All posts tagged "soccer"

  • Coach Uli Stielike congratulates Ki Sung-yeung for job well-done as he makes a second half substitution. (Yonhap)
    South Korea defeats Paraguay 2-0 in Stielike’s coaching debut

    CHEONAN, South Korea (Yonhap) — Energetic and opportunistic South Korea defeated Paraguay 2-0 in their soccer friendly on Friday, handing new head coach Uli Stielike a victory in his South Korean debut. South Korea scored twice on...

    • Posted October 10, 2014
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  • Lee Yu-ri with her villainous attitude from her character in MBC's "Jangbori" (Courtesy of MBC)
    Watch Korean football, or else!

    When MBC-TV took a short commercial break during broadcasting a Major League baseball game between Los Angeles Dodgers and St. Louis Cardinals, actress Lee Yu-ri from Korea’s hottest evening soap opera “Jangbori is here” (왔다 장보리) made...

    • Posted October 7, 2014
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    South Korea suffers deflating 1-0 loss to Tunisia at home

    By Yoo Jee-ho SEOUL (Yonhap) — Sloppy and unorganized on both ends, South Korea dropped to Tunisia 1-0 in its final match at home before the World Cup on Wednesday. Zouhaier Dhaouadi scored on a breakaway moments...

    • Posted May 28, 2014
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  • The South Korean World Cup soccer team got all dressed up and posed for the camera with the head coach Hong Myung-bo in the middle. Their suits, called 'Pride 11,' were specially made for them by Samsung's Everland Fashion division. (Yonhap)
    Korean World Cup soccer team goes Gangnam style

    Representing Korea       

    • Posted May 21, 2014
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    Will Ki Sung-yueng be ready for World Cup?

    Ki Sung-yueng, perhaps the best free-kicker on the South Korean National Soccer team, has asked his English club to allow him to return home before the end of the current season to recover from a knee injury,...

    • Posted May 1, 2014
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    Korea v. Costa Rica countdown: 3 days to go!

    The long-awaited chance to see the Brazil World Cup-bound Korean Soccer team in Los Angeles is now only three days away. The Hong Myung-bo led Korean National soccer team will face fellow World Cup qualifiers Costa Rica at...

    • Posted January 22, 2014
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  • North Korean soccer is getting a lot of attention. (Yonhap)
    FIFA funds improvements for N. Korean soccer academy

    (Yonhap) International soccer’s governing body FIFA has provided funds worth $500,000 to build infrastructure to update a soccer academy in Pyongyang, a media outlet reported Thursday. The International School of Football opened earlier this year and has...

    • Posted October 31, 2013
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