(Yonhap News)LONDON - Serena Williams clinched her first Olympic singles gold medal with a 6-0, 6-1 demolition of Maria Sharapova in the most one-sided women's final in the history of the Games on Saturday.Williams' victory surpassed Suzanne Lenglen's 6-3, 6-0 win over Dorothy Holman in the 1920 final in Antwerp.The American's win, which came just a month after she had captured a fifth Wimbledon c

On an action-packed day for South Korea at the London Olympics, athletes who haven't yet won a medal outshone those who did.South Korea stunned Britain in men's football in Cardiff, beating the host country 5-4 in a penalty shootout to advance to the semifinals for the first time.The shocking win came hours after the country's female epee fencing team won the silver medal behind China. Shin A-lam,

South Korea captured the silver medal in women's team epee fencing Saturday at the London Olympics.At the ExCeL Arena, South Korea was routed by China 39-25. Shin A-lam, Jung Hyo-jung and Choi In-jeong and substitute Choi Eun-sook opened an early lead before the trio of Li Na, Sun Yujie and Xu Anqi built a big lead midway through the lopsided contest.This was South Korea's sixth fencing medal in L

Ryu Seung-min (left) and Oh Sang-eun of South Korea compete against North Korea during men's team table tennis competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Saturday (Yonhap News)South Korea defeated North Korea on Saturday in men's table tennis in one of the most politically charged showdowns of the Olympics.South Korea won 3-1 to reach the quarterfinals of the team competition in a tense match that w

Korea's Lee Yong-dae returns a shot as his teammate Chung Jae-sung looks on from behind during their men's doubles badminton semifinal match against Denmark at the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Wembley Arena on Saturday. (Yonhap News)The South Korean badminton duo of Lee Yong-dae and Chung Jae-sung lost to their Danish counterparts in the men's doubles seminfinals at the London Olympics Saturda

South Korean sabre fecing team cheers after beating Romania to claim gold medal at the 2012 London Olympic Games. The victory brought the country its 100th Olympic gold medal. (Yonhap News)South Korea claimed its 100th Olympic gold medal on Friday, as the men's sabre fencing team beat Romania for the country's ninth gold at the London Games.The country's first Summer Olympics under its own flag wa

 From left, South Korea`s gold medal team, Kim Junghwan, Oh Eun-seok, Gu Bon-gil and Won Woo-young participate in the medals ceremony for men`s team saber fencing at the 2012 London Olympics on Friday. (Yonhap News)South Korea captured the gold medal in men's sabre team event here Friday.The team of Gu Bon-gil, Kim Jung-hwan and Won Woo-young, plus substitute Oh Eun-seok, beat Romania 45-26.In the

South Korean fencer Shin A-lam (London Olympic Joint Press Corps)The South Korean female epee fencer who lost her bid for gold in disputed circumstances will not earn a joint medal after all, officials said Friday.The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has informed South Korean officials that it will not give an extra medal to Shin A-lam, who lost to Britta Heidemann of Germany in the semifinal

  South Korean archer Oh Jin-hyek poses at the award ceremony after winning gold medal in the men`s archery at the London 2012 Olympic Games. (Yonhap News)Oh Jin-hyek won the gold medal in men's individual archery Friday at the London Olympics.Oh defeated Takaharu Furukawa of Japan by the set score of 7-1 to become the first South Korean man to capture an individual archery Olympic gold.In the ind

South Korea`s Jung Kyung-eun, left, and Kim Ha-na play against Valeria Sorokina and Nina Vislova, or Russia, during a women`s doubles badminton match at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Monday, July 30, 2012, in London. (AP-Yonhap News)The head of South Korea's disgraced badminton delegation issued his first public apology Friday over his players' connection to controversial match-throwing attempts at th

South Korean swimmer Park Tae-hwan checks his record after completing the qualifying round of the men`s 1,500 meter event in the London 2012 Olympic Games. (Yonhap News)Swimmer Park Tae-hwan progressed to the final of the men's 1,500-meter freestyle race Friday.At Aquatics Centre, Park finished second in his heat and sixth among eight qualifiers at 14 minutes and 56.89 seconds.The final set for Sa

Swimmer wins 200-meter individual medley to win 20th career medalLONDON (AP) ― Michael Phelps spent the day thinking about all the things he’s doing for the final time at the pool. It turns out that included one last win over Ryan Lochte.Phelps finally got a gold all his own at his final Olympics.Adding to an already unprecedented medal collection, he claimed his first individual victory of the London Games and handed Lochte a double disappointment on his rival’s final night in the pool Thursday