South Korea is the latest country to be hit by a gambling-related game-fixing scandal. Five K-League players have been arrested and a sixth committed suicide. Two suspected gamblingbrokers have been arrested. They are alleged to have bought sports lottery tickets and paid 100 million won ($91,700) to a goalkeeper and 120 million won ($11,000) to […]
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Japan and Australia advance to final
[ASIAN CUP] Japan and Australia will meet in Friday’s final at the Asian Cup after winning Tuesday’s semifinals. Their paths could not have been more opposite.Japan needed a shootout to dispose of South Korea after their match ended 2-2 when its archrival equalized in the 120th minute, while Australia crushed Uzbekistan, 6-0. The Japan-SouthKorea thriller […]
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South Korea-Japan, Australia-Uzbekistan semifinals on tap
[ASIAN CUP] Yoon Bit-Garam‘s overtime goal gave South Korea a 1-0 win over Iran and moved it into Tuesday’s semifinalsof the Asian Cup against archrival Japan. Australia’s Socceroos also needed an overtime goal, from Harry Kewell, to dispose of defending champion Iraq, 1-0, onSaturday and move into the final four against Uzbekistan. South Korea’s win […]
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Qatar 2011 winners & losers
[ASIAN CUP] As the the lone national team competition of the winter and the first competition hosted by Qatar since it was awarded the 2022 World Cup, the 2011Asian Cup has been in the international spotlight. As it moves into the quarterfinals on Friday and Saturday, here’s a look at the winners and losers so […]
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South Korea and Australia avoid upsets
[ASIAN CUP] After a string of upsets on the first three days at the Asian Cup, form prevailed in Group C as South Korea beat Bahrain, 2-1, and Australia downedIndia, 4-0. South Korea got two goals from Koo Ja-Cheol and held on after Kwak Tae-Hwi was sent off andFaouzi Aaish scored from the penalty spot […]
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Blatter winner in Asian election
[FIFA] Chung Mong-Joon, one of FIFA president Sepp Blatter’s biggestcritics, has lost his position as Asia’s vice president of FIFA’s executive committee, falling to 35-year-old Crown Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein of Jordan, 25-20,in a vote of Asian members at the Asian Football Confederation’s congress in Doha on Thursday. In a bizarre twist, Qatari Mohamed […]
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Japan favored to win continental trophy
[ASIAN CUP] Shinji Kagawa, Borussia Dortmund’s 21-year-old Bundesliga sensation, will lead favorite Japan in its bid towin a record fourth title at the 2011 Asian Cup, which kicks off Friday in Doha. The tournament is the first since Qatar was awarded the 2022 World Cup but will be played in decidedly more moderate conditions — […]
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South Korea angles for support as 2022 unity candidate
FIFA vice president Chung Mong Joon hopes rally support in Asia for South Korea as the unity candidate to defeat the United States in the campaign to hostthe 2022 World Cup. Chung plans to fly to Kuala Lumpur on Monday to seek the backing of the Asian Football Confederation, whose president Mohamed BinHammam will support […]
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World Cup kids on fast track to stardom
[SOUTH KOREA] Yeo Min Ji and her teammates on South Korea’s 2010 under-17 national team were 9 years old in 2002 whenthey watched the World Cup being held in South Korea and Japan. Eight years later, they captured South Korea’s first world championship, defeating Japan on penalty kicks in Sunday’s Under-17 Women’sWorld Cup final after […]