As she prepares to wrap up a trailblazing career on the LPGA Tour that inspired a new generation of golfers, South Korean veteran Pak Se-ri said Monday she’d like to coach her native country at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, where golf will make its long-awaited return to the competition.Attending the signing ceremony for her new sponsorship deal with Hana Financial Group, Pak, who made her LPGA debut in 1998, reaffirmed her earlier plan to retire after the 2016 season, and her wish

Former Arsenal and France striker Thierry Henry announced his retirement on Tuesday, ending a 20-year career in which he earned a place in the pantheon of modern greats. The 37-year-old Henry, a member of the France teams that won the 1998 World Cup and 2000 European Championship, was linked to a potential coaching role with the Gunners after ending his career at the New York Red Bulls, but announced he will become a TV analyst.Henry, who holds the French record of 51 goals in 123 internationals

A figure skating judging scandal at the final Winter Olympics for Kim Yu-na was voted the top South Korean sports story of 2014, a poll of local media by Yonhap News Agency showed Tuesday.   In the survey of 48 South Korean newspapers and broadcasters, the controversial development in the ladies' singles figure skating competition at the Sochi Winter Games topped the list.   Kim came up shy of winning her second straight Olympic gold and settled for silver, as the Russian teenager Adelina Sotnik

The head of the South Korean football governing body on Monday urged coaches of the top domestic professional league to play more aggressive football, saying more goals will bring more fans to seats.Chung Mong-gyu, president of the Korea Football Association, had a luncheon meeting with five head coaches of the K League Classic. During their meeting, Chung, who once served as the pro football commissioner, said he hoped to see clubs play with more abandon.“Next year, I hope the teams can enterta

Floyd Mayweather Jr. says he’s ready to fight Manny Pacquiao next May in a long anticipated bout that would be the richest ever in boxing. Mayweather called for negotiations for the fight to be take place, though he warned Pacquiao not to expect to get anywhere near the money that he himself would make.“You lost twice and now you’re coming back begging for the same money?” Mayweather asked. “That’s not gonna happen.” In an interview on the Showtime network from a fight card he was promoting in S

South Korean pitcher Kim Kwang-hyun, whose recent contract talks with a Major League Baseball club fell through, received a hefty raise from his current domestic club on Sunday.The SK Wyverns in the Korea Baseball Organization announced that they’ve re-signed their left-hander for 600 million won ($543,000), up from 270 million won he earned in 2014.Lotte Giants sign RaleyThe Lotte Giants announced Sunday they have signed American left-hander Brooks Raley. The team said Raley has agreed to a $45

SYDNEY (Yonhap) ― Ri Pun-hui, a retired North Korean table tennis star who once competed on a unified team with South Koreans for a world title, said Sunday she hoped to see the two Koreas play on the same team once again.In an interview in Sydney, where she is visiting with Pyongyang’s deaf football team, Ri said the divided countries should try to form unified squads more often.Ri, currently secretary general of the North Korean Sports Association for the Disabled, was a member of the unified

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) ― Elizaveta Tuktamysheva led a Russian teen sweep of the short program at the Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final on Thursday. The 17-year-old Tuktamysheva earned a top score of 67.52 points performing to Ravel’s “Bolero” on the temporary rink inside Barcelona’s International Convention Center. “I knew I was competing against the strongest girls in the world,” said Tuktamysheva. “I was scared the smallest mistake would move me down (the rankings) so I had the motivation to s