The top-division Dutch football club PSV Eindhoven has confirmed that South Korean footballer Park Ji-sung will return to the Netherlands on a one-year loan deal.PSV's technical director Marcel Brands announced on the team's website late Thursday, Korean time, that Park will rejoin the team from the English side Queens Park Rangers (QPR)."Park has passed a medical in Eindhoven and will train with his new PSV teammates for the first time on Thursday morning," the website reported. "The South Kore

South Korea will host Croatia in a football friendly next month, a source told Yonhap News Agency on Wednesday.The source privy to matters at the Korea Football Association said South Korea will bring home Croatia on Sept. 10, one of two FIFA-designated international match days of September.Another FIFA match day for the month is Sept. 6. South Korea had earlier been scheduled to host Iran on that day, but the Iran Football Federation recently canceled the match, citing scheduling issues.Croatia

South Korean footballer Park Ji-sung has completed his return to his former club PSV Eindhoven in the top Dutch league on a loan from Queens Park Rangers (QPR) in England, sources here confirmed on Tuesday."Park signed his agreement earlier this morning, Korean time," a source close to Park said. "He will be on a one-year loan, just as he'd wanted."Rumors of Park's move back to the Netherlands first surfaced in late July, when Dutch media reported that the midfielder had undergone a medical test

AKRON, Ohio (AP) ― The 2015 Presidents Cup will be played at Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea in Incheon, South Korea, marking the second time in a row that a course designed by the 18-time major championship winner will host the competition.This year’s Presidents Cup is set for Oct. 3-6 at Muirfield Village in Dublin, Ohio.The announcement was made Wednesday by PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem along with Nicklaus, who was at the Bridgestone Invitational to receive an honorary award.Jack Nicklaus

Korea’s soccer governing body expressed regret Wednesday over Japan’s criticism of a politically charged banner displayed by local supporters at a recent soccer match in Seoul.During the East Asian Cup game against Japan on Sunday, a group of Korean supporters brandished a banner that read, “There is no future for people who have forgotten their past,” an innuendo against Japan’s reluctance to acknowledge its militaristic and colonial past.“The rising sun flag is a symbol that reminds Koreans of

South Korea dropped to Japan 2-1 in the final match of the East Asian Cup on Sunday, a result that gave Japan its first title at the regional tournament.Yoichiro Kakitani scored both goals for Japan, his second one coming in the dying moments of the match, as South Korea wrapped up the tournament without a victory.Japan finished with seven points, two ahead of China. Earlier on Sunday, China defeated Australia 4-3 to improve to five points.South Korea ended the tournament with one loss and two d

South Korean footballer Park Ji-sung is set to rejoin his former club PSV Eindhoven in the top Dutch league on a one-year loan deal from Queens Park Rangers in England, news reports in the Netherlands said on Sunday.Voetbal International, a Dutch football magazine, reported online that the midfielder arrived in Eindhoven on Saturday, local time, and is scheduled to undergo a medical test on Sunday.Another news site, Soccernew.nl, also said Park is expected to have his medical test on Sunday befo

South Korea upset the reigning Women's World Cup champion Japan 2-1 in the final East Asian Cup match on Saturday, an unexpected result that helped North Korea earn its first title of the regional tournament.Ji So-yun scored both South Korean goals at Jamsil Olympic Stadium in Seoul, giving South Korea its first win of the tournament and denying Japan its third straight East Asian Cup title. Japan finished second with four points, followed by South Korea and China with three points apiece, with

PAJU (Yonhap News) ― Asian football rivals South Korea and Japan have agreed to revive their regularly scheduled friendly matches starting next year, the South’s top football official said Friday.“We have agreed with the Japan Football Association to hold a friendly match some time in October or November next year,” Chung Mong-gyu, president of the Korea Football Association, told reporters at the National Football Center.“We haven’t settled on a specific date yet, but the two sides have agreed

South Korea remained winless under new coach Hong Myung-bo after a 0-0 draw with China at the East Asian Cup.The host dominated play at Hwaseong Stadium but couldn’t capitalize on its chances against the tournament’s defending champion. Hong was captain of the South Korean team that reached the 2002 World Cup semifinals. He took over from Choi Kang-hee on July 1, vowing to instill more discipline. Korea’s opening match against Australia on Saturday also ended in a goalless draw. China played to

BERLIN (AP) ― A member of FIFA’s executive committee says awarding the 2022 World Cup to Qatar was a “blatant mistake” and that even moving it to avoid searing summer temperatures wouldn’t be ideal.Former German soccer federation president Theo Zwanziger tells SportBild that a suggestion by FIFA president Sepp Blatter to play the tournament in winter would seriously affect the European leagues and threaten the “unity of German football.”Blatter plans to ask the committee to consider the switch ―

North Korea held the favored Japan to a scoreless draw in the women's match at the East Asian Cup tournament here on Thursday.At Hwaseong Stadium, south of Seoul, North Korea kept the reigning FIFA Women's World Cup champion at bay in the back-and-forth encounter at the regional tournament.Japan, the two-time defending East Asian Cup champ, entered the competition ranked third in the world, six spots ahead of North Korea on the FIFA women's rankings.North Korea will close out the tournament agai

BARCELONA (AP) ― Gerardo Martino, a relatively unknown Argentine league coach, reached an agreement Tuesday to coach a Barcelona team led by Lionel Messi that is one of great clubs in soccer history.Martino will be given a two-year contract, the team said. He is expected to travel from Argentina to sign the contract and be presented to the club.The 50-year-old Martino will follow two of European soccer’s most successful coaches ― Tito Vilanova, who succeeded Pep Guardiola.Despite having no Europ