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Yoon Bitgaram shines in Olympic qualifying win over Oman

Sept 22, 2011

South Korean midfielder Yoon Bitgaram shined in Korea’s 2-0 win over Oman to start the final round of Asian qualifiers for the London 2012 Olympics on Wednesday.Yoon was sharp and hungry, highlighting the depth of talent manger Hong Myung-bo can call upon. The 21-year-old scored and was involved in
S. Korea beats Oman 2-0 in Olympic football qualifier

Sept 21, 2011

CHANGWON (Yonhap News) -- South Korea blanked Oman 2-0 at home Wednesday to start the final round of the Asian football qualification for the 2012 London Olympics.Midfielder Yoon Bitgaram scored on a free kick in the 23rd minute and Kim Bo-kyung added an insurance midway through the second hal
Park looks to find footing at Arsenal

Sept 21, 2011

Korean fails to impress in League Cup matchupSouth Korea national team captain Park Chu-young made his much-anticipated debut in English football, but failed to make an impact.Park, who joined Arsenal from AS Monaco, played 71 minutes in the team’s 3-1 victory against Shrewsbury in Tuesday’s League
Turkey bans men; 41,000 women attend soccer match

Sept 21, 2011

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) -- Turkey has come up with a radical solution for tackling crowd violence at football matches -- ban the men and let only women and children in.Under new rules approved by Turkey's football association, only women and children under the age of 12 will be admitted to watch games -
Seongnam search for new life

Sept 20, 2011

This season once looked like a terrible one for Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma but there is hope that there may just be a happy ending. The Gyeonggi club is the most successful in K-League history and when it comes to Asia only Pohang Steelers have won more than Seongnam’s two continental titles. It is truly
Korea set for Oman matchup

Sept 20, 2011

South Korea will open the final round of Asian qualification for the 2012 London Olympics against Oman at 8 p.m. Wednesday in Changwon, about 400 kilometers southeast of Seoul.South Korea is in Group A with Oman, Qatar and Saudi Arabia. It will travel to Qatar on Nov. 23 and will be back at home aga
Man United trip Chelsea 3-1

Sept 19, 2011

LONDON (AP) ― Manchester United beat title rival Chelsea 3-1 Sunday for its fifth straight victory in the Premier League, and Manchester City squandered a two-goal lead in a 2-2 tie at Fulham.Wayne Rooney added to goals by Chris Smalling and Nani before missing a penalty kick, helping United (5-0) m
Arsenal fall to Blackburn 4-3

Sept 18, 2011

LONDON (AP) ― Arsenal’s poor start to the English season worsened Saturday with a 4-3 loss to Blackburn despite leading twice in the first half. Elsewhere in the Premier League, all three promoted clubs won on the same day for the first time since February 2007.Ayegbeni Yakubu scored twice in his de
Spain and Italy qualify for Euro 2012

Sept 7, 2011

LONDON (AP) ― Spain and Italy sealed their places at Euro 2012 with two qualifying games to spare on Tuesday while England moved closer to next year’s finals after beating Wales in a game at Wembley overshadowed by the death of a Wales fan.David Villa and Alvaro Negredo scored twice as defending cha
Korea draws with Kuwait in qualifier

Sept 7, 2011

Park Chu-young continues international scoring spreeSouth Korean striker Park Chu-young continued his goal scoring form at international level against Kuwait on Tuesday, but the team was held to a 1-1 draw in the 2014 World Cup qualifier.Park, who scored a hat trick in a 6-0 trashing of Lebanon last
Leandro scores as Brazil beats Ghana in friendly

Sept 6, 2011

LONDON (AP) ― Ronaldinho made a winning return to the Brazil team as Leandro Damiao’s first international goal earned the five-time world champions a 1-0 victory over 10-man Ghana on Monday, easing some of the pressure on under-fire coach Mano Menezes.Internacional striker Leandro marked his first s
European clubs set to take ...on FIFA

Sept 6, 2011

GENEVA (AP) ― Around 150 European football clubs began a two-day meeting Monday to agree their strategy for getting a better deal from FIFA.The semiannual European Club Association gathering comes after its chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge publicly criticized Sepp Blatter, and questioned the newly re-
Korea looks ahead to Kuwait

Sept 4, 2011

Park Chu-young aims to keep up his strong playIt is halftime in South Korea’s two-game opening gambit in its bid to qualify for the 2014 World Cup and the players couldn’t be feeling better. Well, they are sure to be a little jetlagged after playing 90 minutes against Lebanon and then flying to the
Park hat trick as Korea thrashes Lebanon

Sept 2, 2011

GOYANG (AP) -- A hat trick by new Arsenal signing Park Chu-young lifted South Korea to a 6-0 win over Lebanon in their World Cup qualifier on Friday.Ji Dong-won of Sunderland also scored twice as Korea outclassed the visitors from start to finish to take an early lead at the top of Group B in the th
Korea takes step toward Brazil

Sept 1, 2011

You may be thinking that the last World Cup has just finished. After all, it is only 14 months since Luis Suarez scored a fine goal for Uruguay to end South Korean hopes in the second round but despite the defeat all were satisfied as reaching the last 16 was the Taeguk Warriors’ best ever performan