K-VIBE Sports

Sports

Search: 12,178

Baseball

(2nd LD) Aces in solid form 2 weeks before new KBO season

(ATTN: ADDS comments in paras 18-19)By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, March 17 (Yonhap) -- Two aces expected to take their clubs to great heights this year in South Korean baseball showed fine form in their preseason outings Thursday.Kiwoom Heroes' starter Eri
Baseball

(LEAD) Aces in solid form 2 weeks before new KBO season

(ATTN: ADDS final score in para 4) By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, March 17 (Yonhap) -- Two aces expected to take their clubs to great heights this year in South Korean baseball showed fine form in their preseason outings on Thursday.Kiwoom Heroes' starter E
Football

Slumping K League champions Jeonbuk acquire emerging midfielder

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, March 17 (Yonhap) -- Struggling South Korean football champions Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors acquired rising star Kim Jin-gyu on Thursday, hoping the 25-year-old can give them a shot in the arm in midfield.Jeonbuk, the five-time defendi
Baseball

Aces in solid form 2 weeks before new KBO season

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, March 17 (Yonhap) -- Two aces expected to take their clubs to great heights this year in South Korean baseball showed fine form in their preseason outings on Thursday.Kiwoom Heroes' starter Eric Jokisch held the SSG Landers to
Baseball

Landers' Kim Kwang-hyun to make preseason debut next week in relief

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, March 17 (Yonhap) -- Former St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Kim Kwang-hyun will make his much-anticipated return to the South Korean league in a preseason game next week, his manager said Thursday.SSG Landers' skipper Kim Won-hyon
Baseball

Heroes' manager not yet concerned about Yasiel Puig, on and off the field

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, March 17 (Yonhap) -- As one of the biggest names to sign with a South Korean baseball club, former National League All-Star Yasiel Puig is off to a slow start in his first preseason for the Kiwoom Heroes while also causing minor c
Football

Daegu FC likely to miss key forward for rest of season to injury

SEOUL, March 16 (Yonhap) -- Daegu FC's recent playoff victory at the top Asian football tournament came at a cost, with their Brazilian forward Edgar expected to miss the rest of the season with a torn Achilles tendon.Daegu FC said Wednesday Edga
Baseball

Ex-Cardinal Kim Kwang-hyun appreciative of teammates, lessons learned in MLB

By Yoo Jee-hoINCHEON, March 16 (Yonhap) -- As rookie seasons go, South Korean pitcher Kim Kwang-hyun couldn't have picked a worse year than 2020 to make his major league debut.Not that anyone could have predicted the onset of the COVID-19 pandemi
Baseball

Ex-MLB pitcher Kim Kwang-hyun eyes championship in return to KBO

By Yoo Jee-hoINCHEON, March 16 (Yonhap) -- In his first season back in South Korea after two years in the majors, SSG Landers' starter Kim Kwang-hyun isn't about to ease into the grind.The left-hander wants nothing less than to capture a cham
Football

K League cellar-dwelling Seongnam FC sign forward Lee Jong-ho

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, March 16 (Yonhap) -- Mired in the bottom of the K League 1 tables, Seongnam FC signed veteran forward Lee Jong-ho in free agency Wednesday, tasking the 30-year-old with kick-starting a dormant offense.Lee will begin his 12th profe
Baseball

Provisional Asian Games baseball roster to be announced in April

SEOUL, March 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's provisional roster for the baseball competition at this fall's Asian Games will be unveiled in early April, the country's professional league office said Wednesday, with the final roster expected
Football

(LEAD) Undermanned Ulsan win AFC Champions League playoff match

(ATTN: UPDATES with Daegu FC's result in paras 7-12, 15-17, ADDS photos)By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, March 15 (Yonhap) -- Severely shorthanded due to a COVID-19 outbreak and injuries, Ulsan Hyundai FC still pulled out a 3-0 victory over Port FC on Tuesday
Football

Undermanned Ulsan win AFC Champions League playoff match

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, March 15 (Yonhap) -- Severely shorthanded due to a COVID-19 outbreak and injuries, Ulsan Hyundai FC still pulled out a 3-0 victory over Port FC on Tuesday to reach the group stage in the top Asian football tournament.Making his pr
Baseball

Pirates' Park Hoy-jun to leave for spring training Tuesday

SEOUL, March 15 (Yonhap) -- Pittsburgh Pirates' South Korean player Park Hoy-jun is scheduled to leave for the United States on Tuesday for spring training, having cleared all medical and administrative hurdles, his agency here said.An official w
Football

(LEAD) K League-leading Ulsan hit by COVID-19 outbreak ahead of continental match

(ATTN: ADDS comments, details in paras 5, 6, 8)SEOUL, March 14 (Yonhap) -- South Korean football league leaders Ulsan Hyundai FC announced Monday they had "multiple" players test positive for the novel coronavirus, affecting their prepara
Football

K League-leading Ulsan hit by COVID-19 outbreak ahead of continental match

SEOUL, March 14 (Yonhap) -- South Korean football league leaders Ulsan Hyundai FC announced Monday they had "multiple" players test positive for the novel coronavirus, affecting their preparations for a continental match scheduled for Tue
Baseball

Blue Jays' Ryu Hyun-jin leaves S. Korea for spring training in Florida

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, March 14 (Yonhap) -- With work stoppage in Major League Baseball (MLB) finally over after nearly 100 days, Toronto Blue Jays' South Korean pitcher Ryu Hyun-jin is on his way to spring training.Ryu left home Monday afternoon to
Baseball

(LEAD) KBO clubs to organize farewell tour for retiring slugger Lee Dae-ho

(ATTN: ADDS details in paras 4, 12, 14-15)SEOUL, March 14 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean baseball league announced Monday its 10 clubs will jointly organize a farewell tour for the retiring star Lee Dae-ho this season.The Korea Baseball Organization (K
Football

S. Korea coach predicts 'difficult game' vs. Iran with top seed at stake in World Cup qualifying group

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, March 14 (Yonhap) -- With one box checked, Paulo Bento has quickly shifted his focus to the next goal to achieve.Under his tutelage, South Korea have already booked a ticket to Qatar for this year's FIFA World Cup with two qua
Football

With World Cup berth secured, top names still join S. Korea for final 2 qualifiers

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, March 14 (Yonhap) -- Even with a World Cup spot secured, South Korea will not mess around in their next two qualifying matches, with many of their biggest stars named to the national team Monday.Head coach Paulo Bento unveiled his