News Focus
Sports
Sports
Sports
- Korea sends its largest ever team of Olympians to Sochi
- Jan 03, 2014
- The number of athletes Korea is sending to the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics is expected to be higher than ever before. A total of 61 Korean athletes are expected to compete in 13 Winter Olympic disciplines in Sochi, Russia, beginning on February 7. It is confirmed that 33 of those ...
- Son Heung-min top Asian footballer of 2013: ESPN
- Jan 03, 2014
- Leading U.S. sports channel ESPN has selected Son Heung-min of Bayer Leverkusen as its top Asian footballer of 2013. The Korean soccer player played a central role in his team’s third-place finish this year by scoring seven goals in the 2012-2013 season of the Bundesliga, Germany...
- Korea sets goal to reach World Cup quarterfinals
- Dec 10, 2013
- Korea is to be pitted against Russia, Algeria and Belgium at the 2014 FIFA World Cup, set to be held next June in Brazil. Korea was paired with those three countries in Group “H” in a draw held in Costa do Sauipe, Brazil on December 7. The four qualifying teams will compete again...
- Korea to host U-20 World Cup 2017
- Dec 09, 2013
- South Korea will host the FIFA Under-20 World Cup in 2017, announced the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) on December 5. FIFA made the announcement after a vote during its Executive Committee meeting in Costa Do Sauipe, Brazil. Vice Minister of Cultur...
- Kim Yuna to heat up Sochi Winter Olympics
- Dec 09, 2013
- Queen Yuna has returned. The champion figure skater touched her fans on the ice, with heightened hopes for the upcoming 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. She won a gold medal at the Golden Spin of Zagreb in Dom Sportova, an indoor sporting in the Croatian capital, on Decembe...
- Korean luge team gears up for gold
- Dec 04, 2013
- Korea’s national luge team is experiencing growing pains for the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games. Though luge is one of the official sporting events of the Winter Olympics, it isn’t very popular among Koreans. Luging has a relatively short history in Korea since its introdu...
- Speed skater Lee breaks own world record 3 times
- Nov 19, 2013
- In just one week, Korea’s leading female speed skater Lee Sang-hwa has broken three world records, all her own. This raises high hopes for gold at the upcoming Sochi Winter Olympic Games in 2014. Speed skater Lee Sang-hwa raises her arms after winning the women’s 500-meter i...
- Olympians prep for Sochi with less than 100 days left
- Oct 31, 2013
- On October 30 the countdown clock hit 100 days until the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games.Athletes set to compete in the figure skating, speed skating and short track speed skating competitions at the quadrennial games affirmed their resolve to win as many medals as they can durin...
- Russian-born goalkeeper adds multicultural touch to Kor...
- Oct 31, 2013
- Over the years, countless people have landed on Korean shores to work or play. Some stay a short while, others never leave, and some become Korean citizens. Russian native and Korean football club Busan IPark goalkeeper coach Valeri Sarychev originally came for work but ended up ...
- Footballer Lee Young-pyo retires to standing ovation
- Oct 30, 2013
- “This is what I’ve always wanted for my retirement, ever since I was young.” Korean veteran soccer player Lee Young-pyo played his last game on October 27, wrapping up a 17-year youth and professional football career. Korean veteran fullback Lee Young-pyo of MLS’s Vancouver ...
Copyright © 1999- KOCIS. All rights reserved.