SEOUL/DOHA -- Midfielder Koo Ja-cheol scored twice as South Korea edged Bahrain 2-1 Tuesday to open the Asian Cup football tournament on a winning note in Qatar.In Group C action at Al Gharafa Stadium in Doha, Koo, 21, gave South Korea a lead in the 39th minute. After receiving a hard pass from Ki Sung-yueng, Koo took a shot that went off the right leg of the diving defender Abdulla Marzooqi and s

Promoter of ‘Sport for All’ focuses on global cooperationMany people make exercising their top New Year’s resolution, but are often unable to follow through.For Lee Kang-too, exercising regularly doesn’t have to involve running or going to the gym. Instead, it can be a simple activity, such as walking or climbing the stairs.“I wear my work-out shoes all the time. So wherever I go I’m ready to go f

National team opens Asian Cup campaign against BahrainSouth Korea kicks off its Asian Cup campaign against Bahrain in the early hours of Tuesday morning (1:15 KST) local time. It will be a long night for fans in Seoul and elsewhere who stay up to watch the Group C match beamed from the Qatari capital of Doha but that is nothing to the 51 years that have passed since the nation was last crowned con

HUA HIN, Thailand (AP) ― Asia swept all four points in the fourballs on Saturday to build a 6-2 lead over Europe in the three-day Royal Trophy match play golf tournament.Asia needs only 2 1/2 points from the eight singles matches on Sunday to win at the Black Mountain Golf Club. Asia’s Noh Seung-yul hits a shot on the second hole. (AP-Yonhap News)Locked at 2-2, Asia dominated the fourballs with Eu

Chung loses FIFA post to Jordanian princeIt was a shock to Chung Mong-joon that the Asian Football Confederation decided not to re-appoint him as the FIFA vice president for Asia.The 45-member committee voted Thursday 25-20 in favor of Prince Ali bin al-Hussein over Chung at the Asian Football Confederation’s meeting in Doha.Chung, 59, had been in the job for 16 years and was widely expected to se

The fact that South Korea has failed to win the Asian Cup since 1960 is a source of puzzlement.The South Koreans, named the Taeguk Warriors after the emblem of their national flag, have by far the best record at the World Cup of any Asian team and has appeared at eight tournaments. Japan and Saudi Arabia are next with four each. At the competition itself, the team has progressed further than any o

PGA golfer signs 3-year contract with SK TelecomFinally fit and healthy, South Korean professional golfer Choi Kyoung-ju declared himself ready on Thursday for the 2011 PGA Tour season.At a press conference in Seoul, Choi, known as K.J. Choi on the PGA Tour, said he has high expectations for himself.“This year, more than any other season, I expect myself to take big strides,” Choi said. “Two years

PyeongChang has completed its candidature file for its bid to host the 2018 Winter Olympics.Cho Yang-ho, CEO of PyeongChang’s 2018 bid committee, joined by Korean Olympic Committee president Park Yong-sung and Lee Kwang-jae, Governor of Gangwon Province, signed Thursday the finalized proposal in a special ceremony held in central Seoul. The International Olympic Committee set the deadline for the

Chung Mong-joon failed to retain his FIFA vice president title after losing to Prince Ali bin Al Hussein of Jordan in a vote held at the Asian Football Confederation’s meeting Thursday in Doha.Prince Ali garnered 25 votes while Chung received 20 votes from the 45-member AFC executive committee to oust the honorary president of the Korea Football Association from the FIFA seat that he has kept for

 DOHA (AFP) ― Roger Federer and fever-hit Rafael Nadal both had to fight their way out of trouble before reaching the quarterfinals of the Qatar Open on Wednesday.Federer needed to recover from 4-5 down in the first set tie-breaker and from a break of serve down at 1-4 in the second against Swiss compatriot, and childhood friend, Marco Chiudinelli, ranked only 117 in the world, before coming throu

At the start of the 2011 Major League Baseball season, Choo Shin-soo of the Cleveland Indians will probably be the only big leaguer from South Korea.But in a couple of years, there might be a few more from the country.Sung Min-kyu, a South Korean minor league coach for the Chicago Cubs, is working with seven South Korean players in the Cubs’ system. In an interview with the Yonhap news agency this

Jeju United’s Koo Ja-cheol appears set to fill in for injured Park Chu-youngNational football team manger Cho Kwang-rae remains confident that Korea can win the Asian Cup title despite missing his best striker.Although losing Park Chu-young of AS Monaco was a big blow, Cho seems to have found an alternative in Tuesday’s friendly ― his answer is Jeju United midfielder Koo Ja-cheol. On Tuesday, Cho’