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Diplomatic chill as North hosts South Korea in World Cup qualifier

SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean football fans will be left in the dark as their national team play in North Korea for the first time in 30 years on Tuesday, with Pyongyang refusing to broadcast the World Cup qualifier live amid a return of chilled relations wit... More »

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KFA decides against punishing egg-throwers

SEOUL (Reuters) – The Korea Football Association (KFA) has decided not to pursue charges against people who threw eggs at the national team after they arrived home from the World Cup, police said on Tuesday. South Korea lost their first two games in Russia, to... More »

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Complacency killed Germany’s World Cup hopes

VATUTINKI, Russia (Reuters) – Charts, graphs and statistical analysis will not explain Germany’s shock World Cup exit. The reason lies not in numbers but in German football’s complacency in recent years. Every aspect of the national pastime, and that includes ... More »

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Soccer: Barca alumnus Lee stakes claim for World Cup graduation

SEOUL (Reuters) – Son Heung-min’s long-range blast set South Korea on their way to a 2-0 win over Honduras in a World Cup warm-up on Monday but it was the performance of impish forward Lee Seung-woo on his senior national team debut that really caught the eye.... More »