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S. Korean sports administrator Kim Jae-youl to run for top int'l skating position

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, April 22 (Yonhap) -- Kim Jae-youl, a veteran sports administrator and former head of the South Korean skating governing body, will run for president at the sport's international federation.The Korea Skating Union (KSU) announc
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(LEAD) Vocal cheering to be allowed again at KBO, K League games

(ATTN: CHANGES slug, headline, lead; UPDATES with K League's decision throughout; ADDS last 2 photos)By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, April 22 (Yonhap) -- Starting this weekend, fans attending South Korean professional baseball games and football games will b
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Starting pitching carries Landers to KBO's best record in early going

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, April 22 (Yonhap) -- Just how important is starting pitching to a team's success?Given the way their season has gone so far, the SSG Landers would respond, "Very important."The Landers have jumped out to a 15-2 rec
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Vocal cheering to be allowed again at KBO games

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, April 22 (Yonhap) -- Starting Friday evening, fans attending South Korean professional baseball games will be able to party like it's 2019 again.The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) announced Friday that the two-year ban on v
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S. Korean clubs sputtering early in AFC Champions League group stage

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, April 22 (Yonhap) -- South Korean teams have gone through ups and downs at the start of the top Asian club football competition this month, with some facing an uphill climb to advance to the next phase.The K League has four repres
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New coach for struggling K League club looking to instill winning mentality

HWASEONG, South Korea, April 21 (Yonhap) -- Taking over a club stuck at one win after nine matches this K League 1 season, new Suwon Samsung Bluewings head coach Lee Byung-geun said Thursday he wants to develop a winning mindset in the locker room.Le
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(LEAD) Olympic short track champions awarded free supplies of chicken

(ATTN: ADDS photos, comments in paras 10-14)By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, April 21 (Yonhap) -- Yoon Hong-geun, head of the South Korean delegation to the Beijing Winter Olympics in February and also president of the Korea Skating Union (KSU), had made a grand
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Olympic short track champions awarded free supplies of chicken

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, April 21 (Yonhap) -- Yoon Hong-geun, head of the South Korean delegation to the Beijing Winter Olympics in February and also president of the Korea Skating Union (KSU), had made a grand promise to athletes during the competition:
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Padres' Kim Ha-seong hits 1st home run of season

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, April 21 (Yonhap) -- San Diego Padres' South Korean infielder Kim Ha-seong has gone deep for the first time this season.Kim smacked a solo home run against the Cincinnati Reds in the bottom of the seventh inning at Petco Park
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FIFA+ introduces teaching method of Son Heung-min’s father

SEOUL, April 20 (Yonhap) -- The life and philosophy of Son Heung-min’s father Song Woong-jung, who played an important role in the player’s rise to stardom, was featured in FIFA’s streaming service, F
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Blue Jays' Ryu Hyun-jin suffers minor injury, likely to miss 2-3 starts

SEOUL, April 20 (Yonhap) -- The Toronto Blue Jays' South Korean pitcher Ryu Hyun-jin, who has been on the 10-day injured list (IL) with left forearm inflammation, is suffering from a minor injury and expected to miss two or three possible starts.
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K.J. Choi named assistant captain at Presidents Cup

SEOUL, April 20 (Yonhap) -- South Korean PGA Tour veteran Choi Kyoung-ju has been named an assistant captain for the International Team at the 2022 Presidents Cup.Choi, better known internationally as K.J. Choi, will be one of four assistants for cap
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S. Korea to commemorate 20th anniversary of 2002 FIFA World Cup in June

SEOUL, April 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will mark the 20th anniversary of their improbable run to the semifinals at the 2002 FIFA World Cup in June, with key figures from the historic accomplishment on hand for the celebration, an official with the s
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Rays' Choi Ji-man leading S. Korean MLB contingent with hot early streak

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, April 19 (Yonhap) -- Tampa Bay Rays' first baseman Choi Ji-man has been the hottest South Korean player in the early days of the new major league season, coupling his patented on-base skills with power to put up gaudy numbers.
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KBO to ask sports ministry to allow vocal cheering at stadiums

SEOUL, April 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's professional baseball league said Tuesday it will ask the sports ministry to lift the ban on cheering at ballparks as part of eased coronavirus restrictions, on the grounds that the activity poses few inf
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S. Korea grabs first gold in int'l sports event for wounded troops, veterans

S Korea-Invictus Games S. Korea grabs first gold in int'l sports event for wounded troops, veteransTHE HAGUE/SEOUL, April 19 (Joint Press Corps-Yonhap) -- South Korea has grabbed its first gold me
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2nd-generation KBO star breaks father's record, closes in on more milestones

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, April 19 (Yonhap) -- Lee Jung-hoo is going where few others have gone before in South Korean baseball, breaking records, including one held by his father, along the way.And now Lee is on the verge of becoming the career batting av
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(News Focus) Numbers show Ryu Hyun-jin's trouble limiting hard contact, generating whiffs

(News Focus) MLB pitcher-performance (News Focus) Numbers show Ryu Hyun-jin's trouble limiting hard contact, generating whiffsBy Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, April 18 (Yonhap) -- In 2020, the Toronto Blue Jay
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Blue Jays' Ryu Hyun-jin placed on 10-day injured list

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, April 18 (Yonhap) -- The Toronto Blue Jays have placed their South Korean starter Ryu Hyun-jin on the 10-day injured list (IL) with left forearm inflammation.The Blue Jays made the move before hosting the Oakland Athletics for the
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14살 피겨소녀 신지아, 세계주니어선수권 은메달…16년만에 입상(종합)

(서울=연합뉴스) 김경윤 기자 = 피겨스케이팅 여자 싱글 유망주 신지아(14·영동중)가 2006년 김연아 이후 16년 만에 세계주니어선수권대회에서 메달을 거머쥐었다.신지아는 18일(한국시간) 에스토니아 탈린 톤디라바 아이스홀에서 열린 2022 국제빙상경기연맹(ISU) 피겨 세계주니어선수권대회 여자 싱글 프리스케이팅에서 클린 연기에 성공하며 기술점수(TES)