On the eve of his team's first AFC Asian Cup match in Australia, South Korea men's football head coach Uli Stielike said Friday preparations have gone well so far.South Korea is trying to win its first Asian Cup title since 1960, and the quest to end the drought will begin with Saturday's Group A match against Oman here in Canberra. The kickoff is 4 p.m. here and 2 p.m. in Seoul."We have on injuries to report, and the team morale is high," Stielike said at the pre-match press conference at Canbe

The South Korean men's national football team on Tuesday left Sydney for Canberra, the site of its first two matches of the upcoming AFC Asian Cup.Coached by Uli Stielike, the 23-man team will be trying to win South Korea's first Asian Cup title since 1960.The country has been paired with Australia, Oman and Kuwait in Group A. The first match for South Korea will be against Oman at the 25,000-seat Canberra Stadium on Saturday.South Korea, ranked 69th in the world, will stay in Canberra to face K

LONDON (AP) ― Steven Gerrard wants to win a trophy and lead Liverpool to a top-four finish in the English Premier League before he leaves his childhood club for Major League Soccer at the end of the season.A day after Gerrard announced he will leave the club and play abroad, the long-time captain confirmed on Saturday he will go to Major League Soccer, though he has yet to sign a deal with an MLS side.“I’ll be going to play in America,” Gerrard said on Liverpool’s in-house TV channel. “I’m not o

South Korea benefited from an own goal to defeat Saudi Arabia 2-0 on Sunday in its final tune-up match ahead of the AFC Asian Cup, a result that masked some underlying problems for the team with the continent's largest football tourney on the horizon.Saudi Arabian defender Osama Hawsawi deflected a South Korean free kick into his own net in the 67th minute and unheralded forward Lee Jeong-hyeop scored his first international goal in his debut in injury time, as South Korea blanked its long-time

LONDON (AP) ― Chelsea kept its three-point lead at the midpoint of the Premier League season Sunday despite a 1-1 draw at fourth-place Southampton.Chelsea benefited from a collapse by defending champion Manchester City, which squandered a 2-0 lead at home to draw 2-2 with 19th-place Burnley.Chelsea yielded a goal in the 17th minute as Sadio Mane raced onto a pass from Dusan Tadic and lifted the ball over goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois. Eden Hazard struck for Chelsea just before halftime, running on

LONDON (AP) ― Crystal Palace fired Neil Warnock after only four months in charge on Saturday, becoming the first English Premier League manager to lose his job this season.The 66-year-old Warnock’s second spell in charge of Palace ended with the London club in the relegation zone after just one win in 12 Premier League matches.Palace said that Warnock’s assistant, Keith Millen, will be in charge for Sunday’s game against Queens Park Rangers as caretaker manager.One of the most outspoken, colorfu

GUANGZHOU, China (AFP) ― China on Saturday said it does not have the “best chance” to win the 2015 Asian Cup, held in Australia in January, after its 23-man squad was unveiled.“We are not the favorite, we do not have the best chance,” China’s head coach Alain Perrin said in response to a question from AFP.“What I know is that the players are ready to give the best they can,” Perrin said, adding that “anything was possible.” China survived a scare before scraping into the Asian Cup on goal differ