The national professional football federation on Friday said referees in its top competition made incorrect calls in one in every seven matches in the 2014 season, adding that the guilty officials were all punished for their mishaps.The K League said referees made wrong calls in 33 out of 225 matches this past season in the K League Classic, unveiling for the first time the exact number of matches marred by poor officiating.The league said of those 33, referees had made bad calls on awarding pen

MARRAKECH, Morocco (AP) ― Amid another crisis at FIFA, president Sepp Blatter and his executive committee opened a two-day meeting Thursday to discuss the sudden resignation of ethics prosecutor Michael Garcia and whether to publish his confidential World Cup report.Garcia quit Wednesday in protest over the handling of his World Cup bid investigation. The American lawyer’s departure could increase pressure on FIFA to publish the 430-page report on the 2010 votes that awarded the World Cup to Rus

South Korea will take on Saudi Arabia in its final tune-up match before the AFC Asian Cup football tournament next month, officials said Thursday.The 2015 Asian Cup will kick off Jan. 9 in Australia. The Korea Football Association said South Korea will play Saudi Arabia on Jan. 4 in Sydney, six days before its first group stage match against Oman.Seeking its first Asian Cup since 1960, South Korea has drawn Australia, Oman and Kuwait in Group A.“We’re still trying to settle on the venue and the

South Korea’s prime minister on Thursday rejected an offer to cohost the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics with other countries as he urged officials to speed up the construction work for the sports event.South Korea began building six new stadiums for events, including alpine ski, figure and short-track skating, earlier this year and the work is well on its way, the prime minister’s office said. “It is difficult to apply the cohosting proposal, especially given the time left as well as the progr

South Korea will take on Saudi Arabia in its final tune-up match before the AFC Asian Cup football tournament next month, officials said Thursday.   The 2015 Asian Cup will kick off Jan. 9 in Australia. The Korea Football Association (KFA) said South Korea will play Saudi Arabia on Jan. 4 in Sydney, six days before its first group stage match against Oman.   The KFA said the match will kick off at 6 p.m. at Pirtek Stadium in Sydney.   Seeking its first Asian Cup since 1960, South Korea has drawn

VIRGINIA WATER, England (AP) ― Rory McIlroy has been chosen as the European Tour player of the year, capping a season in which he won two majors, the Ryder Cup and topped the money lists in Europe and the United States.McIlroy, the world No. 1, won his maiden British Open title by two strokes over Rickie Fowler and Sergio Garcia at Royal Liverpool in July, and less than a month later earned a second U.S. PGA Championship at Valhalla, finishing a shot clear of Phil Mickelson.Between McIlroy’s thi

LIVERPOOL, England (AP) ― Everton took advantage of two deflections and a defensive mistake to beat Queens Park Rangers 3-1 on Monday, leaving the visitors without a point on the road this season.Ross Barkley gave Everton the lead with a fierce shot from outside the area that deflected off the back of a defender to swerve inside the near post in the 33rd. Kevin Mirallas then doubled the lead in the 44th with a free kick that took an even bigger deflection off the wall to wrong-foot goalkeeper Ro