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The Splash Brothers combined for three straight 3-pointers in the closing minutes after Toronto had taken a six-point lead with under 3 1/2 minutes remaining in front of a raucous, red-shirted crowd. The Warriors lost Kevin Durant barely a quarter after getting him ba Jun 7, 2019 World swimming champs not making a splash in S. Korea Organisers of next month's world swimming championships in South Korea are facing the prospect of half-filled grandstands, figures showed Friday, with only around one-third of tickets sold.A total of 419,000 tickets are available for the FINA World Championships taking place in the southern cities of Gwangju and Yeosu, from July 12-28.But only about 149,000 have been taken up since they went on sale in January, organisers said Friday -- just over 35 percent. Around 140,000 of those were block-bo May 10, 2019 [Newsmaker] Two-time Olympic speed skating champion Lee Sang-hwa announces retirement Two-time Olympic speed skating gold medalist Lee Sang-hwa announced her retirement Friday, putting an end to an illustrious career that includes a world record and multiple world championships.In a press release, Lee, 30, said she will have a formal retirement ceremony in Seoul next Thursday.Lee will go down as one of South Korea's greatest winter sport athletes ever and also among the very best speed skaters of her generation.Lee won the gold medal in the women's 500 meters at the 2010 Vancouve Apr 19, 2019 [Eye] A day in the life of a Kenyan-born Korean marathoner Naturalized runner lives in old hanok, eats ramen for lunch while training for Olympics Mar 28, 2019 S. Korean women's curling posts highest-ever position for Asian team in world rankings The South Korean women's curling team earned its highest-ever world ranking on Thursday after climbing up to second place.South Korea moved up four spots to finish second with 65.907 points in the latest women's world rankings released by the World Curling Federation. South Korea was behind Sweden, which amassed 81.569 points. (Yonhap)According to the WCF, this is the highest-ever position for a Pacific-Asia team in women's world rankings that was first introduced in 2006. South Korea grabbed i Mar 22, 2019 S. Korean Lim Eun-soo finishes 10th at figure skating worlds South Korean figure skater Lim Eun-soo finished in 10th place at her first senior world championships on Friday, while competing with an injury sustained in a controversial incident involving an American rival.Lim scored 205.57 points at the International Skating Union (ISU) World Figure Skating Championships in Saitama, Japan. Lim was fifth after Wednesday's short program with a personal-best 72.91 points and also set a new personal high in the free skate with 132.66 points on Friday.It was the Mar 22, 2019 [Newsmaker] US apologizes to S. Korean figure skater after controversial incident The US figure skating team at the world championships has apologized to injured South Korean skater Lim Eun-soo following a controversial incident involving her American rival.The Korea Skating Union said the US delegation insisted on Thursday that Mariah Bell didn't intend to hurt Lim when they collided during a warmup before Wednesday's short program at the International Skating Union World Figure Skating Championships in Saitama, Japan. In this Associated Press photo, Lim Eun-soo of South Kor Mar 14, 2019 New nat'l training center chief vows to restore pride, trust for athletes The new chief of the main national athletic training center vowed on Thursday to restore pride and trust for athletes after a series of assault scandals rocked South Korea's sports community.Shin Chi-yong, a legendary volleyball coach, was officially introduced as the head of the National Training Center in Jincheon, North Chungcheong Province, the main training ground for South Korean national team athletes, last month."We're doing our best to restore trust," Shin said to reporters at the Natio Mar 7, 2019 S. Korean skeleton slider to compete at world championships with full confidence South Korean skeleton slider Yun Sung-bin said Thursday that he is ready to show his best at the International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation World Championships. Yun, the 2018 Winter Olympics gold medalist in men's skeleton, will compete at the IBSF World Championships in Whistler, Canada, on Friday. He is looking for his first gold at the worlds.(Yonhap)"I've been competing this whole season to race at the worlds," Yun said through his Seoul-based agency. "I'm in my best form right now."After Feb 21, 2019 Speed skater stands by harassment allegations against ex-teammate, claims to have evidence South Korean speed skater Kim Bo-reum said Thursday she stands by allegations of harassment she raised against a former teammate, adding she has materials to back up her claims.Kim was embroiled in a bullying scandal during the PyeongChang Winter Olympics last year, when she was accused of leaving fellow skater Noh Seon-yeong behind on purpose during a team pursuit race. This file photo from Feb. 21, 2018, shows South Korean speed skaters Kim Bo-reum (L) and Noh Seon-yeong at Gangneung Oval in G Feb 21, 2019 Olympic curlers endured abuse by coaches, owed prize money: sports ministry The sports ministry concluded on Thursday that former national women's curlers endured abuse by their coaches and have yet to receive a large sum of prize money from competitions.The ministry announced the findings of its five-week probe, which ran from Nov. 19 to Dec. 21, into allegations raised by members of the Olympic silver medal-winning women's curling team. Collectively dubbed "Team Kim" after the common surname of all members, the curlers won a surprise silver medal at last year's Pyeong Feb 15, 2019 Koreas likely to field joint teams in field hockey, rowing, basketball, judo at Tokyo Olympics South Korea and North Korea are likely to field joint teams in at least four sports at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics, with an addition of more sports to the list remaining a possibility, officials said Friday.South Korean sports representatives, led by Sports Minister Do Jong-hwan, are visiting Lausanne, Switzerland, for a tripartite meeting with their North Korean counterparts and International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach later Friday. They'll discuss the organization of joint team Feb 8, 2019 Host S. Korea blanks Japan at men’s hockey tournament South Korea shut out Japan 2-0 for its first win at a men’s hockey tournament on home ice Friday. Defenseman Eric Regan scored midway through the second period, and forward Park Sang-jin netted a short-handed goal in the third for insurance in a well-deserved victory at the Legacy Cup. The four-nation tournament, which also featured Kazakhstan and Latvia, was held at Gangneung Hockey Centre in Gangneung, 230 kilometers east of Seoul, in commemoration of the first anniversary of the PyeongChang Feb 8, 2019 Cha Jun-hwan finishes 2nd in short program with personal best at Four Continents South Korean figure skater Cha Jun-hwan is in second place after the men's short program at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, setting a new personal best with a flawless performance.The 17-year-old scored 97.33 points at Honda Center in Anaheim, California, on Thursday (local time) and trails Vincent Zhou of the United States by 2.85 points.The competition is open to skaters from Asia, America, Oceania and Europe. (Yonhap)Cha's previous best score in the short program was 90.56 p Feb 6, 2019 Host S. Korea falls to Latvia to open men's hockey tournament South Korea lost to Latvia 6-2 in the opening match of a men's ice hockey tournament at home on Wednesday, after blowing a pair of first-period leads.South Korea is hosting the Legacy Cup at Gangneung Hockey Centre in Gangneung, 230 kilometers east of Seoul, through Friday. The tournament, which also features Kazakhstan and Japan, celebrates the first anniversary of the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics. Gangneung Hockey Centre was one of two hockey venues during the Olympics and hosted the men's MORE 15 / 3753
