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K League-leading Ulsan looking to pick up pieces as season resumes

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, May 4 (Yonhap) -- Despite being at the top of the tables, Ulsan Hyundai FC will return to K League action this week licking their wounds.The K League 1 campaign will resume for all 12 teams on Thursday, the Children's Day holi
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Veteran KBO catcher takes pride in speed

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, May 4 (Yonhap) -- What's the first thing that comes to your mind when you think of baseball catchers? It could be a lot of things, but speed is probably not one of them.But Yoo Kang-nam, a veteran backstop for the LG Twins in
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Veteran reliever rides signature pitch to 1st win with new KBO club

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, May 3 (Yonhap) -- Unceremoniously released last year by the only team he'd pitched for his entire career, reliever Kim Jin-sung got his second chance from the LG Twins, which took a gamble on the 37-year-old righty that many t
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Twins win seesaw match over Bears to snap 3-game skid in KBO

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, May 3 (Yonhap) -- They went back and forth all night long, and in the end, the LG Twins defeated the Doosan Bears 4-3 to snap their season-worst losing streak at three games on Tuesday.Two sacrifice flies in the bottom of the eigh
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(3rd LD) Baseball club's coach detained after allegedly beating up fellow coach in bar

(ATTN: CHANGES headline; ADDS comments in paras 8-13, 20-22)By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, May 3 (Yonhap) -- A coach of the South Korean baseball club NC Dinos has been taken into police custody on charges of assaulting his fellow coach in a bar during the earl
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Bears skipper praises backup outfielder for pouncing on opportunity

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, May 3 (Yonhap) -- With one veteran dealing with a wonky knee and another sidelined with a hamstring injury, Doosan Bears' backup outfielder An Gweon-su finally has a window of opportunity toward regular playing time.HIs manage
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Twins manager sets no timetable for return for demoted ex-MLB player Ruiz

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, May 3 (Yonhap) -- Rio Ruiz, the first-year third baseman for the LG Twins, became the first foreign hitter to be sent down to the minor league Monday. And to hear his manager Ryu Ji-hyun tell it Tuesday, it could be a while before
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(2nd LD) Baseball club's coach detained after beating up fellow coach in bar

(ATTN: UPDATES with club's statement in paras 3-5)By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, May 3 (Yonhap) -- A coach of the South Korean baseball club NC Dinos has been taken into police custody on charges of assaulting his fellow coach in a bar during the early hour
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(LEAD) Baseball club's coach detained after beating up fellow coach in bar

(ATTN: CHANGES headline, lead; UPDATES throughout with details)By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, May 3 (Yonhap) -- A coach of the South Korean baseball club NC Dinos has been taken into police custody on charges of assaulting his fellow coach in a bar during the e
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Two NC Dinos coaches to face police investigation after bar fight

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, May 3 (Yonhap) -- Two coaches of the South Korean baseball club NC Dinos will face police questioning after getting into a bar fight in the early hours of Tuesday, an official with the team said.According to the official, the two
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As only active S. Korean big leaguer, Padres' Kim Ha-seong showing life at plate

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, May 3 (Yonhap) -- Four South Korean players were on Opening Day rosters for their respective clubs in April. But with the first month of the 2022 Major League Baseball (MLB) season in the books, only one of them is active in the b
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LG Twins demote ex-MLB player Ruiz to minors

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, May 2 (Yonhap) -- The LG Twins sent the slumping ex-major leaguer Rio Ruiz to the minor league Monday, making him the first foreign hitter to be demoted in South Korean baseball this year.Ruiz, who has 315 major league games under
Football

K League to play with official World Cup ball starting this week

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, May 2 (Yonhap) -- The operator of the South Korean professional football competition announced Monday the official FIFA World Cup ball will be put in play starting this week.The Korea Professional Football League (K League) said
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Rays' Choi Ji-man lands on injured list with elbow issues

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, May 2 (Yonhap) -- Tampa Bay Rays' South Korean first baseman Choi Ji-man has landed on the 10-day injured list (IL) with right elbow problems, with his red-hot start to the 2022 campaign coming to a screeching halt.The Rays ma
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2 out of 4 K League clubs reach AFC Champions League knockouts

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, May 2 (Yonhap) -- And then there were two.Two out of four South Korean teams have reached the knockout stage of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Champions League, the top annual club tournament in the region. Jeonbuk Hyundai
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Tottenham's Son Heung-min nets milestone goals in key victory

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, May 2 (Yonhap) -- Tottenham Hotspur's Son Heung-min has scored his way into South Korean football record books.Son grabbed a brace in Tottenham's 3-1 victory over Leicester City at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London on Su
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(LEAD) KBO declines to approve contract for embattled ex-MLB player Kang Jung-ho

(ATTN: ADDS team's reaction in paras 14-15)By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, April 29 (Yonhap) -- Disgraced former major leaguer Kang Jung-ho, whose once-promising career was derailed by off-field problems, will not be able to return to the South Korean league
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Incheon United striker Mugosa becomes 1st back-to-back winner of top monthly award

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, April 29 (Yonhap) -- Incheon United's Montenegrin striker Stefan Mugosa was named South Korean football's top player for April on Friday, becoming the first back-to-back winner of the monthly award.The Korea Professional F
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KBO declines to approve contract for embattled ex-MLB player Kang Jung-ho

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, April 29 (Yonhap) -- Disgraced former major leaguer Kang Jung-ho, whose once-promising career was derailed by off-field problems, will not be able to return to the South Korean league after all.The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO
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(LEAD) With one team in, 3 more from S. Korea trying to reach AFC Champions League knockouts

(ATTN: ADDS comments in paras 7-9, 12-13, 17-18)By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, April 29 (Yonhap) -- With one match remaining in the group stage, only one of the four South Korean teams in action has locked down a spot in the knockout phase of the top Asian club