South Korea down Jordan to remain unbeaten in World Cup

HONG KONG: South Korea beat Jordan 2-0 in Amman on Thursday to move top of Group ‘B’ in the third round of Asia’s World Cup preliminaries as Australia won their first match under new coach Tony Popovic.

Goals from Lee Jae-sung and Oh Hyeong-gu gave underfire coach Hong Myung-bo his second win in a row and lifted the Koreans on to seven points from three matches.

Hong had been booed after Korea’s opening 0-0 draw with Palestine in Seoul but back-to-back wins mean the Taeguk Warriors...