It emerged that the Korean soccer federation had provided foreign referees with sexual entertainment in 2011 and 2012, citing a 2016 government audit that had not previously been made public.
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Police raid South Korea federation in probe into World Cup coach appointment
Police raided South Korea’s soccer federation on Thursday as part of an investigation into the appointment of the coach in charge during their dismal World Cup campaign. Police conducted “search and seizure operations” at the Korea Football Association (KFA) offices, probing allegations of “obstruction of business” in the recruitment of former coach Hong Myung-bo, a […]
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Son at the double as MLS All-Stars beat Liga MX 4-3
Son Heung-min scored twice to lead the Major League Soccer All-Stars to a 4-3 win over their Liga MX counterparts on Wednesday in the MLS All-Star Game in Charlotte, North Carolina. Los Angeles FC’s South Korean star Son struck in the 20th and 23rd minutes to flip the script after Luis Gabriel Rey put the […]
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South Korea fans target coach Hong with boos as World Cup squad returns
South Korean football fans angered by the country’s World Cup first-round exit greeted the returning squad early Tuesday with one message for head coach Hong Myung-bo: his time was up. Hong, a former national team defender, resigned on Sunday after South Korea finished the group stage with one win and two losses, dashing hopes of […]
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Asia’s World Cup falls apart with just two teams remaining
The gap between Asia’s best teams and the rest has been laid bare by the region’s disappointing World Cup as just two AFC sides reached the knockout rounds. A record nine countries from the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) reached the finals in North America after the tournament was expanded to 48 teams. But with the […]
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Rows, drones and ‘sorry’ Son as South Korea await World Cup fate
There was a row with the media, a drone buzzing a crucial training session and then captain Son Heung-min dropped by a deeply unpopular coach in a gamble that backfired. Now South Korea are sweating on their place in the World Cup knockout rounds after a surprise 1-0 defeat to South Africa on Wednesday. It […]
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‘We shut up big mouths,’ says South Africa’s World Cup coach Broos
South Africa coach Hugo Broos said his team had shut up the “big mouths” after the Bafana Bafana qualified for the World Cup knockouts for the first time in their history by beating South Korea 1-0 on Wednesday. The African team, playing in the tournament for the fourth time, finished second in Group A behind […]
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South Korea defeat Czechs to make strong World Cup start
South Korea got their World Cup campaign off to a winning start by beating the Czech Republic 2-1 Thursday after finally converting some of the many chances they created. Until the 80th-minute mark it seemed that the Czechs would punish the Koreans’ wastefulness, but substitute Oh Hyeon-gyu scored the decisive goal in a Guadalajara stadium […]
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Son keeping ‘fired-up’ South Koreans calm as World Cup kicks off
South Korea captain Son Heung-min said on Wednesday his teammates were so excited about their World Cup opener against the Czech Republic he could “feel it in their eyes”. Son will lead out his side on Thursday in the tournament’s second match after co-hosts Mexico kick-off the showpiece against South Africa. “The guys are so […]
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World Cup star ‘really sorry’ after missing daughter’s birth
South Korea goalkeeper Kim Seung-gyu has some making up to do after missing the birth of his first child because he is preparing for his fourth World Cup. The 35-year-old stopper is hoping to add to his 86 caps when South Korea face the Czech Republic on Thursday’s opening day of the tournament in North […]