Defender Cho Yu-min ruled out of World Cup with foot injury

Defender Cho Yu-min was ruled out of the FIFA World Cup on Sunday due to a foot injury suffered during a friendly match the previous day.

The Korea Football Association announced Cho will miss the tournament due to a partial tear of the plantar fascia in his right foot.

"He will be out for eight weeks, and we decided he won't be able to play in the World Cup," a national team official told reporters Sunday in Salt Lake City, Utah, where the Taegeuk Warriors have been training since mid-May ahead ...