South Korean Olympic champion Lee Sang-hwa finished first in the second 500-meter race at the International Skating Union (ISU) Speed Skating World Cup in Seoul on Saturday, redeeming herself a day after her winning streak was snapped on home ice.   Lee, the two-time Olympic gold medalist and world record holder, finished first among 21 skaters with a time of 37.99 seconds at Taeneung International Rink. Nao Kodaira of Japan, who defeated Lee for first place in the opening 500ｍ race on Friday, e

Korea’s Park Hee-young tees off on the ninth hole during the first round of the CME Group Tour Championship in Naples, Florida, Thursday. (AP-Yonhap)NAPLES, Florida (AP) ― Stacy Lewis was three shots out of the lead Thursday and one step closer to the largest payoff in women’s golf at the CME Group Tour Championship.Lewis overcame the kind of tension she typically feels on the weekend at majors. She held it together with her short game, made a 25-foot eagle putt late in her opening round and wou

Olympic champion Lee Sang-hwa finished second in the opening 500-meter race at the International Skating Union Speed Skating World Cup in Seoul on Friday, as her early season winning streak was snapped unceremoniously on home ice.Lee, the two-time Olympic champ, finished second among 20 skaters with a time of 38.18 seconds at Taeneung International Rink. Nao Kodaira of Japan, who skated alongside Lee in the final pairing, won the title in 38.05 seconds.The second 500 race is scheduled for Saturd

NAPLES, Florida (AP) ― Stacy Lewis has never been closer to a $1 million payoff, in points or in person.Lewis is leading the inaugural “Race to CME Globe” that will be decided this week in the LPGA Tour’s season finale. The top three players ― Lewis, Park In-bee and Lydia Ko ― need to win the CME Group Tour Championship to capture the $1 million bonus. In a promotional stunt Wednesday, the tour asked them to pose next to a glass case neatly packed with $100 bills that amount to the richest payof

Until recently, Kia Tigers’ left-hander Yang Hyeon-jong had largely been an unknown commodity in the international market. Then toward the end of the Korea Baseball Organization season mid-October, Yang threw himself into the mix, saying he wanted to sign with a foreign club next season as long as the Tigers granted him his wish.By completing his equivalent of seven full KBO seasons, Yang earned conditional free agency, a status that would allow him to be posted for interested Major League Baseb

Lee Sang-hwa. (Yonhap)South Korean Olympic speed skating champ Lee Sang-hwa will look to extend an early season winning streak on home ice this week.Lee is scheduled to compete in the women’s 500-meter races in the second leg of the International Skating Union Speed Skating World Cup, which will open Friday at Taeneung International Skating Rink in Seoul. It’s the first international speed skating competition held on South Korean ice since March 2004, when the same rink hosted the ISU World Sing

Argentina’s Lionel Messi (right) shakes hands with Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo ahead of their international friendly in Manchester, England, Tuesday. The two stars only played the first half as Portugal won 1-0. (AFP-Yonhap)BUENOS AIRES (AP) ― Lionel Messi, who has always planned to end his career at Barcelona, is hinting that might not happen.In an interview published Tuesday by sports newspaper Ole, the 27-year-old Argentine said: “While I always said that I would like to stay there (Barcelon

Slugging shortstop Kang Jung-ho hopes to be posted by mid-December

 Figure skater Kim Yuna recently broke up with her boyfriend Kim Won-joong, news outlets reported Wednesday.Korean entertainment news site Star News reported that Yuna and ice hockey player Won-joong had ended their relationship, citing multiple acquaintances of the two.“We don’t know exactly when they split, but it is true that they are no longer together,” a source was quoted as saying.Yuna’s agency All That Sports has yet to confirm the reports.The pair made their romance public in March afte