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Son Heung-min says "Tottenham is not in 4th place yet... we can do better"

SEOUL, April 13 (Yonhap) -- Son Heung-min (30), who is currently leading the rise of Tottenham in the Premier League, was confident that his team could show better performance.“I want to be cool and c
Baseball

Rays' Choi Ji-man blasts 1st homer of season, extends hitting streak to 4

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, April 13 (Yonhap) -- Choi Ji-man of the Tampa Bay Rays has gone deep for the first time this season, with the homer also extending his hitting streak to four games.Choi smacked a three-run homer against the Oakland Athletics in th
Baseball

Samsung Lions counting on returning veterans to lead offensive turnaround

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, April 12 (Yonhap) -- While losing four straight games last week, the Samsung Lions failed to get a run across the plate for 26 consecutive innings. The futility streak ended Sunday, and the Lions are hoping veterans back in action
Baseball

KBO rookies go from preseason heroes to early regular season zeroes

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, April 12 (Yonhap) -- One led the preseason in batting average. The other hit more home runs than anyone in those exhibition games in March. But in the early goings of the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) regular season, neither h
Baseball

KBO-leading Landers ride shutdown pitching, opportunistic offense to 8 straight wins

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, April 11 (Yonhap) -- By claiming their first eight games of the new season, the SSG Landers have shown they have the winning formula down pat.They have scored more runs than anyone and allowed fewer runs than anyone in the Korea B
Football

1st-place Ulsan remain undefeated as K League 1 enters spring break

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, April 11 (Yonhap) -- The calendar has flipped twice since the 2022 K League 1 football season kicked off, and one thing has remained unchanged.Ulsan Hyundai FC are still without a loss this year.Ulsan are sitting pretty atop the K
Golf

(LEAD) Im Sung-jae notches 2nd-career top-10 finish at Masters

(ATTN: ADDS comments in paras 5, 12, 14-18)AUGUSTA, Georgia, April 10 (Yonhap) -- Im Sung-jae tied for eighth place at the Masters on Sunday, earning his second-career top-10 finish at the season's first major championship following an up-and-dow
Golf

Im Sung-jae notches 2nd-career top-10 finish at Masters

AUGUSTA, Georgia, April 10 (Yonhap) -- Im Sung-jae tied for eighth place at the Masters on Sunday, earning his second-career top-10 finish at the season's first major championship following an up-and-down final round.Im shot a three-over 75 on Su
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Choi Min-jeong captures overall crown at short track worlds

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, April 11 (Yonhap) -- For the first time in four years, Choi Min-jeong is the overall champion at the short track worlds.Choi scored 107 ranking points to hold off Kim Boutin of Canada at the International Skating Union (ISU) World
Baseball

Blue Jays' Ryu Hyun-jin roughed up in season debut

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, April 11 (Yonhap) -- From giving up a half-dozen runs to getting hit by a batted ball, Toronto Blue Jays' starter Ryu Hyun-jin couldn't have scripted a worse outing for his 2022 season debut.The South Korean left-hander wa
Football

Tottenham's Son Heung-min scores 2nd Premier League hat trick

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, April 10 (Yonhap) -- Son Heung-min scored his second career hat trick in the Premier League, helping Tottenham Hotspur tighten their grip on fourth place in the tables.Son is now up to 17 goals for the season after netting three p
Football

K League rivals set for season's 1st derby amid early woes

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, April 8 (Yonhap) -- Once among the proudest clubs in South Korean football, FC Seoul and Suwon Samsung Bluewings head into their first regional derby of the season in utterly uninspiring form.The latest edition of the "Super
Football

Incheon's Mugosa nabs 1st Player of the Month award in 2022 K League season

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, April 7 (Yonhap) -- Incheon United striker Stefan Mugosa was named the first recipient of the Player of the Month award in the ongoing K League 1 season Thursday.The league announced the Montenegrin forward won the vote for the to
Football

Senior men's football coach hoping for 'best solution' in scheduling conflict with U-23 team

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, April 7 (Yonhap) -- With South Korea's World Cup prep matches coinciding with a major tournament involving under-23 players, senior men's head coach Paulo Bento said Thursday he is hoping "good communication" w
Football

(LEAD) S. Korea coach Bento to prepare for World Cup match vs. native Portugal 'professionally'

(ATTN: ADDS comments in paras 10-19, photos)By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, April 7 (Yonhap) -- Paulo Bento, the Portugal-born head coach of the South Korean men's national football team, readily acknowledges coaching against his native country for the first
Football

S. Korea coach Bento to prepare for World Cup match vs. native Portugal 'professionally'

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, April 7 (Yonhap) -- Paulo Bento, the Portugal-born head coach of the South Korean men's national football team, readily acknowledges coaching against his native country for the first time -- and doing so at the FIFA World Cup
Baseball

Utility player Park Hoy-jun makes MLB Opening Day roster for 1st time

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, April 7 (Yonhap) -- For the first time since starting his professional career in America seven years ago, South Korean utility player Park Hoy-jun has made the major league Opening Day roster.The Pittsburgh Pirates put the versati
Baseball

NC Dinos set KBO futility record to start season as pitching rules early

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, April 6 (Yonhap) -- It is one thing to lose three games in a row in baseball and quite another to look as utterly helpless as the NC Dinos did to start the 2022 season in South Korean baseball season.The Dinos have scored a grand
Baseball

Divisional battle, roster competition ahead for S. Koreans in MLB

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, April 6 (Yonhap) -- Four South Korean players in Major League Baseball (MLB) will go into the 2022 season with varying degrees of job security. Two veterans will renew their divisional rivalry in the American League, and a couple
Golf

Former Masters runner-up Im Sung-jae just hoping to make cut this time

AUGUSTA, Georgia, April 5 (Yonhap) -- Less than two years removed from a historic runner-up finish at the Masters, South Korean golfer Im Sung-jae is just hoping to make it to the weekend at the famed Augusta National Golf Club this time."This