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Korea finishes 3rd at International Crown

GolfJul 28, 2014

Spain’s Belen Mozo lifts Beatriz Recari after making a birdie on the 16th hole on Sunday. (AP-Yonhap)South Korea finished in third place at the inaugural International Crown on the LPGA Tour on Sunday in Maryland.At Caves Valley Golf Club in Owings Mills, a suburb of Baltimore, South Korea picked up four points in the singles matches on the final day of the competition, for a four-day total of 10 points. South Korea won two singles and lost two others.Spain, which won all four of its singles mat
‘No rush to name head coach’

SoccerJul 28, 2014

Lee Yong-soo, freshly minted as South Korean football’s new technical director, said Monday he is in no rush to fill in the head coaching vacancy on the senior national team.Lee, 54, was named the new head of the technical committee of the Korea Football Association last Thursday. The committee’s main responsibility is to nominate head coaches for national teams in different age brackets. The position on the senior team has been vacant since Hong Myung-bo resigned earlier this month in the wake
Park Byung-ho headlines Asiad roster

BaseballJul 28, 2014

Park Byung-ho, the two-time reigning MVP in the Korea Baseball Organization, headlined the South Korean baseball roster for the upcoming Asian Games announced on Monday.Park, the slugging first baseman for the Nexen Heroes, was among the 24 players named to represent the country on home soil when the western metropolitan city of Incheon hosts the Asian Games from Sept. 19 to Oct. 4.Ryu Joong-il, manager of the three-time defending KBO champ Samsung Lions, will manage South Korea, the reigning As
Ryu Hyun-jin earns 12th win of season vs. division rival Giants

BaseballJul 28, 2014

Ryu Hyun-jin of the Los Angeles Dodgers picked up his 12th win of the Major League Baseball(MLB) season on Sunday against the San Francisco Giants, holding the National League (NL) West rivals to three earned runs in six innings.Ryu also struck out seven and walked one in his six frames to improve to 12-5 for the year, as the Dodgers beat the Giants 4-3.His ERA went up slightly from 3.39 to 3.44.Ryu is well ahead of the pace from his rookie season in 2013, when he didn't get his 12th win until A
Furyk opens 3-shot lead in Canada

GolfJul 27, 2014

MONTREAL (AP) ― Jim Furyk moved into position for his third Canadian Open victory, shooting a 5-under 65 on Saturday to take a three-stroke lead at Royal Montreal.The 44-year-old Furyk, the 2006 winner at Hamilton and 2007 champion at Angus Glen, had a 15-under 195 total after opening with rounds of 67 and 63. He won the last of his 16 PGA Tour titles in 2010.“(I’m) not really worrying about what position I’m in,” Furyk said about his Sunday approach. “Not looking at the leaderboard too much. Go
Korea eliminates U.S. in Crown

GolfJul 27, 2014

Korea’s Ryu So-yeon celebrates after sinking a putt on the 16th green to defeat the United States on Saturday. (AFP-Yonhap)OWINGS MILLS, Maryland (AP) ― Park In-bee and Ryu So-yeon both birdied the first playoff hole Saturday as South Korea eliminated the top-seeded United States and earned a wild-card berth in the final round of the International Crown.The Koreans will join Spain, Thailand, Japan and Sweden on Sunday in a duel for title.After the American team of Cristie Kerr and Lexi Thompson
Kershaw spins two-hitter vs. Giants

BaseballJul 27, 2014

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ― Clayton Kershaw pitched a two-hitter to win his ninth straight decision, leading the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 5-0 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Saturday night.Adrian Gonzalez had three hits and an RBI and Juan Uribe had two hits and two RBIs to help the Dodgers move into first place in the NL West, one-half game ahead of the Giants.Kershaw (12-2) walked one and struck out seven in his ninth career shutout and second this season. It was also his fourth complete gam
Football icon Park Ji-sung bids adieu to Korean fans

SoccerJul 25, 2014

Retiring South Korean football icon Park Ji-sung bid adieu to fans in style, scoring a goal in his final match on Friday while getting a hero's farwell.Park, a former South Korean captain who announced his retirement in May, made his last appearance at the K League Classic All-Star Game in Seoul on Friday. He served as the captain of the team of active and former players, as they took on the K League All-Stars at Seoul World Cup Stadium.Park, who had earlier said he was worried about his conditi
Korea splits matches with Australia

