(London Olympic Joint Press Corps)CARDIFF, Britain -- Ahead of the latest grudge football match between Korea and Japan at the London Olympics, Korean head coach Hong Myung-bo said Thursday his focus is solely on the action on the pitch.The two regional rivals will clash in the men's football bronze medal contest at Millennium Stadium here Friday evening. Korea is seeking its first Olympic footbal

There were no medals won Thursday for South Korea, and its women's handball and volleyball teams were both eliminated from the semifinals.In the handball contest, South Korea lost to Norway 31-25. The volleyball team fell to the U.S. in straight sets.Against Norway, South Korea failed to put up much of a fight from start to finish. Norway exploited the slow-footed, exhausted South Korean defense w

(London Olympic Joint Press Corps)LONDON -- Korea dropped to the U.S. in straight sets in the women's volleyball semifinals Thursday.Destinee Hooker led the Americans with 24 points in the 25-20, 25-22, 25-22 victory. Kim Yeon-koung countered with 20 points and Han Song-yi had 13 in the losing cause.Korea has been relegated to the bronze medal match, where it will face Japan on Saturday.Korea is g

(London Olympic Joint Press Corps)LONDON -- Korean rhythmic gymnast Son Yeon-jae put together solid performances on Thursday, the first day of the qualification round, to give herself a chance to advance to the all-around final at the London Olympics.After the hoop and ball routines at Wembley Arena, Son finished fourth overall among 24 gymnasts. She earned 28.075 points in hoop and 27.825 points

Korean rhythmic gymnast Son Yeon-jae practices her ribbon routine on Wednesday ahead of qualifications for the individual all-aroundevent slated for Thursday at the 2012 London Olympic Games. (Yonhap News)

LONDON (AP) ― No more heartbreak for Allyson Felix. No more silver, either.Denied twice on the world’s biggest stage, Felix won the Olympic gold medal she’s been yearning for, taking the 200 meters Wednesday night to fill the last, and biggest, hole in her otherwise stellar resume.Felix won the race in 21.88 seconds, topping Jamaica’s Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, who won the 100 four nights earlier, by .21 seconds. American Carmelita Jeter added bronze to go with her silver in the 100 meters.“I thin

LONDON (Yonhap News) ― On his way to capturing the gold medal in men’s 66-kilogram Greco-Roman wrestling, Kim Hyeon-woo encountered his share of challenges, both mentally and physically.Less than 24 hours removed from his first gold, the 23-year-old said Wednesday he never backed away from them.Kim beat Tamas Lorincz of Hungary for the gold, which was South Korea’s first Olympic wrestling title in eight years. The South Korean competed with only one eye open, as his right eye was virtually swoll

(AFP-Yonhap News)LONDON - America's Allyson Felix made it third time lucky to win the Olympic 200m crown here Wednesday and deny Jamaica's Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce a sprint double.Felix, a silver medallist at the 2004 and 2008 Games over the distance, powered to victory in 21.88sec to thwart Fraser-Pryce's hopes of adding the 200m title to her newly acquired 100m crown."Finally, it has been a long

(AP-Yonhap News)LONDON - Steve Guerdat, riding Nino des Buissonnets, won the Olympic Games individual show jumping gold at Greenwich Park on Wednesday for Switzerland's first title in the event in 88 years.Ireland's Cian O'Connor and Dutch rider Gerco Schroder faced a jump off to determine the silver and bronze medals after finishing tied with one time fault apiece.Schroder took second place, post

(London Olympic Joint Press Corps)LONDON -- Lee Dae-hoon won silver in the men's under-58-kilogram taekwondo competition Wednesday at the London Olympics.Lee lost to Joel Gonzalez Bonilla of Spain 17-8 in the men's lightest weight division. This was the first day of taekwondo at this year's Olympics.Lee, 20, came up just shy of completing taekwondo's equivalent of a grand slam. He holds a title fr