The Korean traditional martial art of taekwondo will begin its Asian Games competition on Tuesday, with the host expected to collect multiple titles.A total of 16 weight classes, eight each for men and women, will be contested. A country can be represented in up to 12 of them, half a dozen each for men and women.On the first day, South Koreans will be featured in the men’s 74 kg and 87 kg, and the women’s 49 kg and 53 kg. Yoon Jeong-yeon, the reigning Asian champ in the women’s 53 kg, is seen as

It was as ugly as a game of this magnitude can get, but South Korea will gladly take its 6-3 victory over Chinese Taipei for the gold medal at the ongoing Asian Games here.South Korea went down earlier and clawed back into the game in unsightly fashion. In the eighth, the tying run that made it 3-3 came on a bases-loaded hit-by-pitch. The go-ahead run later in the same inning was scored on a grounder to second.Only Hwang Jae-gyun’s clean single to right, scoring two runs that dealt one final blo

Move over Paris Saint-Germain, step up Marseille.The French title race was supposed to be all about PSG, but Marseille is shaping up as a serious contender to dethrone two-time defending champion PSG after recording a sixth straight league win, beating Saint-Etienne 2-1 at home.In the English Premier League, West Bromwich Albion routed struggling Burnley to grab a third win in a week, while in Italy 2010 Champions League winner Inter Milan slumped to a humiliating 4-1 home loss to Sardinian side

South Korean paddler Cho Gwang-hee picked up gold in the K-1 (kayak single) 200-meter race in the men's sprint event on Monday at the Incheon Asian Games. The 20-year-old came home in first place in a time of 35.464 seconds, seizing the first Asiad gold medal in the discipline for the host country since its last win at the 1990 Asian Games. Uzbekistan's Ernest Irnazarov came in second place in 36.531 seconds, while Japan's Seiji Komatsu secured the bronze with a time of 36.754 seconds. The South

The Korean traditional martial art of taekwondo will begin its Asian Games competition on Tuesday, with the host expected to collect multiple titles.A total of 16 weight classes, eight each for men and women, will be contested. A country can be represented in up to 12 of them, half a dozen each for men and women.On the first day, South Koreans will be featured in the men's74㎏ and 87㎏, and the women's 49㎏ and 53㎏. Yoon Jeong-yeon, the reigning Asian champ in the women's 53㎏, is seen as a gold med

INCHEON (Yonhap) – The South Korean duo of Lim Yong-kyu and Chung Hyeon reached the final of the men's doubles tennis at the Incheon Asian Games on Sunday, after a come-from-behind victory over an Indian team in three sets.In the semifinals held on the center court of Yeorumul Tennis Courts, Lim and Chung pulled off a 2-1(6<8>-7 7-6<6> 11-9) win against India's Divij Sharan and Yuki Bhambri in 2 hours, 15 minutes.The South Korean men lost the first set, but tied the match in the second set. As t

INCHEON (Yonhap) – The South Korean women's handball team cruised to the final of the Incheon Asian Games after defeating Kazakhstan 41-30 on Sunday.South Korean captain Woo Sun-hee scored 10 goals to help her country in the semifinal held at Seonhak Handball Gymnasium in this port city.Kazakhstan hung tough for the first 15 minutes and the teams were tied at 9-9 early. Then South Korea poured in five unanswered goals to take the lead at 14-9 and finished the first half at 20-16.Kazakhstan ate i

INCHEON (Yonhap) -- South Korea's badminton duo of Lee Yong-dae and Yoo Yeon-seong won the silver medal in the men's doubles event at the Asian Games on Sunday.The Indonesian team of Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan thrashed the world's No. 1 team of Lee and Yoo 2-1 (16-21, 21-16, 21-17) at Gyeyang Gymnasium in South Korea's western port city of Incheon.South Korea lost a chance to win its first Asiad gold in the men's doubles in 12 years.

South Korea edged Japan 1-0 on a last-gasp penalty shot on Sunday to secure a berth in the semifinals of the men's football tournament at the Incheon Asian Games.South Korean captain Jang Hyun-soo’s successful shot with two minutes to go lifted the home country to the last four. South Korea will take on Thailand in Tuesday's semifinals.At the start of the quarterfinals game, high-tempered players were peevish, reflecting the importance of the game.With Jang Hyun-soo and Musashi Suzuki arguing af