For all his prowess at the plate, South Korean baseball slugger Park Byung-ho had a mediocre night at the plate against the heavy underdog Thailand.Park Byung-ho, the South Korean captain at the ongoing Asian Games, is the country’s premier power hitter. He has led the top competition, the Korea Baseball Organization, in homers in each of the past two years, and is leading the pack again this year with 48.Yet in his first at-bat at the Asiad, Park struck out swinging, fanning on a pitch by Thai

Japan took down China's four-decade-long reign in men's artistic gymnastics, by sweeping the gold and silver medal in the individual all-around finals at the Namdong Gymnasium on Tuesday. This is Japan's first gold in the event in 40 years, after Kazuo Horide's gold medal in the 1974 Tehran Asian Games. By winning the all-around finals, Japan's Yuya Kamoto achieved a double crown in men's gymnastics. Masayoshi Yamamoto added another silver medal for Japan, and South Korea's team captain Lee Sang

South Korea on Monday easily defeated Thailand 15-0 after five innings in a mercy rule. At the Asian Games, a game is called after five innings if a team is winning by at least 15 runs, or after seven innings if one side is leading by 10 runs or more.Starter Kim Kwang-hyun, slated to pitch in the gold medal game on Sunday if South Korea reaches the finals, struck out four Thai hitters in two innings. The eight first-inning runs came on four hits, six walks and an error, and starter Wissaroot Sih

South Korean  female judoka Jeong Gyeong-mi defended her Asiad under-78 kilogram title after defeating North Koreas's Sol Kyong at the Asian Games on Monday.Zhang Zhehui from China and Mami Umeki from Japan shared bronze.Ranking eighth in the world, Jeong became the first South Korean female judo fighter to win two straight golds at the Asian Games. In the 2010 Guangzhou Asiad, Jeong had won the 78㎏ event.   Jeong and Sol had some skirmishes in the four-minute battle, but neither was able to put

South Korea won two silver medals in fencing at the Asian Games on Monday to end the gold streak in individual competitions. In the women's epee, Shin A-lam lost to Sun Yujie of China 6-5 in the final, while Heo Jun in the men's foil was defeated by Ma Jianfei of China 15-13.As the Asian Games host, South Korea had previously won all four individual gold medals at stake in two days of fencing competition.  In six individual events for fencing, South Korea won four gold, three silver and one bron

North Korean lifter Ri Jong-hwa seized the gold medal in the women's 58-kilogram division at the 2014 Asian Games on Monday.Ri lifted a total of 236 kg -- 102㎏ in the snatch and 134㎏ in the clean and jerk -- to claim the top spot on the podium, defeating her Chinese opponent Wang Shuai.It was North Korea's third weightlifting gold medal in Incheon."I would like to report (my victory) to our leader Kim Jong-un first and foremost," said a smiling Ri during an interview after she was awarded the go

South Korean swimming star Park Tae-hwan, who ended up with the bronze in the men’s 200-meter freestyle at the Asian Games Sunday, surprisingly admitted that he was burdened by the heavy weight of his home country’s expectations.Park finished the race in 1:45.85 at his namesake arena, Munhak Park Tae-hwan Aquatics Center, trailing Kosuke Hagino of Japan and Sun Yang of China.“I think I was quite nervous even before the race began since it is being held in the Republic of Korea (South Korea),” sa

After referees’ reversal of their earlier decision to disqualify one of its athletes, the Chinese women’s shooting team regained its world record and the gold medal in the 10-meter air rifle event at the Asian Games on Monday.The Chinese trio of Yi Siling, Zhang Binbin and Wu Liuxi combined for 1253.8 points to win the team gold at Ongnyeon International Shooting Range, breaking the previous world record set by their own teammates last year by 0.1 point.It is the first world record from shooting