LPGA Portland Classic Missing Top Ranked Players…Who Will Win?
One week before the women’s golf competition at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, the Ladies Professional Golf (LPGA) Tour returns to Portland, Oregon, this week…
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Deputy Culture Minister Rosellan meets with IOC Vice-President to ask for prevention of recurrence
Vice Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Jang Jang-ran met with International Olympic Committee (IOC) Vice President Sermien Ng in Paris, France, where…
Man Utd to build new 100,000-seat stadium…6 years, $3.55 trillion to complete
English Premier League (EPL) soccer team Manchester United is moving forward with plans to build a new 100,000-seat stadium as it leaves the “Old Trafford”…
IOC apologizes to S. Korea for introducing athletes as N. Korean
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) apologized to South Korea after the country’s athletes were wrongly introduced as North Korean during the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics. IOC President Thomas Bach had a phone conversation with President Yoon Suk Yeol, Saturday, following the blunder hours earlier. In their 10-minute talk, Bach offered his “sincere and…
Unheralded teen pistol shooter delivers 2nd gold medal for Korea
Only six years after picking up pistol shooting, Oh Ye-jin, still just 19 years old, can call herself an Olympic champion. Oh’s gold medal Sunday in the women’s 10-meter air pistol at the Paris Olympics is as unlikely as any Olympic medal for Korea in recent memory. The teenager came in ranked No. 35 in…
Pistol shooting silver medalist vows to bring home gold
A lot of athletes would love to be in Kim Ye-ji’s position Sunday, with an Olympic silver medal around her neck. But Kim, after grabbing silver behind fellow Korean Oh Ye-jin in the women’s 10-meter air pistol at the Paris Olympics, didn’t fly to France to finish in second place. “I am really disappointed,” Kim…
World champion Hwang Sun-woo misses out on 200m freestyle final
The reigning world champion Hwang Sun-woo failed to reach the final of the men’s 200-meter freestyle swimming at the Paris Summer Games on Sunday, unable to give himself a shot at winning his first career Olympic medal. Hwang ranked ninth overall in the semifinals with a time of 1:45.92 at Paris La Defense Arena in…
Main delegation of Team Korea departs for Paris Olympics
South Korea’s main delegation for the Paris Olympics left for the French capital Saturday as it began the quest for a solid performance at the quadrennial competition. Forty athletes, along with 18 officials of the Korean Sport & Olympic Committee (KSOC), flew to Paris on the day as part of the country’s delegation of 143…
Defending KBO champions LG Twins parting ways with veteran pitcher Kelly
Defending Korean Series champions LG Twins said Saturday they have decided to cut ties with veteran pitcher Casey Kelly. Twins manager Youm Kyoung-youb told reporters Kelly’s scheduled start against the Doosan Bears, Saturday, will be his final one in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO). Kelly has been pitching for the Twins since 2019, making him…
High jumper Woo Sang-hyeok, swimmer Kim Seo-yeong named S. Korean flag bearers
South Korea announced Sunday high jumper Woo Sang-hyeok and swimmer Kim Seo-yeong will be its flag bearers at the opening ceremony for the Paris Summer Olympics. Lee Kee-heung, president of the Korean Sport & Olympic Committee, made the announcement during an open house event at the South Korean training camp at the National Sports Center…