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The team's ascent largely comes courtesy of one gray-haired Dutchman: Guus Hiddink. So popular is the national coach that newspapers have half-jokingly suggested he run for President. Never mind that he isn't Korean. After transforming the country's ragtag side into a power that beat favorites...
The same sports bureaucrats were still calling foul when Hiddink's methods seemed to be leading to humiliation. In a series of international matches against teams such as reigning champions France, Korea lost and lost and lost, even falling to the lowly rated Czech Republic. Newspapers called for Hiddink's...
The U.S. has been both good and lucky in this Cup. With favorite Portugal, host South Korea and Poland in its group, an early exit seemed likely. Then a stunning 3-2 win over Portugal, and a gritty 1-1 draw against the surprising Koreans seemed like more than enough...
The rise of the U.S. in yet another global arena isn't sitting well everywhere. Continental critics such as John Vinocur of the International Herald Tribune bad-mouthed the team for not playing a "pretty" enough game, for being all hustle and no skill?the usual American stereotype. It's...
MIDDLE EAST Israel Seizes Territory after Fresh Attacks In two separate attacks in Jerusalem, Palestinian suicide bombers killed 26 Israelis and injured 124 others. The radical group Hamas claimed responsibility for the first; the Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, linked to Palestinian President Yasser Arafat's Fatah faction, claimed the second. The...