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Olympic table tennis champion Ryu Seung-min elected to key position at ITTF

The 2004 Olympic men's table tennis champion Ryu Seung-min has been elected to the executive committee of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF).

Other Sports | 2019-04-23 18:06

Join 482nd Turtle Marathon

The Hankook Ilbo, the sister newspaper of The Korea Times, will host the 482nd Turtle Walkathon this Saturday. This time, the newspaper will collaborate with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism for the 2019 Gwangju FINA World Championships. The six-kilometer return walkathon will start at 8:30 a.m. in Baekbeom Square on the slope of Mount Nam in the middle of Seoul, w...

Other Sports | 2019-04-16 18:15

Two Koreas promote peace through taekwondo at UN Geneva

South and North Korean athletes promoted peace through taekwondo at the United Nations (UN) office in Geneva, Friday (local time), as they wrapped up an eight-day tour in Europe to mark the 25th anniversary of the martial art becoming an Olympic sport. Demonstration teams from the World Taekwondo (WT), led by South Korean Choue Chung-won, and the International Taekwondo Feder...

Other Sports | 2019-04-15 13:26

South, North Koreans celebrate 25 years of taekwondo at Olympics

Taekwondo athletes from South and North Koreas staged a joint performance at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland, Thursday (local time), to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the martial art becoming an Olympic sport. The World Taekwondo (WT), under the leadership of South Korean Choue Chung-won, and the International Taekwondo Federation (ITF), led by North Korean R...

Other Sports | 2019-04-12 14:57

Ex-NHL forward helps Korea improve goal scoring

With three consecutive 20-goal seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) in the early 1990s, Sergei Nemchinov knows a thing or two about putting the puck into the net.

Other Sports | 2019-04-09 17:58

Korean, Japanese skaters honored for show of friendship at Olympics

Two rival speed skaters from South Korea and Japan were honored Sunday for their display of friendship in the heat of the Olympic competition. Lee Sang-hwa of South Korea and Nao Kodaira of Japan received the Korea-Japan Friendship Award, presented by the PyeongChang Winter Olympics Commemorative Foundation in Seoul.

Other Sports | 2019-04-07 15:05

100-day countdown to Gwangju swimming championships to begin Wednesday

The 100-day countdown to the first FINA (French abbreviation of the International Swimming Federation) championships to be hosted by South Korea will begin on Wednesday.

Other Sports | 2019-04-02 16:54

Albanian para-cyclist sets Guinness record in 'Most stairs descended in a wheelchair'

Albanian para-cyclist Haki Doku has set a Guinness record by descending the stairs of Korea's tallest building in a wheelchair. He wheeled down the 2,917 stairs of the 123-story Lotte World Tower in 49 minutes and 56 seconds on Wednesday, setting the record in the category of “Most stairs descended in a wheelchair.”

Other Sports | 2019-03-27 17:23

Conor McGregor announces retirement

UFC fighter Conor McGregor has announced on social media that he is retiring from mixed martial arts. McGregor's verified Twitter account had a post early Tuesday that said the former featherweight and lightweight UFC champion was making a ``quick announcement.''

Other Sports | 2019-03-26 16:39

US apologizes to S. Korean figure skater after controversial incident

The U.S. figure skating team at the world championships has apologized to injured South Korean skater Lim Eun-soo following a controversial incident involving her American rival.

Other Sports | 2019-03-22 17:04

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