A knockout match at the largest national football tournament was postponed Wednesday due to effects of the approaching Typhoon Khanun. The Korea Football Association (KFA) scrapped the FA Cup semifinal match between Jeju United and Pohang Steelers, scheduled to kick off at 7:30 p.m. on Jeju Island. The decision was reached about half an hour prior to the scheduled start. The KFA and Jeju United cited rapidly-changing weather conditions, caused by Typhoon Khanun on its way to the Korean Peninsu

South Korean high school pitching prospect Jang Hyun-seok has signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers, his agency in Seoul announced Wednesday. Leeco Sports Agency said Jang agreed to a $900,000 signing bonus as an international free agent. Jang will have a press conference in Seoul next Monday, the agency added. Jang had announced on Aug. 1 that he would skip this year's Korea Baseball Organization draft to pursue his major league dreams. The 19-year-old right-hander for Masan Yongma High Scho

The Toronto Blue Jays are "optimistic" that their South Korean starter Ryu Hyun-jin will be able to pitch on the weekend after the X-rays on his right knee, bruised after taking a comebacker, returned negative. "With the way he's feeling today, we're pretty optimistic he's going to be good," Blue Jays manager John Schneider told reporters in Cleveland on Tuesday. Ryu suffered a right knee contusion after a comebacker by Oscar Gonzalez of the Cleveland Guardians

FC Seoul forward Na Sang-ho on Tuesday was named the top player in South Korean soccer for July, his second monthly award this season. The Korea Professional Football League said Na beat out three candidates for the Player of the Month honor for July. He scored three goals and recorded one assist in five matches last month. Na was also voted the top player for April. He is now the fourth K League player to capture multiple Player of the Month awards in the same season, and the first South Korean

Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Ryu Hyun-jin has been forced to leave his start early with a right knee contusion after taking a line drive off his leg. Ryu was struck by a comebacker off the bat of Oscar Gonzalez of the Cleveland Guardians in the bottom of the fourth inning at Progressive Field in Cleveland on Monday. The batted ball, with an exit velocity of 97.7 miles per hour, went off Ryu's leg and dropped near the mound. Ryu immediately began limping in pain but had the presence of mind to

Kim Ha-seong of the San Diego Padres is as hot as the California sun. The leadoff hitter for the Padres has now hit safely in 13 straight games and reached base multiple times in 15 straight games. The South Korean infielder batted 2-for-5 in a 13-7 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers at Petco Park in San Diego on Monday. During his current hitting streak, which began on July 24, Kim has raised his batting average from .270 to .288, with seven multihit games thrown in. In August, Kim is batting .421

South Korean golfer An Byeong-hun has posted his first runner-up finish of the PGA Tour season, easily qualifying for the upcoming playoffs in the process. An shot a three-under 67 in the weather-interrupted final round of the Wyndham Championship, finishing two-shots behind the winner, Lucas Glover of the United States, at 18-under 262 at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, North Carolina, on Sunday (local time). This was An's fourth top-10 performance of the season, and his second in t

With a bogey-free final round, South Korea's Kim Hyo-joo has recorded her second runner-up finish of the 2023 LPGA Tour season in Scotland. Kim poured in seven birdies for a 65 in the final round of the FreeD Group Women's Scottish Open at Dundonald Links in Ayrshire, Scotland, on Sunday. She finished the tournament at 13-under 275, two back of the champion, Celine Boutier of France. It was Kim's seventh top-10 finish and her second runner-up showing, after the ShopRite LPGA Class

South Korean high jumper Woo Sang-hyeok has finished in second place in his final tuneup before the world championships later this month. Woo, the reigning world silver medalist, jumped 2.28 meters for the runner-up showing at the International High Jump Meeting in Heilbronn, Germany, on Sunday. Hamish Kerr of New Zealand also cleared 2.28m but did so in one fewer attempt than Woo to grab the gold medal. The jumpers braved rainy conditions in Heilbronn, where the reigning Olympic champion from I

The San Diego Padres' South Korean infielder Kim Ha-seong has been nominated for a major league award recognizing passion for the game of baseball and work ethic. The Major League Baseball Players Alumni Association announced 30 nominees, one from each team, for its annual Heart & Hustle Award on Thursday. Kim was chosen as the Padres' nominee by 30 MLBPAA committees made up of alumni players. Created by the MLBPAA in 2005, the award is given each year to "an active player who

In pursuit of their third-straight gold medal, South Korea will face Bahrain, Thailand and Kuwait in the group stage of the Asian Games men’s soccer tournament this fall. The draw for the competition took place in the Asian Games host city of Hangzhou, China, Feb. 27. South Korea ended up in Group E with the three other countries. The participating 23 nations will be divided into six groups. Groups A, B, C, E and F will have four teams each, while Group D will have three teams. The top two

Kim Ha-seong of the San Diego Padres has gone deep for the first time in eight games as he inches closer to a milestone. Kim hit a leadoff homer as part of his 2-for-3 day at the plate against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field in Denver on Wednesday. Kim also drew two walks from the top of the lineup, helping the Padres to an 11-1 rout. After seven highly productive offensive seasons in the Korea Baseball Organization, Kim is finally showing off his hitting prowess in his third major league se

Reigning South Korean football champions Ulsan Hyundai FC announced Wednesday they have extended head coach Hong Myung-bo for three more years. The new deal will keep Hong on the bench through the 2026 season. Hong, former head coach of the South Korean men's national team, took Ulsan's reins before the 2021 season and led them to the K League 1 title in 2022, their first league championship in 17 years. They appear well on their way to a second straight title. Through 24 matches, with

Ryu Hyun-jin of the Toronto Blue Jays struggled in his first major league start in 14 months, constantly pitching with traffic on the bases against a division rival. Ryu took the loss in the Orioles' 13-3 rout of the Blue Jays at Rogers Centre in Toronto on Tuesday (local time), after giving up four runs on nine hits in five innings. Ryu left the game with the Orioles leading 4-3 following Gunnar Henderson's solo shot to begin the top of the sixth. The bullpen coughed up nine runs over

South Korean infielder Choi Ji-man will join countryman Kim Ha-seong on the San Diego Padres. The Pittsburgh Pirates traded Choi, along with pitcher Rich Hill, to the Padres on Tuesday, in exchange for three prospects: pitcher Jackson Wolf, outfielder Estuar Suero and first baseman Alfonso Rivas. The deal was made prior to the annual trade deadline of 6 p.m. Tuesday. Choi had been teammates with South Korean infielder Bae Ji-hwan in Pittsburgh and will now join another Korean infielder in Kim. C