Japan has been declared the winner of its cancelled World Cup qualifying match against North Korea by forfeit, the sport's global governing body told the Japan Football Association on Saturday.... more »
South Korea's footballers had no idea their surreal World Cup qualifier in Pyongyang would be played in an empty stadium -- a match Tottenham Hotspur star Son Heung-min described as "very aggressive" and one official likened to warfare.... more »
North and South Korea drew 0-0 in a historic but surreal World Cup qualifier on Tuesday, played in front of an empty stadium and almost completely blocked off from the outside world.... more »
South Korean footballers departed for Pyongyang on Monday to play a World Cup qualifier against North Korea amid deadlocked talks over the North's nuclear arsenal.... more »
North and South Korea face each other in a World Cup qualifier this week for their first ever competitive men's match in Pyongyang, while talks on the North's nuclear arsenal remain deadlocked.... more »
North Korea will play a World Cup qualifier against South Korea in Pyongyang in October, putting aside political tensions to host their first men's competitive game against their arch-rivals, officials said on Friday.... more »
Tsukasa Shiotani's sizzling winner kept Japan on top of their Asian Cup group on Thursday, while Oman scrambled into the knockouts in a pulsating finish to the tournament's first stage.... more »
Qatar's Almoez Ali scored four goals in a 6-0 Asian Cup rout of North Korea on Sunday in the eery atmosphere of a near-empty Khalifa Bin Zayed Stadium in the United Arab Emirates.... more »
Three-time winners Saudi Arabia laid down a marker as they ruthlessly dismissed 10-man North Korea at the Asian Cup on Tuesday, while Iraq overcame stage fright to edge past Vietnam.... more »
Forward Jong Il-Gwan scored with a delicious free kick as North Korea salvaged a measure of pride at the East Asian championship by drawing 1-1 with China.... more »
City slicker Jose Mourinho famously lives in a plush Manchester hotel, but he has nothing on North Korea coach Jorn Andersen -- he has a suite in Pyongyang.... more »
North Korea fell to a 1-0 defeat by South Korea on the football pitch Tuesday in a full-blooded international given added spice by simmering political tensions between the two countries.... more »
Former Norwegian international striker Jorn Andersen is to become the new coach of North Korea, Norwegian television station NRK reported on Wednesday, citing his family.... more »
FIFA President Gianni Infantino said Wednesday he was willing to try and set up a football match between North and South Korea as a way of easing hostility on the divided peninsula.... more »
South Korea and North Korea played to a scoreless draw during the penultimate match of the East Asian Cup on Sunday, giving China a chance to win the tournament.... more »
North Korea's young leader Kim Jong-Un has urged athletes to adopt "guerrila-style" tactics in an effort to boost the nation's underwhelming impact on the global sporting stage.... more »
North Korea scored their first Asian Cup goal in 23 years on Wednesday but Saudi Arabia dashed hopes of an upset by storming back for a 4-1 win.... more »
North Korea are approaching Wednesday's Asian Cup clash with Saudi Arabia confident that a gradual ideological thaw will help them overcome the odds and reach the quarter-finals.... more »
Igor Sergeev's second-half header gave Uzbekistan a 1-0 win over North Korea as the 2011 semi-finalists shrugged off heavy rain to win their Asian Cup opener on Saturday.... more »
North Korea's latest flirtation with the Asian Cup threatens to be a brief and potentially tempestuous one with their coach banned over a fist-shaking rant against officials.... more »
North Korea coach Yun Jong-Su has been banned for a year for a furious rant at the Asian Games in October, severely denting the team's preparations for next month's Asian Cup.... more »
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