[Asian Games] S. Korea beat Japan for 4th straight men's football gold
TOYOTA, Japan — South Korea edged out the host country Japan 1-0 to win their fourth straight Asian Games gold medal in men's football on Saturday. Eom Ji-sung's 61st minute goal stood as the title winner for South Korea at Toyota Stadium in Toyota, some 30 kilometers east of the main host city, Nagoya. South Korea have now defeated Japan in three consecutive Asiad men's football finals.
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South Korea's men's football team won their fourth consecutive Asian Games gold medal, defeating Japan 1-0 at Toyota Stadium. Eom Ji-sung scored the winning goal in the 61st minute. This marks the third consecutive time South Korea has beaten Japan in the Asiad men's football final, according to The Korea Times and KBS World Radio.
In other news, India's men's cricket team retained their Asian Games gold medal by beating Pakistan by 19 runs in the final. The match took place at Korogi Sports Park in Nisshin, with India posting a score of 211/6.
South Korean B-boy Kim Hong-yul, also known as Hong 10, won the silver medal in breaking at the 2025 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, losing to Japan's Shigeyuki Nakarai in the final.
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