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

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."And when South Korea's pursuit of their first continent
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Midfielder puts emphasis on team play over individual action

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Jan. 20 (Yonhap) -- As skilled as he is at generating offense from his midfield position for South Korea, Kwon Chang-hoon believes the whole is greater than the sum of its parts."I always try to execute team-oriented plays,
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Men's nat'l football coach demands more from players after resounding friendly win

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Jan. 20 (Yonhap) -- With one friendly match down and one more to go before South Korea's World Cup qualifying campaign resumes this month, head coach Paulo Bento wants to keep pushing his players."The goal is to compete
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S. Korea to embark on quest for maiden Asian women's football title vs. Vietnam

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Jan. 20 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's quest for their first Asian women's football title will begin Friday in India against Vietnam.It will be the opening Group C contest for the two teams at the 2022 Asian Football Confederat
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S. Korean Kwon Soon-woo loses marathon match at Australian Open

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Jan. 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korean Kwon Soon-woo was knocked out of the Australian Open in the second round Wednesday after dropping a five-set marathon.Denis Shapovalov of Canada outlasted Kwon 7-6 (8-6), 6-7 (3-7), 6-7 (6-8), 7-5,
Baseball

Star KBO outfielder not feeling pressure from record-tying contract with new club

GWANGJU, Jan. 19 (Yonhap) -- Following nine seasons with the NC Dinos, All-Star outfielder Na Sung-bum decided to come home this winter and signed a mega free agent deal with the Kia Tigers.Na's six-year, 15 billion won (US$12.6 billion) contract
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Veteran forward wants to return favor to coach, help new club to K League title

GEOJE, South Korea, Jan. 19 (Yonhap) -- Nearly a decade after winning a historic Olympic football medal together in London, veteran forward Park Chu-young and longtime coach Hong Myung-bo have been reunited on the perennial K League contender, Ulsan
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S. Korea to face Moldova in tuneup for World Cup qualifiers as roster crunch looms

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Jan. 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will take on Moldova on Friday in their final men's football friendly match before their World Cup qualifying campaign resumes, with domestic league players getting their last shot to stake thei
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Blown call aside, S. Korean forward trying to become complete player

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Jan. 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korean forward Kim Gun-hee thought he had his first senior international goal last Saturday against Iceland, only to have the marker wiped off by a questionable offside call.There was no video assistant r
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Son Heung-min congratulates Erik Lamela for winning Puskas Award

SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Yonhap) -- Son Heung-min (30, Tottenham) was delighted with his former colleague Erik Lamela (Sevilla) winning the Puskas Award.Son wrote on his SNS on Wednesday (KST), with a photo of
Golf

New LPGA season opens this week with S. Koreans looking for bounceback

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Jan. 19 (Yonhap) -- The 2022 LPGA Tour season will tee off this week in the Sunshine State, with South Korean players looking to bounce back from a relatively down year in 2021.The winners-only Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of
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(2nd LD) Olympic short track champion Shim Suk-hee to miss Beijing 2022 after losing court battle against ban

(ATTN: ADDS Shim's apology in para 5)By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Jan. 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korean Olympic short track speed skating champion Shim Suk-hee has lost her court battle against a ban from the Beijing Winter Games, legal sources said Tuesday, a
Baseball

Veteran KBO pitcher Yoo Hee-kwan retires

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Jan. 18 (Yonhap) -- Veteran pitcher Yoo Hee-kwan, who exuded an everyman charm with his slow pitches, a rotund built and fun-loving persona, announced his retirement from baseball Tuesday at age 35.The Doosan Bears of the Korea Ba
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(LEAD) Olympic short track champion Shim Suk-hee to miss Beijing 2022 after losing court battle against ban

(ATTN: RECASTS headline, lead; ADDS details throughout, photos)SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korean Olympic short track speed skating champion Shim Suk-hee has lost her court battle against a ban from the Beijing Winter Games, legal sources said T
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Short tracker Shim Suk-hee to miss Beijing 2022 after losing injunction bid against ban

SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korean short track speed skater Shim Suk-hee has lost her injunction bid against an Olympic ban, legal sources said Tuesday, as her attempt to regain eligibility for Beijing 2022 crashed and burned.The sources said th
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Manager of reigning KBO champions eyes repeat in 2022

SUWON, South Korea, Jan. 18 (Yonhap) -- The KT Wiz, after years as the bottom feeder of South Korean baseball, finally earned their inaugural Korean Series title in 2021.And the goal for their manager, Lee Kang-chul, in 2022 is simple: defend that ch
Football

Well-traveled football defender constantly searching for improvement

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Jan. 18 (Yonhap) -- Nearly a decade into his club football career, South Korean defender Kwon Kyung-won recently joined his sixth club in the fourth different country.There is more to this than wanderlust for the 29-year-old, who
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(LEAD) K League champions Jeonbuk to face Japanese runners-up in 2022 AFC Champions League

(ATTN: ADDS details on schedule in paras 10-11)By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Jan. 17 (Yonhap) -- The five-time defending South Korean football champions Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors will take on the Japanese league runners-up Yokohama F. Marinos in the top Asian clu
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K League champions Jeonbuk to face Japanese runners-up in 2022 AFC Champions League

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Jan. 17 (Yonhap) -- The five-time defending South Korean football champions Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors will take on the Japanese league runners-up Yokohama F. Marinos in the top Asian club competition this year.The group stage draw fo
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Injured Premier Leaguers Son, Hwang temporarily left off S. Korean team for World Cup qualifiers

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Jan. 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's two Premier League players, Son Heung-min of Tottenham Hotspur and Hwang Hee-chan of Wolverhampton Wanderers, were kept off the national team for upcoming World Cup qualifiers on Monday becaus