ANSAN (Yonhap) ― An equipment manager for the Iranian men’s soccer team competing at the 2014 Asian Games has been booked without physical detention on suspicion of sexually harassing a South Korean female volunteer at a stadium, police here said Tuesday.The Iranian, whose name has been withheld, is suspected of groping a college student in her early 20s on Monday at a hallway inside Ansan Wa Stadium, according to officers. The stadium is one of the out-of-town football venues for the Asiad in I

INCHEON (Yonhap) ― The main squad of the South Korean delegation to the 17th Asian Games arrived in the host city of Incheon on Tuesday with hopes of a fifth consecutive second-place finish at the multisport competition that starts here later this week.With Park Soon-ho, head of the Korea Sailing Federation, as the chief of the mission, South Korea has its largest-ever Asiad delegation with 1,068 members, including 831 athletes competing in all 36 sporting events at the Sept. 19-Oct. 4 competiti

INCHEON (Yonhap) ― Olympic wrestling gold medalist Kim Hyeon-woo was on Monday named the flag bearer for South Korea at the opening ceremony for this year’s Asian Games in Incheon.The Korean Olympic Committee said Kim will carry the national flag at Friday’s opening ceremony for the 17th Asiad, which will go on for 16 days here in the western port city.The Greco-Roman wrestler is set to compete in the men’s 75 kg class in Incheon. He won the Olympic gold in 2012 in London in the 66 kg division.H

South Korean teenage golfer Kim Hyo-joo won the Evian Championship in France on Sunday, edging out veteran player Karrie Webb of Australia by one shot for her first career LPGA major championship.Kim, 19, capped off her final round of 3-under 68 with a dramatic birdie putt on the 72nd hole, for a four-round total of 11-under 273 at Evian Resort Golf Club in southeastern France. She won the 350,000-euro (US$487,500) prize and an exemption to play on the LPGA Tour for the next five years.Sunday's

The torch for the upcoming Asian Games will arrive in the host city of Incheon this week, the event's organizers said Monday.The organizing committee for the 17th Asian Games said the torch will reach the west coast port city on Wednesday, two days before the opening ceremony of the multisport competition.In an unprecedented development, two separate torches were lit first before they came together in a ceremony in Incheon last month. The first torch was lit in New Delhi, India, the host of the

South Korea defeated Malaysia 3-0 in their Asiad men's football match on Sunday, beginning the quest to end its gold medal drought on a winning note.In the Group A clash, defender Rim Chang-woo headed in the opening goal near the half-hour mark, and Kim Shin-wook and Kim Seung-dae each scored late in the second half at Munhak Stadium here in Incheon, the host city of the 17th Asian Games.In the first Group A match held earlier in the day, Saudi Arabia beat Laos 3-0, also at Munhak.The Asiad open

ATLANTA (AP) ― Rory McIlroy made up a two-shot deficit on Billy Horschel at the Tour Championship on Saturday, setting up a $10 million showdown to end the PGA Tour season.McIlroy overcame a pair of three-putt bogeys by rolling in a 25-foot eagle putt on the 15th hole, and closing with a tough chip from thick grass behind the 18th green that allowed him to save par for a 3-under 67.Horschel led by as many as three shots during the third round at East Lake until he dropped two shots on the back n

Athletes of both South Korea and North Korea will attend the official welcoming ceremony at the Asian Games athletes’ village on the same day, the event’s organizers said Sunday.Organizers of the 17th Asian Games in Incheon, west of Seoul, said the flag-raising ceremony at the athletes’ quarters will be held on Thursday. The Asiad will officially start on Friday.According to the host’s officials, South Korea will be welcomed in at 4 p.m. North Korea will be joined by China in the ceremony at 10