LONDON -- On Sunday, North Korea could defy the odds to record one of its greatest sporting achievements since the myth that former leader Kim Jong Il hit several holes-in-one in his first ever round of golf.
In Bogota, Colombia's capital, the country will face its old adversary Japan in the final of the U-20 Women's World Cup. North Korea's run in South America has taken the tournament by storm, and is especially surprising given that this success in soccer, the world's most popular sport, follows an extended period of extreme sporting isolation for the hermit nation.
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