All posts tagged "Sports"

  • Pittsburgh Pirates infielder Kang Jung-ho (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
    Pirates’ Kang homers to open Sept. in MLB

    (Yonhap) — Kang Jung-ho of the Pittsburgh Pirates homered and doubled to start the final month of the regular season in Major League Baseball (MLB) on Tuesday. Kang launched a solo shot for his 13th home run...

    • Posted September 2, 2015
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  • South Korean football player Son Heung-min poses in his new Tottenham Hotspur uniform in this photo released by the English Premier League club on Aug. 28, 2015. (Yonhap)
    ‘Sonaldo’ joins Tottenham in Premier League

    Aug. 28 (Yonhap) — Son Heung-min has signed with Tottenham Hotspur, the English Premier League club announced Friday, making him the 13th South Korean to play in the competition. Tottenham snatched the 23-year-old wing forward from Germany-based...

    • Posted August 28, 2015
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  • The exterior of six-floor SMTOWN@coexartium, a cultural facility for K-pop fans in Samseong-dong. (Courtesy of SM Entertainment)
    The birth of K-sportainment: SM joins hands with top sports agency

    It looks like the beginning of Korean “sportainment” — sports agency/marketing powerhouse IB Worldwide and K-pop giant SM Entertainment have joined hands in a strategic partnership through mutual investment. IB Worldwide saw an increase in capital of...

    • Posted August 26, 2015
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  • The 2015 Presidents Cup will take place in Incheon, South Korea. (Courtesy of Presidents Cup/PGA)
    Presidents Cup to change format to include fewer matches

    EDISON, N.J. (AP) — The PGA Tour agreed Monday to reduce by four the number of matches in the Presidents Cup, giving the event its fewest matches since it began in 1994. International team captain Nick Price...

    • Posted August 25, 2015
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  • Davis Love III raises the trophy after winning the Wyndham Championship golf tournament at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, N.C., Sunday, Aug. 23, 2015. (AP Photo/Rob Brown)
    Love wins the Wyndham, while Tiger struggles in final round

    GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — During their practice round together before the Wyndham Championship, Tiger Woods pumped local favorite Davis Love III for tips on how to play the course. Looks like Love saved a few secrets for...

    • Posted August 24, 2015
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  • Pittsburgh Pirates infielder Kang Jung-ho, left, and Texas Rangers outfielder Choo shin-soo. (AP Photos)
    Kang, Choo help MLB clubs to victories

    (Yonhap) — Two South Korean players in Major League Baseball, Kang Jung-ho of the Pittsburgh Pirates and Choo Shin-soo of the Texas Rangers, continued their strong play of late on Sunday, helping their respective clubs to victories....

    • Posted August 24, 2015
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  • PENTA Olympic Fencing Club Head Coach Lee Young-chan, third from left, with young fencers Justin Oh, Vincent Park and Timothy Lee.
    Just six months into fencing, young Korean Americans see victory

    By The Korea Times Washington DC staff A team of Korean American amateur fencers near Washington, D.C., saw wins at a competition just six months into the sport. Young fencers of Fairfax, Virginia-based PENTA Olympic Fencing Club...

    • Posted August 21, 2015
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