Kim Byung-hyun looks to regain pitching prowess in JapanAfter toiling in a baseball netherworld for almost three years, Kim Byung-hyun, a former Major League Baseball All-Star from South Korea, is trying to get back on his feet in Japan.Kim, 32, signed with the Rakuten Golden Eagles in the Nippon Professional Baseball last month, and as the team was preparing for the upcoming season here in Okinaw

Europeans own eight of the top 16 seedsMARANA, Arizona (AP) ― More than ever, the World Golf Championships are living up to their name.The series enters its 13th year when the Match Play Championship gets under way Wednesday at Dove Mountain with Lee Westwood of England as the fifth player to occupy the No. 1 seed in the 64-man field.There are players from 15 countries, which is not unusual or eve

MIAMI (AP) ― LeBron James acknowledges there is a point in the NBA schedule where regular-season games start carrying a little bit more significance.It’s now.He’s not shy about saying that, either. Though they all count the same in the marathon 82-game schedule, games after the All-Star break just seem to carry more weight in James’ mind. The reason is simple: With every passing game, he’s that mu

K-League title hasn’t come to region since 2007 when Pohang lifted the trophySouth Korea is a highly centralized country. In soccer terms, you can extend that from the capital to the surrounding Gyeonggi Province. In 2010, the three big prizes all came to the northwest. The FA Cup was won by Suwon, the K-League trophy now resides in Seoul and Seongnam became the champion of Asia.Still, there is an

    Hwang Young-jo, a South Korean Olympic gold medalist in the men's marathon, has a busy summer ahead of him, as he tries to juggle his duties for his home province and also for a future generation of athletes. (Yonhap News)   Hwang, who won the marathon at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Olympics, is one of the honorary ambassadors for the 2018 Winter Games bid for PyeongChang. The alpine town, in it

Honduran President Porfirio Lobo showed Sunday his passion for taekwondo during a visit to Korea. Lobo had a special dinner with Choue Chung-won, president of the World Taekwondo Federation and other officials from the sport governing body on the Korean leg of an Asian tour also including Singapore and Kuwait.World Taekwondo Federation president Choue Chung-won (right) presents a statue to Preside

DRESDEN, Germany (AP) ― Simon Cho won gold in the 500 meters at the short track speedskating World Cup on Sunday, a day after the American lost a race by one hundredth of a second.Cho won in 41.070 seconds. Wenhao Liang of China was second in 41.196, and Thibaut Fauconnet of France followed in 41.250. Simon Cho competes to win the men’s 500m finals. (AFP-Yonhap News)Cho won the overall event, fini

The Korean delegation played a key role in Paris hammering out the Group of 20’s agreement on economic indicators to address the global trade imbalance, Finance Minister Yoon Jeung-hyun said.Finance ministers and central bank governors of the world’s 20 major economies agreed to narrow the list of economic indicators to detect signs of imbalances in their first meeting of the year over the weekend

IOC evaluation team leader says city has made great progress in Olympic bidPYEONGCHANG, Gangwon Province ― It seemed almost a pipe dream when PyeongChang, a small city in Gangwon Province, first made its name internationally by bidding to host the Winter Olympics. After nearly a decade of relentless effort, however, PyeongChang, making its third bid to host the Winter Games, came one step closer t

WASHINGTON (AFP) — South Korea's Kim Dong-Sung, famously disqualified from a 2002 Olympic short-track speedskating race to give Apolo Anton Ohno gold, reportedly has been accused of striking young US skaters.The Washington Post reported Saturday that six youth said they were struck or saw abusive actions by Kim, a 1998 Nagano Olympic 1,000-meter champion who retired in 2002 and began coaching spee

PYEONGCHANG, Gangwon Province — A panel of the International Olympic Committee praised on Saturday the preparation of PyeongChang’s bid for the 2018 Winter Olympics.On the final day of the week-long inspection, Gunilla Lindberg, the leader of the 14-member panel, said she was impressed by the progress of the PyeongChang team.The panel arrived here Monday for an on-site inspection to evaluate the c

IOC completes on-site inspection on positive notePYEONGCHANG, Gangwon Province ― PyeongChang came one step closer to hosting the 2018 Winter Olympics on Friday, passing its first big test from the International Olympic Committee.The IOC team, which arrived here on Monday, showed satisfaction after completing its on-site inspection for the city’s bid for the 2018 Winter Games, according to PyeongCh

The fixtures for the new K-League season have finally been announced and the 29th edition kicks off on March 5. There is much to look forward to in 2011 but it is a case of getting in at the deep end for the nation’s soccer fans as the opening weekend sees a clash between the country’s two biggest rivals FC Seoul and Suwon Bluewings.More than 60,000 are expected at Seoul World Cup Stadium and it p

14-member panel expresses satisfaction with infrastructurePYEONGCHANG, Gangwon Province ― The International Olympic Committee evaluation team on Thursday visited sports venues in PyeongChang, one of three candidate cities bidding for the 2018 Winter Olympics.On fourth day of their visit, the IOC delegation, led by Gunilla Lindberg of Sweden, took a careful look around the Nordic, cross country, bi