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, but it was blocked by the Honduran goalkeeper.The Bolton Wanderers midfielder missed another chance thre

In a few days Formula One, the biggest touring circus in the world, will host its first contest of the year in Melbourne, Australia. Twenty-four of the best racing drivers from all over the world are competing for the Formula One World Championship 2011. The first race will be held this Sunday with the tour of 19 races ending in Interlagos, Brazil on Nov. 27. On the way drivers will visit Korea in

Time is almost up. Just over three months from now, the International Olympic Committee will pick the host for the 2018 Winter Games. The race heated up Wednesday with all three candidate cities addressing their campaign at the annual gathering of sports journalists in Seoul. Bidding committees from PyeongChang, Munich and Annecy had 15 minutes each to pitch their proposals at the congress of Inte

 An ice hockey team based in Gyeonggi Province announced that it is planning to hold a charity game to raise funds for disaster-ravaged Japan. Anyang Halla, the defending champions of the Asia Ice hockey League, were due to play Japanese side Tohoku Free Blades in a best-of-five championship final series in Japan last Friday, when the country was hit by a magnitude 9.0 earthquake.All five matches

KBL CROWN -- Players and officials from the Busan KT Sonicboom celebrate after securing the top spot in the Korean Basketball League with a 87-67 victory over the Wonju Dongbu Promy, in Wonju, Gangwon Province, Sunday. (Photo by Busan KT Sonicboom)

ISU postpones Japan World Figure ChampionshipsLAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) --The International Skating Union has called off the world figure skating championships which were scheduled to start in Tokyo next week.Parts of Japan have been devastated by an earthquake and subsequent tsunami that hit last Friday, triggering emergencies at nuclear power plants.The official death toll from the disaster is

The World Taekwondo Federation will hold an international art contest for students, aged between 10 and 12, as a part of its “World Peace through Taekwondo” projects. With the theme “Peace and Taekwondo,” the 192 member nations of the organization will each hold their respective art contests to select their best works before making submissions at the World Championships, slated for May 1-6 in Gyeo

Now that the winter is over and spring is setting in, the football season is back. This season a new team in Gwangju brings the K-League line-up to 16 teams. After a three-month break, the 29-year-old league resumes this weekend with four matches slated for Saturday and Sunday. The excitement has already begun as the league’s two arch rivals FC Seoul and Suwon Samsung meet in Seoul on Sunday.With

TREARDDUR BAY (AFP) ― Kate Middleton got a taste of life as a working royal Thursday when she and Prince William dedicated a lifeboat in their first official appearance since their engagement.Hundreds of people cheered as the smiling 29-year-old princess-to-be poured a bottle of champagne over the vessel in a dedication service at the lifeboat station Trearddur Bay on Anglesey, northwest Wales.The

Figure skating coach Brian Orser is coming to Korea next week for the first time since parting with Olympic medalist Kim Yu-na, his agent confirmed Tuesday. Orser is coming for the ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships, slated to run from Feb. 26 to Mar. 6 in Gangneung, Gangwon Province.Orser, the 1984 and 1988 Olympic silver medalist, is currently coaching 16-year-old American Christina G

IOC evaluation team leader says city has made great progress in Olympic bidPYEONGCHANG, Gangwon Province ― It seemed almost a pipe dream when PyeongChang, a small city in Gangwon Province, first made its name internationally by bidding to host the Winter Olympics. After nearly a decade of relentless effort, however, PyeongChang, making its third bid to host the Winter Games, came one step closer t

IOC completes on-site inspection on positive notePYEONGCHANG, Gangwon Province ― PyeongChang came one step closer to hosting the 2018 Winter Olympics on Friday, passing its first big test from the International Olympic Committee.The IOC team, which arrived here on Monday, showed satisfaction after completing its on-site inspection for the city’s bid for the 2018 Winter Games, according to PyeongCh

Chilling out in Gangwon’s unique tourist spotsPYEONGCHANG, Gangwon Province ― The problem with a winter holiday is that some people don’t like being stuck on the ski slopes all day. So when PyeongChang, the country’s best winter resort town, was hit by a record snowfall of 77 centimeters in one day, there was a desperate urge to get away from the slopes. Deciding on a day trip away from the city,

Panel of experts delivers presentations about PyeongChang’s 2018 bidPYEONGCHANG, Gangwon Province -- The head of PyeongChang’s bid committee says he was confident about how the bid was going.PyeongChang, the candidate city of the 2018 Winter Games, is now undergoing on-site evaluation by the International Olympic Committee.On day three of their visit, the 14-member panel, officially began its sche

Panel of experts delivers presentations about PyeongChang’s 2018 bidPYEONGCHANG, Gangwon Province -- The head of PyeongChang’s bid committee says he was confident about how the bid was going.PyeongChang, the candidate city of the 2018 Winter Games, is now undergoing on-site evaluation by the International Olympic Committee.On day three of their visit, the 14-member panel officially began its sched

Panel of experts delivers presentations about PyeongChang’s 2018 bidPYEONGCHANG, Gangwon Province -- A panel of the International Olympic Committee officially began its schedule in PyeongChang on Wednesday, attending a series of presentations on the city’s proposals for the Winter Olympics.The 14-member panel, led by Gunilla Lindberg of Sweden, arrived here Monday for an on-site inspection to eval

PYEONGCHANG, Gangwon Province ― A panel of the International Olympic Committee arrived in PyeongChang on Monday to evaluate the city’s bid to host the Winter Olympics. PyeongChang, the popular winter sports resort city in Gangwon Province, is competing against Munich of Germany and the French town of Annecy for the 2018 Winter Games.The 14-member delegation, led by Gunilla Lindberg of Sweden, visi

Korean national sports delegation held Friday their inaugural ceremony for the upcoming Asian Winter Games, which is slated for Jan. 30-Feb. 6 in Kazakhstan.Korea is sending 150 athletes and officials to the games, vowing to accomplish a back-to-back third place finish at the seventh Winter Asiad.Four years ago at Asia’s biggest winter extravaganza in Changchun, China, Korea came in third place be

The chief organizer of Korean F1 Grand Prix is planning to sue over his dismissal, a source close to him said Sunday. Chung Young-cho, the head of the Korea Auto Valley Operation, the operating body of F1 Korean Grand Prix, was dismissed from his post following a board meeting on Friday. In an emergency meeting, shareholders of KAVO voted to oust Chung along with two other top officials due to all

Dream on iceThere have been many foreign athletes here, but they don’t come much more successful than Czech-born ice hockey star Patrick Martinec.Now 40, Martinec has established himself over the course of five seasons as one of the all-time best ice hockey players in Korea. His name will not be familiar to many, but the former Czech national player is a superstar among hockey fans here.Unfortunat