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...

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...

Celtic midfielder Ki Sung-yong will not take part in the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games as his club will refuse to release him for the tournament. Gyeongnam midfielder Yoon Bit-garam will take Ki’s place in Hong Myung-bo’s 20-man squad. U-23 head coach Hong Myung-bo has been busy negotiating with clubs for the release of their players for the upcoming tournament...

Korea U-23 manager Hong Myung-Bo announced his 20-man squad for the upcoming 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China. As part of the plan to prepare for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, most of the squad has been made up of players under the age of 21 who was part of Hong’s side which advanced to the quarterfinals of the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup in...