[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 the gold medal at the Asian Games, defeating Japan 1-0. The winning goal was scored by Eom Ji-sung in the 61st minute at Toyota Stadium. This marks South Korea's fourth consecutive Asian Games gold medal in men's football.
According to Yonhap News, South Korea won a total of six gold medals on Saturday, bringing their overall tally to 39 gold medals. Other notable achievements include Song Da-bin winning the gold medal in the women's heaviest weight class in taekwondo, and archer Lee Woo-seok becoming South Korea's fifth double gold medalist.
India also won a gold medal in men's cricket, beating Pakistan by 19 runs. India's 15-year-old cricketer Vaibhav Sooryavanshi became the youngest Indian to win a gold medal at the Asian Games.
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- S. Korea's Song Da-bin wins gold in women's taekwondo koreatimes.co.kr
- S. Korea Defeats Japan to Win Fourth Straight Gold Medal in Asiad Football world.kbs.co.kr
