Tiger eyes more good memories at Firestone

South Korea will seek to hire a foreign head coach to fill the vacancy on the men’s senior national football team, the sport’s technical director said Thursday.Lee Yong-soo, who was named the new head of the technical committee at the Korea Football Association last week, said at a press conference that he has narrowed down candidates for the top coaching job in South Korean football to three foreign nationals.“We’ve short-listed three coaches based on specific criteria, and all three are from o

Technical director Lee Yong-soo (Yonhap)The new-look technical committee at the Korea Football Association will hold its inaugural meeting to go over candidates for the coaching vacancy on the men’s senior national team, officials said.The KFA named Lee Yong-soo, a popular television analyst and a university professor, as its new technical director last Thursday.At his inaugural press conference on Monday, Lee announced seven new members of his technical committee, vowing to take steps to help i

AKRON, Ohio (AP) ― The claret jug is not out of sight. Rory McIlroy is just trying to get it out of his mind.McIlroy had plenty of fun with golf’s oldest trophy after his wire-to-wire win in the British Open. He celebrated with friends in England, took the jug out for a night on the town in Belfast with his buddies, and brought it with him when he returned home to Florida. And yes, it’s with him at Firestone this week at the Bridgestone Invitational.“I’ve sort of been taking pictures of it besid

Yang Hak-seon, the South Korean gymnast known as the “God of Vault,” is determined to prove he’s more than a one-trick pony.In an interview last weekend during practice at the National Training Center in Seoul, Yang, 21, said he’d like to win titles in rings and floor exercise at the upcoming Asian Games at home.“I think I have a chance to win medals in floor exercise and rings,” Yang said. “I felt that way after competing at the Korea Cup in April.” Olympic vault champion Yang Hak-seon (Yonhap)

Serena Williams (MCT)STANFORD, California (AP) ― Serena Williams finally realized what happened days later, when she was allowed to get out of bed.Williams said she was barely aware of how sick she was as she tried to play through a viral infection that caused her to lose equilibrium during a women’s doubles match with sister Venus at Wimbledon. It was only later, when she was able to clear her head, that she realized the seriousness of her situation.“It was interesting and I was scared after,”

For South Korean male athletes, the prospect of gaining exemption from their mandatory military service through their athletic achievements can be a double-edged sword.An Asian Games gold medal or an Olympic medal of any color will do the trick. Some have thrived in such circumstances, motivated by the chance to avoid disruption to their careers. Others have crumbled under pressure, unable to reach deep into their reservoir of strength to get over the hump.When South Korea on Monday announced it

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