South Korea international Lee Keun-Ho was named the Asian Football Confederation's 2012 Player of the Year on Thursday night. The former Gamba Osaka man beat 2004 recipient Ali Karimi of Persepolis and Iran and Guangzhou Evergrande defender Zheng Zhi for the award, which has come in for criticism in previous years for its insistence that the nominees attend the ceremony in order to be eligible ...Full Story »

TOKYO (AFP) - South Korean striker Lee Keun-Ho scored twice to lead Gamba Osaka to a 4-1 win over Kashima Antlers on Wednesday, closing the the gap to the J-League leaders to four points. Lee picked up a rebound to put his side 2-1 up in the 80th minute before new Brazilian forward Rafinha scored his first goal in Japan three minutes later. Earlier, a Kashima mistake allowed midfielder Kim S...Full Story »