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South Korea train and talk ahead of WC opener against Russia
Russia and South Korea are set to open their World Cup Group H competition at 6 Wednesday morning Beijing time.
This will be the first match between the two since Russia defeated South Korea 2-1 in a friendly last November.
Russia's coach, famous Italian player Fabio Capello, had this to say about returning to the World Cup after his experience at the helm of the English squad four years ago:
"I didn't change them. It was finally FIFA that changed them. You saw the result yesterday (referring to the French). My team and I, England, were only penalised and everyone knows that going from 2-0 to 2-2, for those who understand football, there's a big difference. And to go to the break, having got back in the score (getting back to 2-2), but this served to bring in technology. But we paid the price for this technology."
South Korea is coming off a 4-0 loss to Ghana in a World Cup warm-up match earlier this month.
South Korea's coach, the country's esteemed former captain, Hong Myung-bo has deflected any criticism that his team is inexperienced, calling their youth an advantage.
"Our players are very young. We have a young team. So that's why they're very energetic. That is true. But compared to their youth, I think they don't make rash judgments, they make very wise judgments and decisions. Not only that, our players will lead the future of Korean soccer. They are the future."
The team has won its last three World Cup openers, beating Poland 1-0 in 2002, Togo 2-1 in 2006 and Greece 2-1 in 2010. It hopes to continue the streak.
Other matches coming up:
Hosts Brazil will face Mexico and Belgium will take on Algeria.
Three matches from this morning are now in the books.
Thomas Muller's hat-trick and Mats Hummels' header have helped Germany to smash a 10-man Portugal side 4-nil.
It is Germany's 100th match in World Cup finals and they become the first team to reach the landmark.
In other action,
The fastest goal so far and a late killer in the final minutes have awarded the United States 2-1 a win over their long-time rivals Ghana.
Captain Clint Dempsey scored only 32 seconds into the match to give the Americans the lead.
Nigeria and Iran have the first draw of the World Cup, managing a scoreless match in their Group F clash.
Southampton appoints former Dutch defender Ronald Koeman as their new manager
In football news, off the pitch:
English Premier League side Southampton has named Ronald Koeman its new manager, signing the Dutchman to a three-year-deal.
51-year-old Koeman left Feyenoord at the end of this season having steered it to second place in the Dutch league.
He'll replace Mauricio Pochettino who quit last month to join Tottenham Hotspur.
Koeman has brought his older brother Erwin, a former Dutch international, to be his assistant in Southampton.
The new coach played on the Dutch team that won the 1988 European Championships.
He has also managed other teams including Ajax, Benfica, and PSV Eindhoven.
Koeman won the European Cup with PSV as a player in 1988 before joining compatriot Johan Cruyff's Barcelona 'dream team' that won four successive Spanish league titles and the 1992 European Cup.
Indonesian badminton tournament kicks off in Jakarta
The Indonesia Open Super Series Premier badminton tournament has kicked off in Jakarta.
China's Olympic and world champion Lin Dan is absent from the tournament.
The 31-year-old Lin didn't not make the cut due to his low world ranking. He's ranked 34th after returning to competition in April following a lengthy break.
The tournament, with 750,000 U.S. dollars in prizes, has attracted more than 200 shuttlers from 27 countries and regions, including world No. 1 Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia and Chinese ace Li Xuerui.
Several other world class competitors from China are at the tournament, including Chen Long, Du Pengyu, Wang Shixian and Wang Yihan.
Top seeded Lee Chong Wei is hoping to win the Indonesia open for the fourth time.
China's women's doubles team of Cheng Shu/Bao Yixin and mixed doubles team of Zhang Nan/Zhao Yunlei won gold in the super series tournament last year.
Established in 1982, the Indonesia Open is one of five Super Series Premier events run by the BWF with the China Open, the All England Open, the Korea Open and the Denmark Open.
Players get ready for Women's US Open at Pinehurst
In golf,
Eleven year old Lucy Li will tee off in this week's U.S. Women's Open Championship at Pinehurst in North Carolina.
Li became the youngest person in history to qualify for the women's US Open when she won the sectional at Half Moon Bay in California by seven strokes in May.
Lexi Thompson held the previous mark when she qualified at the age of 12 in 2007.
Thompson says she is set to play a practice round with Li, and is looking forward to seeing the 11-year-old in action.
I was super excited when I made it at 12. It was more of a learning experience for me. Getting there, and just realizing that's where I wanted to be. Seeing all the top players in the world. Seeing where my game had to improve on. Lucy Li obviously is an amazing talent. And I think I'm actually playing with her tomorrow, in a practice round, I think I saw that when I registered. So I get to see her game."
Former child prodigy Michelle Wie, now 24, became the youngest person ever tp qualify for a USGA amateur championship in 2000 when she was just 10-years-old.
Wie is coming off a recent victory, the third of her professional career, having won the LPGA Lotte Championship in April.
After her practice round, Wie says she is pleased with her recent form, and plans to approach the tournament like any other.
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