The American coach for South Korean figure skating star Kim Yu-na will fly in from the U.S. to join his pupil in Seoul this week to prepare for the upcoming world championships. All That Sports, Kim’s agency in Seoul, announced Tuesday that Peter Oppegard will arrive in Seoul from Los Angeles on Thursday. The agency said Oppegard and Kim will train in Seoul for the April 24-May 1 World Figure S...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ― Barry Bonds’ former mistress testified Monday that he blamed a 1999 elbow injury on steroid use, and that the body and behavior of baseball’s home run king changed during their nine-year relationship. Called by prosecutors to the witness stand, Kimberly Bell choked up as she recalled Bonds once threatening “to cut my head off and leave me in a ditch,” an outburst prosecutors...

Baseball, South Korea's most popular professional sport, will launch its 30th season this weekend, with all eight clubs in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) in action across the nation. The 2011 KBO season starts Saturday with four games starting at 2 p.m. in four cities. The defending champion SK Wyverns will open at home against the Nexen Heroes in Incheon, west of Seoul. The Kia Tigers wi...

Sandra Gal holds off Shin on the 18th to capture Kia Classic INDUSTRY, California (AP) ― Sandra Gal won the Kia Classic to become the second German winner in LPGA Tour history, beating second-ranked Shin Ji-yai with a 2-foot birdie putt on the final hole Sunday. The 25-year-old Gal made the winning putt after Shin’s 5-foot birdie attempt caught the right edge and spun out. “It was big pressure...

PyeongChang’s attempt to bring the Winter Olympics to Korea for the first time was backed by a group of local businesses on Monday. With 100 days to go until the International Olympic Committee decides the host of the 2018 Winter Games, the PyeongChang bid committee signed an agreement with 23 companies for its “Best of Korea” initiative. The scheme brings the country’s best entertainment and c...

The beaches of Rio felt a million miles away from a freezing cold Seoul World Cup Stadium last Friday evening as South Korea thrashed Honduras 4-0 in a friendly. It was the first game of the long warm-up ahead of qualification for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil and it was the first match in Korea after Park Ji-sung left the international side. If the team continues playing like this, he may not be...

Kim Dong-sub scored the only goal to secure Korea Under-23 team’s 1-0 victory over China in a friendly at the Munsu World Cup Stadium in Ulsan on Sunday. Korea had its first chance seven minutes into the game. FC Seoul’s Lee Seung-yeoul fooled two defenders inside the penalty area, only to be blocked by the on-rushing goalkeeper. It didn’t take long before Korea took the lead, however. Gwangju ...

Korean recovers from slow start to finish with a 3-under 70 INDUSTRY, California (AP) ― Second-ranked Shin Ji-yai shot a 3-under 70 on Saturday to take a one-stroke lead over Sandra Gal after the third round of the Kia Classic. Shin, the South Korean star who has eight LPGA Tour victories, had a 15-under 204 total on the Industry Hills Golf Club course at Pacific Palms. Gal, from Germany, also ...

South Korean figure skating star Kim Yu-na said Friday she will participate in the world championships rescheduled and relocated from quake-stricken Japan to take place in Russia late next month. In a statement released by her Seoul-based agency, All That Sports, Kim said she is looking forward to training for the 2011 World Figure Skating Championships, which will be held in Moscow from April 2...

Defender Lee Jung-soo scored early in the first half, Kim Jung-woo added one in the 43rd minute, and Park Chu-yong and Lee Keun-ho added two to secure Korea’s 4-0 victory over Honduras on Friday night at the Seoul World Cup Stadium. Korea had its first shot on goal in the 7th minute. Lee Chung-yong unleashed a low drive from just inside the box after receiving a neat pass from Park Chu-young, bu...

Qatar may build artificial cloud for 2022 World Cup Qatar, the host of the 2022 World Cup, is struggling to find a way to shade players from the desert sun. Saud Abdul Ghani, a mechanical engineering professor teaching at the University of Qatar, suggested an artificial cloud. Experiments to make artificial coulds are being conducted around the world, but this one is different in that it is mec...