GolfJul 25, 2014

South Korea split its two first-day matches with Australia on the opening day of the inaugural international competition on the LPGA Tour on Thursday in Maryland.The team of Park In-bee and Ryu So-yeon defeated the duo of Katherine Kirk and Lindsey Wright 3 & 2 in their four-ball match at the International Crown on Caves Valley Golf Club in Owings Mills, a suburb of Baltimore.In the next match, Australia’s Karrie Webb and Lee Min-jee edged past Choi Na-yeon and Kim In-kyung 2-up.The first editio
Putnam, Petrovic share Canadian Open lead

GolfJul 25, 2014

Yang Yong-eun tees off on the 13th hole during the first round of the RBC Canadian Open at the Royal Montreal Golf Club in Montreal, Canada, Thursday. (AFP-Yonhap)MONTREAL (AP) ― Michael Putnam and Tim Petrovic shared the first-round lead in the Canadian Open on Thursday, shooting 6-under 64 in sunny conditions at rain-softened Royal Montreal.The 47-year-old Petrovic was the last player to get in the field, grabbing a spot when Benjamin Alvarado withdrew on Tuesday.“I didn’t set my expectations
Nibali closes in on Tour victory

More sportsJul 25, 2014

ARGELES-GAZOST, France (AP) ― Vincenzo Nibali crushed everyone on the last mountain leg of the Tour de France on Thursday, all but ensuring he will be crowned champion when the race ends in Paris in three days.On the big, final climb of Stage 18, the Italian broke out of the peloton, chased down breakaway riders, and rode solo in front for the last 8 kilometers uphill.Nibali, who captured his fourth stage of the Tour, stuck out his tongue, tapped his chest, and raised a fist skyward as he finish
Suarez could make Barcelona debut against Madrid

SoccerJul 25, 2014

MADRID (AP) ― Luis Suarez could make his Barcelona debut against Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in October. The Spanish league announced its schedule for the 2014-15 season on Thursday, and the first “clasico” is due to take place on the weekend when Suarez’s four-month ban for biting an opponent at the World Cup is to end. Real Madrid will host Barcelona in the ninth round on the weekend of Oct. 25-26. Suarez’s ban will be completed on Oct. 25, making him available on the 26th. It
Pinto fails to agree on new contract, leaves Costa Rica

SoccerJul 25, 2014

SAN JOSE (AP) ― Jorge Luis Pinto, who produced the surprise of the World Cup by coaching tiny Costa Rica to the quarterfinals, is leaving after failing to agree on a new contract. The Costa Rican federation announced Pinto’s departure on Thursday. Pinto said he was leaving because of disagreements with unnamed members of his coaching staff. He said they asked that he be fired 1 1/2 years ago. “I slept with the enemy for 1 1/2 years,” Pinto said. “I had my differences with the staff. They don’t s
KBO's Doosan, Kia acquire new pitchers from overseas

SportsJul 25, 2014

Two clubs fighting to keep their playoff hopes alive in the Korea Baseball Organization announced their acquisitions of new foreign pitchers on Friday.The Doosan Bears said they've signed Cuban right-hander Yunesky Maya in a one-year deal worth $175,000.The 32-year-old represented Cuba at the 2006 and the 2009 World Baseball Classic. He signed with the Washington Nationals in Major League Baseball as a free agent in 2010 and made 16 big league appearances in 2010, 2011 and 2013, with a record of
Weir, DeLaet look to end drought

GolfJul 24, 2014

MONTREAL (AP) ― Mike Weir was well aware that it has been 60 years since a Canadian won the Canadian Open.“It’s going to end at some point, so hopefully, if not myself, it’s another Canadian that gets it done this week,” said Weir, one of 19 Canadians in the field for the tournament that starts Thursday at Royal Montreal. “It would be nice to get the streak over so we don’t have to talk about it.”Pat Fletcher, born in England, was the last Canadian winner, taking the 1954 event at Point Grey in