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[Courtesy of the International Olympic Committee] SEOUL -- Samsung Electronics agreed with the International Olympic Committee to extend its Olympic sponsorship until 2028. The costly sponsorship was to expire in 2020. The agreement was signed in Seoul Tuesday in a ceremony attended by IOC President Thomas Bach and Jay Y. Lee, the virtual head of South Korea's largest conglomerate. Samsung has no clear reason to extend its sponsorship in the face of the diminishing effect of
[Courtesy of KLPGA] SEOUL -- Lee Jeong-eun, one of the best players on the South Korean women's golf tour over the past two years, decided on Wednesday to take her talent to the United States. In a statement released by her agency, Crowning, the 22-year-old winner of the LPGA qualifying tournament said she will play on the U.S. tour full-time starting in 2019. Lee, the 2017 Korea LPGA (KLPGA) Player of the Year, won the LPGA Q-Series earlier this month, earning a full-fledge
A file pictures taken on February 27 shows Team Kim. Clockwise from top left are head coach Kim Min-jung and members: Kim Cho-hee, Kim Yeong-mi, Kim Kyeong-ae, Kim Seon-yeong and Kim Eun-jung. [Yonhap Photo] SEOUL -- "Garlic Girls", a popular five-member female curling team which opened a new chapter in South Korea's winter sports by winning an unexpected Olympic medal this year, was embroiled in controversy for rising up against alleged mistreatment and corruption by c
[Photo by Namkung Jinwoong = timeid@ajunews.com] SEOUL -- South and North Korean sports officials agreed to send a formal joint bid for the 2032 Summer Olympics to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as agreed at an inter-Korean summit in September. No date was given. For the joint hosting of the 2032 Olympics, the two Koreas will send an official letter together to the IOC, according to a joint statement issued at the end of sports talks Friday at an inter-Korean liaison off
[Yonhap News Photo] SEOUL -- Jason Day, former world No. 1 in men's golf, likes playing in South Korea so much that he made sure he'd start his 2018-2019 PGA Tour season here this week. Day is back at the PGA Tour's CJ Cup @ Nine Bridges for the second straight year. He finished tied for 11th at the Club at Nine Bridges on the southern island of Jeju, and went on to win twice in his bounce-back season after a winless 2016-2017 campaign. "If I can try to improve
