participate in the year’s competition. (KSA)There will be a total of five criteria, including professional surfers’ competition, free competition open for everyone, longboard competition, stand-up paddle racing and an under-13 juniors’ competition.Winners will receive as much as 1 million

At the Rio de Janeiro Summer Games, the world No. 1-ranked men's badminton tandem of Lee Yong-dae and Yoo Yeon-seong are considered the biggest medal hope for South Korea. But they are not the only pair that the country is counting on for a medal.Ko Sung-hyun and Kim Ha-na are ranked No. 2 in the mixed doubles. They have been gearing up for the Rio Games well, winning five tournaments last year and also triumphing at the German Open in March and the Singapore Open in April. The two finished runn

Lee Dae-ho of the Seattle Mariners broke out of his mini slump with a big day at the plate.The South Korean slugger went 2-for-3 with three RBIs and a run scored, as the Mariners beat the Tampa Bay Rays 6-4 Thursday (local time) at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida. (Yonhap)Lee had struck out six times in his previous seven at-bats prior to this game.Batting fifth and playing first base, Lee knocked in Seattle's first run of the game in the top first with a single to center. It opened a

Former Olympic swimming champion Park Tae-hwan has resumed his arbitration proceedings against an Olympic ban at the world's top sports tribunal, officials said Thursday.Team GMP, the Seoul-based agency for the Olympic gold medalist, made the announcement during a press conference in Seoul. It was scheduled after the Korean Olympic Committee decided at its board meeting that it wouldn't lift its Olympic ban on Park, reaffirming its long-held stance. (Yonhap)The KOC bans athletes who've served do

LILLE, France (AP) -- After an unexpectedly quiet night in Lille, Russian and Slovakian fans are gathering at the Stade Pierre Mauroy for Wednesday afternoon's European Championship match while a legion of English and Welsh supporters are still in town.In the morning hours, dozens of Russian and Slovakian fans were peacefully walking the streets in the Villeneuve d'Ascq area, a 10-minute walk from the stadium. (Yonhap)Security forces were in place, with 15 police vehicles lined up along the dist

South Korean archer Choi Mi-sun has tied a world record in women's recurve in the run-up to the Rio de Janeiro Summer, brightening the prospects for her first Olympic medal. (Yonhap)Choi scored 686 out of a possible 720 in the individual qualification round at the Archery World Cup in Antalya, Turkey, on Tuesday (local time). Choi's score equaled the record set by fellow South Korean Ki Bo-bae at last year's Summer Universiade in Gwangju, 350 kilometers south of Seoul.Ki, also in action in Turke

Martin Rennie, former head coach of the Vancouver Whitecaps in Major League Soccer (MLS), was sacked by a South Korean second-tier club on Wednesday.Seoul E-Land FC announced that Rennie will be released from his contract by mutual agreement. The 41-year-old Scot became the club's first-ever head coach when he joined the K League Challenge side in July 2014. He is also the first foreigner to manage a second division pro club in South Korea. (Yonhap)"Seoul E-Land FC thank Martin Rennie for leadin

The head of the national skating federation was tapped as the vice president for the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics on Wednesday.Kim Jae-youl, currently president of the Korea Skating Union (KSU), was nominated as vice president for international affairs of the PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (POCOG) during its executive board meeting.  (Yonhap)His nomination must be approved at the POCOG's general congress at a later date, though it's consider

Down but not out, injured South Korean golfer Park In-bee will chase history at the second LPGA major of the season this week.Park is the three-time defending champion of the KPMG Women's PGA Championship, and she's aiming to become the first woman to win a major in four straight years at Sahalee Country Club in Sammamish, Washington, starting Thursday (local time). (Yonhap)Only two other players before her have won a major for three straight years: Patty Berg (Titleholders Championship from 193

 Korean rhythmic gymnast Son Yeon-jae established a personal best in the individual all-around at an International Federation of Gymnastics (FIG) competition in Spain on Saturday (local time), but failed to grab a medal.Son earned a career-high 74.650 points in total from hoop, ball, clubs and ribbon over two days at the season's third FIG World Cup in Guadalajara, Spain. This was 0.450 points higher than her previous best score at the FIG World Cup in Sofia, Bulgaria, last month. (Yonhap)Son wa