The Asian Games has drawn to a close in Guangzhou with Korea Republic’s rather ‘disappointing’ bronze medal finish on the football pitch. Japan came away with the gold medal, their first ever in the continental games while Korea on the other hand were left to a consolation of being 3rd placed. A feat that took 8 years that a Korean football...

South Korea, after suffering a shock defeat at the death of extra time against UAE in the semi-finals of 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games, defeated Iran 4-3 in a dramatic come-from-behind win on Thursday to bring home the Bronze Medal. After allowing Iran to score two goals in the first half alone, Koreans pulled one back in the 47th minute with a fantastic 20 yard...

South Korea fell to defeat in their opening match in Group C at the Guangzhou Asian Games football tournament on Monday as their cross-border rivals North Korea emerged victorious in a match that Hong Myung-bo’s men will feel they should have taken something from. Hong started the match with towering Korea University Park Hee-sung forward up front in the...

There was a double celebration for North Korea this weekend as national teams at two different levels emerged victorious in two separate international football tournaments. The North Korean U16 side were crowned Asian U16 champions for the first time in their history on Sunday as they secured a 2-0 victory over 10-man Uzbekistan at the Pakhtakor Stadium in...

Reports from the North Korean camp ahead of the Guangzhou 2010 Asian Games suggest that national youth team coach and 2010 World Cup assistant manager Jo Tong-sop has been appointed manager of the North Korean national team side. Jo’s appointment to the top job sees him replace Kim Jong-hun, who led the team to the 2010 World Cup finals in South Africa...

AS Monaco striker Park Chu-young will not be participating in the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games. On the 5th, the Korean Football Association revealed that it would be difficult for Park’s club AS Monaco to release him during this month for the Asian Games. After being told that Celtic midfielder Ki Sung-yong wouldn’t be part of the squad, news of...