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S. Korean Hwang Ui-jo becomes top Asian scorer in French football league

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Jan. 24 (Yonhap) -- With his first hat trick in France, South Korean striker Hwang Ui-jo has become the top Asian scorer in the European country.Hwang's three-goal outburst carried FC Girondins de Bordeaux past RC Strasbourg A
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Olympic-bound figure skater Cha Jun-hwan captures final event before Beijing

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Jan. 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korean figure skater Cha Jun-hwan won his final event before the Beijing Winter Olympics on Sunday, brightening hopes for a medal in his second career Winter Games appearance.Cha captured the men's si
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Denied Olympic chance, short tracker cries foul over lack of transparency

SEOUL, Jan. 23 (Yonhap) -- A South Korean short track speed skater left off the team for the Beijing Winter Olympics due to an injury is accusing the sport's national federation of lacking transparency in its selection process.In an email stateme
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Beijing-bound figure skater Kim Ye-lim wins bronze in final event before Olympics

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Jan. 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korean Olympic figure skater Kim Ye-lim set a new personal best en route to winning the bronze medal in her final competition before Beijing 2022.Kim scored 209.91 total points at the International Skatin
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베이징 동계올림픽 개막식 리허설…자연·인문의 아름다움 표현

(베이징=연합뉴스) 한종구 특파원 = 다음 달 4일 열리는 베이징 동계올림픽 개막식 리허설이 22일 오후 베이징 국가체육장(일명 냐오차오<鳥巢·새둥지>)에서 진행됐다.중국 관영 신화 통신은 이날 오후 약 4천여 명의 참가자들이 개막식 모든 과정을 연습하고, 아름다운 불꽃놀이가 새둥지의 밤하늘을 수놓는 리허설이 진행됐다고 보도했다.올림픽 개막식 공
Football

Son Heung-min is unlikely to join Bento’s team… Conte says “We have to wait”

SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Yonhap) — Son Heung-min (30, Tottenham), who is recovering from his injury is unlikely to join Bento's team ahead of the final qualifying round for the 2022 Qatar World Cup.Tottenh
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S. Korea coach sees need for speed after opening win at Women's Asian Cup

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Jan. 22 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's 3-0 victory over Vietnam to kick off the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Women's Asian Cup in India on Friday could have been even more lopsided, had the players not let up midway throu
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Olympic-bound Cha Jun-hwan wins men's short program at Four Continents

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Jan. 22 (Yonhap) -- South Korean figure skater Cha Jun-hwan won the men's singles short program with a new personal best in his final tuneup competition ahead of the Beijing Winter Olympics.Cha earned 98.96 points to set a new
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S. Korea beat Vietnam to open Women's Asian Cup

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Jan. 22 (Yonhap) -- Powered by two quick goals, South Korea defeated Vietnam 3-0 to open the top Asian women's football tournament in India.Captain Ji So-yun scored twice in South Korea's first Group C match of the Asian F
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(LEAD) S. Korea beat Moldova 4-0 in last tuneup before World Cup qualifiers

(ATTN: ADDS details in paras 4, 6 coach's comments in paras 11-12, 17-18)By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Jan. 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korea defeated Moldova 4-0 for their second straight men's football friendly victory in Turkey on Friday, capping off a suc
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Young guns leave their marks on nat'l football team with complete efforts in friendly victory

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Jan. 21 (Yonhap) -- For their second straight men's football friendly victory in Turkey on Friday, South Korea enjoyed complete, two-way efforts from young players trying to survive an upcoming lineup crunch.Midfielders Kim Ji
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S. Korea beat Moldova 4-0 in last tuneup before World Cup qualifiers

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Jan. 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korea defeated Moldova 4-0 for their second straight men's football friendly victory in Turkey on Friday, capping off a successful training camp before the resumption of their World Cup qualifying cam
Baseball

Hanwha Eagles name veteran instructor Wes Clements as new bench coach

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Jan. 21 (Yonhap) -- The Hanwha Eagles announced Friday they have hired longtime minor league instructor Wes Clements as their new bench coach.Clements, 63, was drafted by the Houston Astros in the sixth round of the 1980 major lea
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Women's curling team hoping to add to fond Olympic memories in Beijing

GANGNEUNG, South Korea, Jan. 21 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean women's curling team will go on a quest for its second straight Olympic medal at the same Beijing venue where the country's Summer Games history was written nearly 14 years ago.At t
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Two-thirds of S. Koreans not interested in Beijing Winter Olympics: poll

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Jan. 21 (Yonhap) -- Nearly two-thirds of South Koreans have no interest in the upcoming Beijing Winter Olympics, a survey showed Friday.Gallup Korea polled 1,002 South Korean adults from Tuesday to Thursday on their thoughts on th
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Beijing-bound figure skater stumbles in final pre-Olympic tuneup

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Jan. 21 (Yonhap) -- The Beijing-bound figure skater You Young failed to land her signature jump in the short program at her last tuneup ahead of the Winter Olympics.You ranked fourth in the women's singles of the International
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Hwang Hee-chan returns to training "recovering quickly to come back with better performance"

SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Yonhap) – S. Korean football player Hwang Hee-chan(26·Wolverhampton), who is recovering from a hamstring injury, promised the fans to try his best to come back with the best performanc
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S. Korean women's short track team to miss top qualifiers to suspension, injury

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Jan. 21 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean women's short track speed skating team will be without two of its top three qualifiers at the Beijing Winter Olympics next month.The Korea Skating Union (KSU) finalized the national men'
Baseball

Veteran KBO pitcher at peace with retirement, 'happy' with long career

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Jan. 20 (Yonhap) -- Counting his years as a student-athlete, pitcher Yoo Hee-kwan says he has spent 25 years of his life playing baseball.Having announced his retirement this week at age 35, the now former Doosan Bears left-hander
Football

(LEAD) Women's nat'l football coach planning to unleash players at top Asian tournament

(ATTN: ADDS comments from Vietnamese coach in paras 9-11)By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Jan. 20 (Yonhap) -- Colin Bell, head coach of the South Korean women's national football team, believes he has a strong squad with "very talented players."An