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The flame of Asiad to arrive at Incheon port on Wednesday

Olympic GamesAug 13, 2014

The flame of Asiad to arrive at Incheon port on WednesdayFLAME OF ASIAD -- Kwon Kyung-sang (left), secretary general of the 2014 Incheon Asian Games Organizing Committee, and Weihai vice mayor Liu Guang Hua hold up a lamp carrying the flame of the Asian Games at the Chinese port city on Tuesday. The flame will arrive at Incheon port on Wednesday. The Incheon Asiad will take place from Sept. 19 to Oct. 4. (Yonhap)
Klose retires from German national team

SoccerAug 12, 2014

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) ― Miroslav Klose, the top scorer in World Cup history, has retired from Germany’s national squad a month after the team won the title for the fourth time.The 36-year-old Klose scored twice in Brazil, making him the highest-scoring player in the tournament’s history with 16 goals, one ahead of Ronaldo. It was Klose’s fourth World Cup tournament.With a career total of 71 goals, Klose is also the highest-scoring player for Germany. He is also the second most capped Germany p
Dodgers clip Braves 6-2

BaseballAug 12, 2014

ATLANTA (AP) ― Kevin Correia won in his debut with the Dodgers, outpitching All-Star Julio Teheran and leading Los Angeles over the slumping Atlanta Braves 6-2 on Monday night.Los Angeles has won four of six to increase its NL West lead to five games over idle San Francisco. The Braves have dropped 10 of 12 and fallen four games behind NL East-leading Washington.Correia was tied for the major league lead in losses with a 5-13 record when he was traded from Minnesota to the Dodgers on Saturday fo
Korea favored to win baseball gold

BaseballAug 12, 2014

Korea manager Ryu Joong-il (Yonhap)Host South Korea should be able to take the gold medal in baseball at the upcoming Asian Games as long as it plays to its capabilities, the national team’s advanced scout said Tuesday. This year’s Asian Games will kick off in Incheon, west of Seoul, on Sept. 19, and South Korea will try to win its second straight baseball gold medal. It recently named its 24-man roster, with 23 players from the top-flight Korea Baseball Organization.Kim Jung-joon, a television
Pak Se-ri to have own tournament in Korea

GolfAug 12, 2014

Hall of Fame golfer Pak Se-ri will have a women’s tournament bearing her name open on her native soil this fall, officials announced Tuesday.The 36-year-old will be the host of the “Se Ri Pak Invitational” on the Korean LPGA Tour from Oct. 3-5 at Solmoro Country Club in Yeoju, about 100 kilometers south of Seoul. The tournament will be sponsored by OK Savings Bank.Pak Se-ri (File photo)Pak and the tournament organizers signed off on the naming agreement Tuesday. Pak joins the PGA Tour veteran Ch
Asian Games torch lit in host city Incheon

More sportsAug 12, 2014

The torch for the upcoming Asian Games was lit in the South Korean host city of Incheon on Tuesday.The lighting ceremony, attended by dozens officials of the city, took place on Mount Mani on Ganghwa Island, off Incheon’s coast. It marked the symbolic start of the torch relay, which will see the flame making its way around the nation over the next month before arriving back in Incheon for the opening ceremony.The 17th Asiad will run from Sept. 19 to Oct. 4, with some 13,000 athletes and official
Kershaw bags 14th

BaseballAug 11, 2014

MILWAUKEE (AP) ― Clayton Kershaw has set the bar so high for himself that a six-hit outing over eight innings qualifies as a subpar effort for the two-time Cy Young Award winner.The Los Angeles Dodgers ace walked two and allowed leadoff hitters to reach base in four of his first five innings but still came away with his 11th straight victory in a 5-1 win Sunday over the Milwaukee Brewers. He struck out six, nearly five below his average per nine innings.This equates to “struggling” for Kershaw.
Winning formula

GolfAug 11, 2014

Lee Mi-rim secures first career victory at Meijer LPGA Classic
McIlroy wins PGA for 4th major title

GolfAug 11, 2014

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (AP) ― The challenge finally arrived for Rory McIlroy, and he was better than ever to win the PGA Championship.On a back nine filled with as much tension as a major can provide, McIlroy emerged from a four-man battle with flawless golf to outlast Phil Mickelson and the darkness Sunday at Valhalla and capture his second straight major.McIlroy closed with a 3-under 68 and became only the fourth player in the last century of golf to win four majors at 25 or younger. The others
KBO to take 16 days off for Asiad

BaseballAug 11, 2014

The nation’s top baseball competition will break for 16 days next month while its leading players represent the country at the Asian Games at home, an official with the league said Monday.The Korea Baseball Organization will be on hiatus from Sept. 15-30, and will resume its regular season on Oct. 1, the official said. The Asian Games will run from Sept. 19 to Oct. 4 in Incheon, a metropolitan city just west of Seoul.Baseball is no longer an Olympic sport but is still played at the Asian Games.
Richard Park to serve as assistant hockey coach

More sportsAug 11, 2014

Richard Park, the second South Korean native to play in the National Hockey League, will serve as an assistant coach during the country’s upcoming national team trials, officials said Monday.Park will work alongside Jim Paek, the first Korean-born NHL player, who was named the head coach of the national team last month, according to the Korea Ice Hockey Association.The governing body said Park will be a temporary assistant to Paek during the trials. (Yonhap)
Michelle Wie sidelined with finger injury

GolfAug 10, 2014

PITTSFORD, New York (AP) ― Michelle Wie has a finger injury that forced her to withdraw from the LPGA Championship next week at Monroe Golf Club and will sideline her at least three to five weeks.IMG Golf said Saturday that Wie has a stress reaction in a bone in her right index finger. The U.S. Women’s Open champion withdrew from the Meijer LPGA Classic on Thursday in Michigan after playing nine holes in the first round.IMG said she was examined by hand surgeon Dr. Tom Graham of the Cleveland Cl
McIlroy keeps one-shot lead

GolfAug 10, 2014

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (AP) ― Rory McIlroy celebrated his final birdie with a smile and a slight pump of his fist, knowing that 8-foot putt gave him the outright lead Saturday in the PGA Championship.“It’s a great position to be in,” he said.He’s just not used to it being so crowded at the top.McIlroy has won all three of his majors with the lead going into the final round ― by eight shots at the 2011 U.S. Open, three shots at the 2012 PGA Championship, six shots last month at the British Open.Now
Park leads Meijer LPGA Classic

GolfAug 10, 2014

BELMONT, Michigan (AP) ― Park In-bee figures the best defense against the nerves that come with being in the lead is a hot putter.Using a new blade putter this week, Park made two long birdie putts on the back nine Saturday and finished with a 3-under 68 to remain a stroke ahead after the third round of the Meijer LPGA Classic.“I feel like I haven’t holed that kind of putt for a long time and it’s all of a sudden happening this week,” Park said. “This putter, it seems like it’s going really on l
Fiers, Brewers beat Dodgers 4-1

BaseballAug 10, 2014

MILWAUKEE (AP) ― Mike Fiers held the Los Angeles Dodgers to three hits in his first big league start in more than a year, and Khris Davis and Carlos Gomez homered to give the Milwaukee Brewers a 4-1 win Saturday night.Fiers (1-1) struck out five in eight strong innings, filling in for injured veteran Matt Garza. The Dodgers mustered only a solo homer by Adrian Gonzalez into the second deck in right field.Fiers outdueled former Brewers pitcher Zack Greinke (12-8), who gave up Gomez’s homer off th