You may be thinking that the last World Cup has just finished. After all, it is only 14 months since Luis Suarez scored a fine goal for Uruguay to end South Korean hopes in the second round but despite the defeat all were satisfied as reaching the last 16 was the Taeguk Warriors’ best ever performance on foreign soil. Tonight the team takes its first step on the road to Brazil 2014 in the city o...

LONDON (AP) _ Arsenal completed the signing of South Korea captain Park Chu-young from Monaco on Monday and Germany defender Per Mertesacker looked set to follow him as the club strengthens after a dismal start to the Premier League season. The 26-year-old striker is moving to London after three seasons in France where he scored 25 goals in 91 appearances. ``He will add true quality to our atta...

LONDON (AP) ― Manchester outclassed north London in a Premier League goal frenzy Sunday, with United thrashing Arsenal 8-2 and City routing Tottenham 5-1. Edin Dzeko scored four goals for City at White Hart Lane. Wayne Rooney responded with a hat trick at Old Trafford as Arsenal allowed eight goals in the league for the first time in 115 years. United scored eight goals for the first time since ...

LONDON (AP) ― Juan Mata scored on his Chelsea debut to complete a 3-1 victory over Norwich on Saturday in a Premier League match overshadowed by teammate Didier Drogba being knocked unconscious. Mata, who joined from Valencia this week, netted in the 11th minute of stoppage time, which resulted from Drogba requiring treatment on the pitch after being accidentally punched by Norwich goalkeeper Jo...

MANCHESTER, England (AFP) ― Danny Welbeck, Anderson and Wayne Rooney were all on target as Manchester United continued their perfect start to the season with a 3-0 victory over Tottenham at Old Trafford here on Monday. Sir Alex Ferguson once again underlined his confidence in youth with a selection that saw France international Patrice Evra as the only player older than his mid-20s. With Javier...

Ghanaian striker Asamoah learns K-League culture He made an impact in his very first game and as soon as it finished, respected SBS TV commentator Park Moon-sung started tweeting about a new and exciting addition to the K-League called Derek Asamoah. The former Ghana international has spent much of his career in the lower leagues of English football with side-trips to Scotland and Bulgaria. Now...

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) _ Oscar scored a hat trick to lead Brazil to a 3-2 win over Portugal in extra time on Saturday to win the Under-20 World Cup. Oscar got the winner in the 111th minute, lobbing a shot from the right that was tipped by Portugal keeper Mika onto the underside of the crossbar before going in. He also scored in the 5th minute, and again in the 78th. Alex leveled in the 9th minu...

South Korean football manager Cho Kwang-rae has described his team’s loss to Japan on Wednesday as an “important lesson” ahead of World Cup qualifying in September. A lackluster performance saw Cho’s side tumble to a 3-0 defeat at Sapporo stadium, triggering concerns about the team’s future ahead of the 2014 World Cup qualifiers. It was the biggest defeat to Japan in 37 years since Korea lost 4...

South Korea was beaten by Japan 3-0 in a friendly soccer match on Wednesday, recording the first game of its kind in the past 37 years. Korean soccer team (Yonhap News) At the friendly international held in Sapporo Dome, midfielder Kagawa Shinji scored the first point for Japan with a sharp right-foot finish after 34 minutes. Honda Keisuke scored another point eight minutes into the second hal...

BOGOTA (AP) ― Colombia, Argentina, Mexico and Portugal reached the quarterfinals of the U20 World Cup with second-round victories on Tuesday. Home team Colombia won its fourth straight match, coming from 2-1 down in the second half to beat Costa Rica 3-2, with James Rodriguez converting a stoppage-time penalty to clinch the win. Six-time champion Argentina defeated Egypt 2-1, with Erik Lamela s...

Head coach Moon Bong-gi says squad a mix of young talent, veteran leadership Sprint hurdler Park Tae-kyung, triple jumper Kim Deok-hyun and women’s pole vault Choi Yun-hee will lead the Korean athletics team for the Daegu World Championships. Korea Association of Athletics Federations named Wednesday a 60-strong team for the world athletics championships, which kicks off on Aug. 27 in Daegu, so...

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) ― Colombia has every reason to feel it may be the favorite to win the U20 World Cup rather than the more familiar contenders like Spain, Brazil, Nigeria and Argentina. Colombia is one of only three teams to win its first three group matches ― Spain and Nigeria are the others ― and it will have several home-field advantages when play opens Tuesday and Wednesday in the knocko...