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S. Korea to face top-ranked US in women's football friendlies in Oct.

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  This photo provided by the Korea Football Association on Aug. 19, 2021, shows South Korea's starting XI against the United States in a women's football friendly at Soldier Field in Chicago on Oct. 6, 2019. (Korea Football Association) The South keonhacai women's national football team will play a pair of friendlies against the world No. 1 United States on the road in October, the sport's national federation announced Thursday. The Korea Football Association (KFA) said the first match between the two countries will kick off at 7 p.m. on Oct. 21 at Children's Mercy Park in Kansas City, Kansas. That's 9 a.m. on Oct. 22 (Korean time). The second match will be at 7 p.m. on Oct. 26 at Allianz Field in St. Paul, Minnesota, or 9 a.m. on Oct. 27 in Seoul. The United States won the bronze medal at the recently concluded Tokyo Olympics. South Korea, ranked 18th, just missed out on qualifying for the Olympics for the first time. Prior to the South Korea matches, the US wi...
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[Tokyo Olympics] S. Korea loses to Japan in baseball semifinals, still alive in tournament

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  South Korean national baseball team shortstop Oh Ji-hwan (left) covers his face with his left hand as Korea conceded in a semifinal against Japan Wednesday. (Yonhap) YOKOHAMA, Japan -- Defending champion South Korea lost to its bitter rival Japan 5-2 in the semifinals of the Tokyo Olympic baseball tournament on Wednesday. The loss, however, doesn't mean the end of South Korea's run. In the complicated double elimination tournament, South Korea has dropped into the loser's bracket and will play the United States at 7 p.m. Thursday for the right to reach the gold medal game. The US defeated the Dominican Republic earlier Wednesday in a repechage game to stay alive in the tournament. A loss in that Thursday game will send South Korea to the bronze medal game against the Dominican Republic. In a tense and taut game that lived up to hype, Japan broke the 2-2 tie in the bottom eighth courtesy of a three-run double by Tetsuto Yamada. South Korea wasted an opportunity to put pres...
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S. Korean-born taekwondo coach for Thailand wants to improve sports diplomacy between two countries

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  Choi Young-seok (L), the South Korean-born coach of the Thai taekwondo team, and his athlete Panipak Wongpattanakit celebrate Wongpattanakit's gold medal in the women's 49kg class at the Tokyo Olympics at Makuhari Messe Hall A in Chiba, Japan, on July 24, 2021. (Yonhap) For the past two decades, South Korean-born taekwondo coach Choi Young-seok has made efforts to help Thailand make its presence felt in the international sporting world and finally accomplished the goal at the Tokyo Olympics. His longtime student Panipak Wongpattanakit won the women's 49-kilogram title at the Summer Games that closed Aug. 8. It was the Southeast Asian country's first Olympic taekwondo gold medal and the only gold won in Tokyo. Thailand previously had two Olympic silvers and three bronzes in the martial arts sport that originated in Korea. The 47-year-old coach hoped that the bigger-than-expected affection and interest that the Thai people have given him since the Olympics will help him...
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