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Colorless S. Korea lack delicate touch vs. El Salvador

By Yoo Jee-hoDAEJEON, June 20 (Yonhap) -- By all accounts, this was a match South Korea should have won with relative ease.Instead, despite dominating ball possession and shot count against 75th-ranked El Salvador, No. 27 South Korea only walked away
Football

Klinsmann 'disappointed, angry' after S. Korea blow late lead vs. El Salvador

By Yoo Jee-hoDAEJEON, June 20 (Yonhap) -- Hidden behind Jurgen Klinsmann's weary smile after South Korea's 1-1 draw against El Salvador Tuesday night was a sense of disappointment and anger -- over how the Taegeuk Warriors couldn't hold o
Football

(LEAD) S. Korea concede late goal in draw vs. El Salvador

(ATTN: ADDS details throughout)By Yoo Jee-hoDAEJEON, June 20 (Yonhap) -- South Korea settled for a 1-1 draw against El Salvador in their latest friendly football match Tuesday, conceding a late equalizer after taking the lead in the second half.The r
Football

S. Korea concede late goal in draw vs. El Salvador

By Yoo Jee-hoDAEJEON, June 20 (Yonhap) -- South Korea settled for a 1-1 draw against El Salvador in their latest friendly football match Tuesday, conceding a late equalizer after taking the lead in the second half.The result left South Korea head coa
Baseball

Late-blooming slugger adds new chapter to improbable journey with RBI record

By Yoo Jee-hoDAEJEON, June 20 (Yonhap) -- One day in 2007, Kim Eung-yong, a legendary former manager then working as president of the Samsung Lions, was in the stands for a game in the Futures League, the minor league for the Korea Baseball Organizat
Baseball

(LEAD) Veteran slugger Choi Hyoung-woo becomes KBO's career RBI leader

(ATTN: ADDS details, photos)By Yoo Jee-hoDAEJEON, June 20 (Yonhap) -- Kia Tigers slugger Choi Hyoung-woo became the all-time RBI king in South Korean baseball Tuesday.Choi knocked in his 1,499th and 1,500th runs against the Hanwha Eagles with a two-r
Baseball

Veteran slugger Choi Hyoung-woo becomes KBO's career RBI leader

By Yoo Jee-hoDAEJEON, June 20 (Yonhap) -- Kia Tigers slugger Choi Hyoung-woo became the all-time RBI king in South Korean baseball Tuesday.Choi knocked in his 1,499th and 1,500th runs against the Hanwha Eagles with a two-run home run in the top of th
Football

Potential Asiad football squad returning home bruised after splitting friendlies in China

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, June 20 (Yonhap) -- Gearing up for the Asian Games this fall, the South Korean men's under-24 national football team scheduled two friendlies in China in June, so that the players could develop a better feel for each other in
Football

Klinsmann sold on future of S. Korean football

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, June 20 (Yonhap) -- While coaching the senior men's national football team for South Korea, Jurgen Klinsmann hasn't lost the sight of the pipeline that will be feeding him youthful talent in the near future.The German tact
Golf

Ko Jin-young ties record for most weeks spent at top of women's golf rankings

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, June 20 (Yonhap) -- South Korean LPGA star Ko Jin-young has tied the record for most weeks spent at No. 1 in the women's world rankings.The LPGA announced Monday (U.S. time) that this week marks Ko's 158th week at the top
Football

S. Korea coach, captain praying for safe release of player held in China

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, June 19 (Yonhap) -- The head coach and the captain of the South Korean men's national football team said Monday they are praying for a safe and quick release of Son Jun-ho, an international veteran placed under formal arrest i
Football

Klinsmann wants S. Korea to take charge from start vs. El Salvador

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, June 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korea head coach Jurgen Klinsmann said Monday he would like to see his team take charge from the opening kickoff in their next friendly match against El Salvador.The match kicks off at 8 p.m. at Daejeon W
Football

Son Heung-min available vs. El Salvador after missing previous match

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, June 19 (Yonhap) -- After sitting out South Korea's 1-0 loss to Peru last week while recovering from surgery, Tottenham Hotspur star Son Heung-min will be available for the national team's next game.Son may come off the be
Football

New coach for Gangwon FC looking to avoid relegation

GANGNEUNG, South Korea, June 19 (Yonhap) -- Newly appointed as head coach of Gangwon FC, Yoon Jong-hwan said Monday his objective is to avoid relegation and keep the team in the top-flight K League 1.That may seem like a modest goal, except that Gang
Golf

(LEAD) Kim Joo-hyung notches 1st career top-10 in major at U.S. Open

(ATTN: ADDS comments in paras 7-10)By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, June 19 (Yonhap) -- Buoyed by his third consecutive round in the 60s, South Korean golfer Kim Joo-hyung has recorded his first top-10 finish at a major championship at the U.S. Open.Kim shot a fo
Baseball

Veteran slugger Choi Hyoung-woo on verge of becoming KBO's all-time RBI king

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, June 19 (Yonhap) -- Kia Tigers veteran slugger Choi Hyoung-woo is on the verge of making South Korean baseball history, as he sits one RBI away from becoming the all-time leader in that category.Choi is currently tied with his for
Golf

Kim Joo-hyung notches 1st career top-10 in major at U.S. Open

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, June 19 (Yonhap) -- Buoyed by his third consecutive round in the 60s, South Korean golfer Kim Joo-hyung has recorded his first top-10 finish at a major championship at the U.S. Open.Kim shot a four-under 276 to tie for eighth plac
Golf

Late miscue proves costly as Yang Hee-young misses out on 5th LPGA title

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, June 19 (Yonhap) -- Done in by a late double bogey, South Korean Yang Hee-young has missed out on a chance to end her four-year LPGA title drought.Yang finished tied for third at the Meijer LPGA Classic for Simply Give at Blythefi
Baseball

Hanwha Eagles sign ex-MLB outfielder Nick Williams

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, June 18 (Yonhap) -- The Hanwha Eagles announced Sunday they have signed former major league outfielder Nick Williams.Williams will make US$450,000 for the rest of this season as a replacement for Brian O'Grady, who was release
Football

Lineup experimentation likely to continue for S. Korea vs. El Salvador

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, June 18 (Yonhap) -- Handed a depleted roster with a few key players out due to injuries and other circumstances, South Korea men's football head coach Jurgen Klinsmann had little choice but to tinker with his lineup and even f