Aussie coach aims to take Korean wheelchair hoops to LondonHe knows exactly where his heart is, and has a clear vision of what he’d like for the future. Australian basketball coach Mark Walker says his current goal is to take the Korean wheelchair basketball team to the London 2012 Paralympics. Yet his ambition appears impossible, considering the current level of the Korean national team: Korea ha

Korea’s Cha Dong-min won a gold medal in a world qualifying competition Sunday to win a place in the 2012 London Olympics.On the final day of the World Taekwondo Federation qualification tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan, the Korean defeated Russia’s Gadzhi Umarov 6-1 for the gold medal in the men’s over-80 kg final. Cha was the fourth Korean taekwondo athlete to secure a berth in the London Olympics

Korean city aims to bring Winter Olympics to Asia for third timeDURBAN, South Africa (Yonhap News) ― With the vote here on the 2018 Winter Olympics host just two days away, Pyeong-Chang, the South Korean candidate, in its last-minute pitch has been stressing its main point ― that Asia is due for a Winter Games.The International Olympic Committee is set to select the Olympic host on Wednesday, with

Korean city anticipating better luck third time aroundLONDON (AP) ― Send the Winter Olympics to a new frontier in Asia, or go back to the roots of winter sports in the heart of Europe?That sums up the choice facing the International Olympic Committee when it selects the host city for the 2018 Games.By all accounts, the South Korean bid from PyeongChang remains the one to beat in the three-city rac

Korea’s Kim Mi-kyung (right) competes against Farida Azizova of Azerbaijan in the women’s under-67 kg final of the WTF World Qualification Tournament for the 2012 London Olympics in Baku, Azerbaijan on Thursday.  (WTF)South Korea secured two spots in taekwondo for the 2012 London Olympics on the opening day of the World Taekwondo Federation qualification tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan, Thursday.In

NAGOYA (AP) ― Tiger Woods has signed a three-year deal to promote a Japanese pain reliever, his first endorsement since he was caught in a sex scandal toward the end of 2009.The deal with Kowa Company Ltd. is geared only toward the market in Japan. Woods already has filmed commercials for “Vantelin Kowa,” a heat rub used to relieve muscle and joint pain. The commercial is to be shown in Japan star

Top golfers from Korea and Japan will face each other at the Korea-Japan Million Yard Cup, which tees off on Friday at Jeongsan Golf Club, in Gimhae, South Gyeongsang Province.The three-day competition is the third occasion in which Korea’s top male golfers team up to play against Japan. In its inaugural competition in 2004, Korea beat Japan, but in their last clash in 2010, they lost to the Japan

A former national football team forward became the latest to turn himself in to top football authorities for ties to match fixing schemes, the nation’s first-division league announced Wednesday.Choi Sung-kuk, currently with the Suwon Samsung Bluewings, came clean on Tuesday and the case is now in the hands of prosecutors, an official with K-League said.Choi is the second known case to report himse

CLEVELAND (AP) ― Indians outfielder Choo Shin-soo could miss up to two and a half months after having surgery on his broken left thumb.Choo’s thumb was broken Friday night in San Francisco when he was struck while batting in the fourth inning by Giants left-hander Jonathan Sanchez. Choo’s finger was also cut and required stitches.On Tuesday, Choo’s thumb was repaired at the Cleveland Clinic by han

DRESDEN, Germany (AFP) ― North Korea’s women’s football coach Kim Kwang-min claimed several players had played in the opening 2-0 World Cup loss to two-time champions United States on Tuesday still suffering from the effects of being struck by lightning at a pre-tournament training camp.“Frankly speaking, when we were having training and test matches before we left for this tournament, five of the

The plan to launch a new professional baseball team in South Korea has been boosted after the Changwon City Council passed a bill Tuesday to build a new baseball stadium in Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province.NCsoft, an online game developer, signed a memorandum of understanding with Changwon City at the end of 2010 to set up a new professional baseball team in Changwon, some 400 kilometers southe