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Choi named vice captain for Presidents Cup

More sportsJun 5, 2014

South Korean PGA Tour veteran Choi Kyung-ju has been named a vice captain for a team of non-European international stars at next year’s Presidents Cup scheduled on his home soil.At a press conference held in Ridgedale, Missouri, on Wednesday, local time, Choi was announced as the vice captain to Zimbabwe’s Nick Price for the biennial competition.The Presidents Cup pits a team of Americans against a squad of international players representing non-European nations in match play over four days.Choi
Hong aims to reach round of 16

More sportsJun 5, 2014

Korean head coach openly talks World Cup goal for first time
Morse, Perez HRs lead Giants over Reds 3-2

More sportsJun 5, 2014

CINCINNATI (AP) ― Juan Perez hasn’t gotten many at-bats in the majors. He didn’t need a whole lot of experience to know what was coming this time. Left-hander Tony Cingrani was going to throw a first-pitch fastball.The young outfielder got it and hit it out.Perez and Michael Morse homered with two outs in the sixth inning on Wednesday night, rallying the San Francisco Giants to a 3-2 victory that ended the Cincinnati Reds’ longest winning streak of the season at four games.San Francisco won for
Getting defensive

SoccerJun 4, 2014

Midfielder Han hopes to excel on the other side of the ball
Sharapova rallies to reach semis

More sportsJun 4, 2014

PARIS (AP) ― This is what Maria Sharapova does. She digs herself a big hole in a match, then figures a way out, no matter what it takes.She hits shots left-handed. Takes her time between points. Pumps her fists and screams “Come on!” after her opponent’s mistakes. And wins.Did it in the fourth round at the French Open, turning things around by winning the last nine games. Did it Tuesday, too, reeling off nine of the last 10 games to put together a 1-6, 7-5, 6-1 victory over 35th-ranked Garbine M
Platini hits back at Qatar claim

SoccerJun 4, 2014

NYON, Switzerland (AP) ― FIFA vice president Michel Platini has criticized a British newspaper for linking him to corruption claims about Qatar’s 2022 World Cup bid.The Daily Telegraph led Tuesday’s edition reporting that Platini secretly met with his FIFA board colleague Mohamed bin Hammam of Qatar “shortly before” the World Cup vote in December 2010.The claim follows the rival Sunday Times alleging that bin Hammam, who FIFA expelled in 2012, paid soccer officials millions of dollars to support
Nadal keeps winning in Paris

More sportsJun 3, 2014

Spain’s Rafael Nadal returns a shot at the French Open on Monday. (AFP-Yonhap)PARIS (AP) ― Maybe, just maybe, Rafael Nadal was a tad vulnerable, the thinking went before this French Open.He had lost three times on his beloved red clay already this year, more defeats than he ever had on the surface before heading to Roland Garros.Then came an admission, after the Grand Slam tournament’s third round, that his back was bothering him and slowing his serves.Well, leave it to the eight-time French Ope
Indians end Red Sox’s win streak

BaseballJun 3, 2014

CLEVELAND (AP) ― Once Justin Masterson found the strike zone, he stayed there.And there was little the Red Sox could do about it.Masterson shook off a rocky start and pitched seven scoreless innings as the Cleveland Indians ended Boston’s seven-game winning streak with a 3-2 victory Monday night.Masterson (3-4) walked four in the first three innings, but got a huge strikeout to escape a bases-loaded threat in the first and settled in to win for the first time in five starts. He allowed just thre
Thousands of fans show up for Brazil’s training session

SoccerJun 3, 2014

GOIANIA, Brazil (AP) ― Thousands of fans watched Brazil’s final training session Monday before its World Cup warm-up game against Panama.Fans arrived early at the Serra Dourada Stadium to get a glimpse of the players who will try to win the World Cup at home beginning next week.Coach Luiz Felipe Scolari made reference to 20,000 people watching on, but initial estimates by police said between 5,000 and 10,000 supporters were at the stadium. Attendance at the 50,000-capacity Serra Dourada had been
Korea keeping close tabs on Russia

SoccerJun 3, 2014

MIAMI, Florida (Yonhap) ― Fully aware of the importance of the opening group match at the FIFA World Cup in Brazil, South Korea is closely studying Russia in the buildup to the big event, a midfielder said on Monday.Ahead of the team’s practice at St. Thomas University in Miami, midfielder Park Jong-woo told reporters that the team watched videos of Russia for the third time earlier in the day.The South Koreans had studied the Russian team in two video sessions before arriving in the United Stat
Lewis takes top ranking from Park

GolfJun 2, 2014

Korean had held No. 1 spot for 59 weeks
Hwang shows his versatility

SoccerJun 2, 2014

MIAMI, Florida (Yonhap) ― Although he will likely end up being a backup at the upcoming FIFA World Cup in Brazil, South Korean defensive back Hwang Seok-ho said Sunday he still cherishes the opportunity to represent his country at the sport’s grandest event.“I can’t wait for the World Cup,” Hwang said at St. Thomas University in Miami, Florida, where the rest of the 23-man squad is training ahead of the June 12-July 13 tournament. “I don’t know if I am going to get another chance to be on a Worl
Korea’s opponents go undefeated

SoccerJun 2, 2014

South Korea’s Group H opponents at the upcoming FIFA World Cup in Brazil have collectively gone undefeated in their prep matches for the big tournament, providing a glimpse into what can be expected in games that will matter later this month.Belgium and Russia have played two matches in the past week, and Algeria has played one match in the buildup to the World Cup.Belgium is the top-ranked nation in Group H at No. 12 and is favored to win the group in Brazil. The Belgians routed Luxembourg 5-1
Yu Darvish fans 12 as Rangers avert sweep

BaseballJun 2, 2014

WASHINGTON (AP) ― After getting pummeled by Washington in two straight games, the Texas Rangers were eager to stop the Nationals’ seemingly interminable parade around the bases.Yu Darvish gave the Rangers just what they needed to avert a humbling sweep.Darvish struck out 12 over eight innings, Leonys Martin broke open a scoreless duel with a homer in the seventh and Texas secured a 2-0 victory Sunday.The Rangers won despite losing an apparent run in a rare double challenge on the same play. Mana
Park In-bee to fall from No. 1 in women's golf rankings

GolfJun 2, 2014

South Korean LPGA Tour star Park In-bee will fall from the No. 1 spot in the women's world golf rankings after more than a year on top.Stacy Lewis of the United States cruised to her second win of the season at the ShopRite LPGA Classic in Galloway, New Jersey, on Sunday, local time. She will move up from No. 2 to No. 1 when the newest rankings are announced later in the day, ending Park's 59-week reign at the top of women's golf.Lewis shot a three-round total of 16-under at the tournament for a