(AP-Yonhap News)LONDON - Steve Guerdat, riding Nino des Buissonnets, won the Olympic Games individual show jumping gold at Greenwich Park on Wednesday for Switzerland's first title in the event in 88 years.Ireland's Cian O'Connor and Dutch rider Gerco Schroder faced a jump off to determine the silver and bronze medals after finishing tied with one time fault apiece.Schroder took second place, post

LONDON -- The South Korean women's handball team will take on the reigning world champion Norway in the semifinal action Thursday. This is South Korea's eighth straight semifinal appearance in Olympic women's handball. South Korea and Norway drew 27-27 in their group stage last week.The women's volleyball squad is also among the last four standing and will battle the U.S. for a berth in the gold m

(London Olympic Joint Press Corps)LONDON -- Lee Dae-hoon won silver in the men's under-58-kilogram taekwondo competition Wednesday at the London Olympics.Lee lost to Joel Gonzalez Bonilla of Spain 17-8 in the men's lightest weight division. This was the first day of taekwondo at this year's Olympics.Lee, 20, came up just shy of completing taekwondo's equivalent of a grand slam. He holds a title fr

South Korean stocks closed up 0.87 percent Wednesday as investor sentiment got a boost from heightened optimism over stimulus efforts in the United States and Europe, analysts said. The local currency inched up against the U.S. dollar.The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) rose 16.43 points to finish at 1,903.23, extending its winning streak to a third consecutive session and rest

Jeon Sang-guen competes during the men’s over-105 kg  weightlifting at the London 2012 Olympic Games at The Excel Center in London on Tuesday. (AP-Yonhap News)

　Kim Hyeon-woo scores during the final in the men’s under-66 kg Greco Roman wrestling on Tuesday. (London Olympic Joint Press Corps)

Great Britain’s Alistair Brownlee (right) shakes hands with Javier Gomez of Spain (left) after they passed the finish line in the men’s triathlon final on Tuesday. (London Olympic Joint Press Corps)

(AP-Yonhap News)LONDON - Epke Zonderland of the Netherlands produced a spectacular horizontal high bar routine to claim Olympic gold earn a standing ovation at the North Greenwich Arena on Tuesday.Zonderland's display gave him a huge score of 16.533, to leave Germany's Fabian Hambuchen with the silver medal and defending champion Zou Kai of China with bronze.The Dutchman's routine contained a sequ

 LONDON - Spain claimed Olympic hockey officials caved into pressure from their British opponents on Tuesday as the hosts reached the semi-finals for the first time since 1988.The game, which finished 1-1, saw a succession of late corners forced by 2008 runners-up Spain overturned by the umpire.When the final whistle sounded, some Spanish players converged on the South African umpire John Wright,

(AFP-Yonhap)LONDON - Australian Sally Pearson held her nerve to win the women's 100m hurdles with a powerful dipping finish Tuesday and give her country a welcome boost in the medals table.The reigning world champion clocked an Olympic record of 12.35sec, edging Beijing Olympic gold medallist Dawn Harper of the United States, who timed a personal best of 12.37sec.American Kellie Wells claimed bron

LONDON - Australian sprinter Andrew McCabe was left red-faced Tuesday after British police went on the hunt for his "stolen" running spikes -- only for them to turn up in another of his bags.One of McCabe's bags, which also contained personal items including his national kit and mobile phone, was stolen from a bench besides the running track as he practiced at Tonbridge School in Kent, southeast o

(AP-Yonhap News)LONDON - Sir Chris Hoy ended his stunning Olympic career Tuesday by defending his Beijing keirin crown to claim a sixth Games gold and become Britain's most successful Olympian.Germany's Maximilian Levy finished second to take the silver with NewZealand's Simon Van Velthooven and Dutchman Teun Mulder sharing the bronze after a long wait for a photo finish decision.Hoy won three Oly

(London Olympic Joint Press Corps)LONDON _ Kim Yeon-koung scored 28 points as South Korea surprised Italy 3-1 Tuesday night to earn an Olympic semifinal match against the U.S. women’s volleyball team.The top-ranked U.S. women swept the Dominican Republic in an earlier quarterfinal. Brazil and Japan will play in the other semifinal on Thursday.Fourth-ranked Italy, which was among the favorites head

LONDON -- South Korea starts its taekwondo campaign Wednesday with Lee Dae-hoon in men's under-58-kilogram class. In Beijing, South Korea swept up four gold medals in taekwondo, the traditional Korean martial art, and will try to duplicate the feat in London.The men's table tennis team is up against the defending Olympic champion China in the final Wednesday.The following is the list of events for

(London Olympic Joint Press Corps)LONDON -- South Korea edged Russia 24-23 to reach the semifinals in women's handball Tuesday at the London Olympics.South Korea clung to a one-goal lead as Russia held possession in the final minute. But Victoria Zhilinskayte, the tallest player on the court at 190 centimeters, had her desperate shot blocked as the last second ran out.South Korea led 22-19 with un

Dominican Republic’s Felix Sanchez honors his grandmother with a photograph of her after winning gold in the men’s 400-meter hurdles final on Monday at the Olympic Stadium in London. His grandmother died while Sanchez was in the 2008 Beijing Olympic.    (AP-Yonhap News)

SEOUL -- South Korean stocks turned a tad higher Tuesday after opening lower, helped by positive signs from the eurozone overnight, analysts said.The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) rose 1.30 points, or 0.07 percent to 1,887.18 in the first 15 minutes of trading.Oil refiners and machineries led the climb, with top player SK Innovation jumping 2.14 percent and equipment maker Do

LONDON - World taekwondo officials claim they still have the best fighters at the Olympic Games despite several world champions and world number ones missing.Taekwondo has been rocked by scandals in recent times, not least British Taekwondo's decision to pick world number 59 Lutalo Muhammad instead of the top ranked fighter in the world, Aaron Cook.Another issue is that while there are 16 division

LONDON - Kevin Durant scored 28 points and the US NBA Dream Team defeated Argentina 126-97 on Monday to remain undefeated and book an Olympic quarter-final date Wednesday against Australia.The result completed the entire medal playoff pairings, which will see the Americans face Argentina or Spain in the semi-finals if they defeat the Aussie Boomers, who knocked Russia from the ranks of the unbeate

(Yonhap News)LONDON - Felix Sanchez of the Dominican Republic stormed to victory in the men's 400m hurdles Olympic title on Monday and then paid an emotional tribute to his late grandmother.Sanchez won in a time of 47.63sec, taking a title he first collected at the 2004 Athens Games.The 34-year-old, whose time was the same as the one he ran in Athens, beat home American Michael Tinsley, who ran a