Two South Korean footballers in the English Premier League (EPL) are boosting the country's hopes for upcoming matches, as they each notched a goal for their clubs over the weekend.Son Heung-min of Tottenham Hotspur and Ki Sung-yueng of Swansea City are pulling their socks up ahead of the EPL season finale, trying to make an impressive finish after struggling most of the season. Their late-season surge is also welcoming news for South Korean men's football team head coach Uli Stielike, who has b

With the first week of May in the books in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO), the top two clubs in the standings are moving in opposite directions.The Doosan Bears, the defending champs, are in first place at 19-10-1 (wins-losses-ties), but they're in the midst of a four-game losing streak. They were swept by the Lotte Giants at home over the weekend, starting the three-game set with back-to-back shutout losses and ending it with a 17-11 drubbing.Breathing down the Bears' neck are the NC Din

South Korean rhythmic gymnast Son Yeon-jae ranked first midway through the individual all-around at the eighth Rhythmic Gymnastics Asian Championships in Uzbekistan, setting herself on course for her third straight title.In Tashkent on Sunday (local time), Son earned 36.750 points combined from the ball and hoop routines to take a one-point lead above Sabina Ashirbayeva of Kazakhstan. Elizaveta Nazarenkova of Uzbekistan was third at 35.500.Other South Koreans, Lee Da-ae (32.500) and Chun Song-e

South Korean golfer Wang Jeung-hun captured his first European Tour win in Morocco on Sunday (local time) in a sudden-death playoff.Wang defeated Nacho Elvira on the second playoff hole to claim the Trophee Hassan II at Royal Golf Dar Es Salam in Rabat, Morocco, and take home 250,000 euros ($284,890). He also earned a two-year exemption on the European Tour.Wang, 20, is the second South Korean to win on the European Tour in three weeks, after Lee Soo-min, who won the Shenzhen International last

Organizers of the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics on Wednesday formally nominated former Commerce Minister Lee Hee-beom as their new president.The PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games made the decision at its executive committee meeting in Seoul, a day after Lee was tapped to replace Hanjin Group Chairman Cho Yang-ho.Cho abruptly resigned Tuesday to tend to pressing issues at Hanjin Shipping, one of the group‘s affiliates mired in debts.Lee will be o

Through surveys and social media this week, South Koreans have been showing their support for beleaguered swimmer Park Tae-hwan, who is hoping to get his Olympic ban lifted.A survey by local pollster Realmeter showed Tuesday that 70.9 percent of South Koreans would like to see Park race at the 2016 Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro in August.Park, who recently served an 18-month doping suspension, remains ineligible to make the national team under a controversial rule by the Korean Olympic Committe

South Korean club Suwon Samsung Bluewings were eliminated from the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Champions League Tuesday despite a 3-0 victory over Shanghai SIPG in their final group match.    In rainy and windy conditions at Suwon World Cup Stadium in Suwon, south of Seoul, the hosts routed group winners Shanghai, thanks to a double by forward Kim Gun-hee. The K League Classic club finished their Group G campaign at nine points with two wins, three draws and a loss, tied with Melbourne Vi

Park Byung-ho of the Minnesota Twins hit the first triple of his major league career Monday against the Houston Astros.Park touched the reigning American League Cy Young Award winner Dallas Keuchel for a two-run triple in the top of the fifth, making it 5-1 Twins at Minute Maid Park in Houston.With men at first and second with one out, Park sent an 85 mph fastball over center fielder Colby Rasmus, bringing both runners home.The three-bagger chased Keuchel from the game. It was Park's second hit

At the ripe age of 22, Kim So-hui has already been to numerous international taekwondo competitions. Yet the Olympics will be a completely different animal even to the stoic athlete.Kim will make her Summer Games debut in Rio de Janeiro in August. With two world championships and one Asian Games medal to her credit, it's a wonder Kim hadn't qualified for an Olympics before this year.Attending a corporate promotional event in Seoul on Tuesday, Kim said she is carrying a mixed bag of emotions with

Hanjin Group Chairman Cho Yang-ho offered to resign as the chief organizer of the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics on Tuesday, citing the need to tend to his corporate responsibilities.Cho announced his resignation in a statement released by the organizing committee, which will lose its leader with less than two years left until the first Winter Games in South Korea.The committee explained that Cho wanted to handle "urgent matters" within his business group, including rescuing Hanjin Shipping, t

Park Byung-ho of the Minnesota Twins got his first hit with a runner in scoring position Sunday at home against the Detroit Tigers.Park went 1-for-3 with an RBI and a walk, as the Twins lost 6-5 at Target Field.Park drove in his one run of the game with two outs and men at first and second in the bottom of the first. Park hit a single to right off Mike Pelfrey to drive in Joe Mauer from second, giving the Twins a 1-0 lead.Park had gone 0-for-15 with men in scoring position prior to this game. He

South Korean golfer Jenny Shin captured her maiden LPGA Tour win in Texas on Sunday.Shin had a bogey-free final round of four-under 67 at the Volunteers of America Texas Shootout in Irving, Texas, for a four-round total of 14-under 270.Shin beat out two fellow South Koreans, Hur Mi-jung and Amy Yang, by two strokes to take home US$195,000 in the winner's check.Shin, who joined the tour in 2011, had gone winless in 131 starts before this one.Shin began the day trailing overnight leader Gerina Pil

Kim Hyun-soo of the Baltimore Orioles picked up his first major league double as part of a three-hit game at home Saturday.Batting ninth and playing left field, Kim went 3-for-4 with a double and a run scored in the 8-7 loss to the Chicago White Sox at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. Kim is batting .600 in his first big league season.The former Korean All-Star outfielder was making only his sixth appearance of the season.Kim got his first career extra-base hit in his first at-bat in the bottom thir

Kim Hyun-soo of the Baltimore Orioles delivered a pinch-hit single against the Chicago White Sox at home Thursday.Kim came off the bench with a man on first and one out in the bottom eighth, replacing No. 3 hitter Chris Davis at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. With the O's leading 10-2, Kim hit a single off Daniel Webb to left field.Kim had missed the team's previous four games and this was his fifth appearance this season. The outfielder is now batting 6-for-11 with one RBI, two walks but no extra