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Attorney for banned short tracker Shim Suk-hee cries foul over 'double punishment'

SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Yonhap) -- Two-time Olympic short track speed skating champion Shim Suk-hee launched her last-minute legal battle against a recent two-month ban on Wednesday, trying to salvage a chance to compete at next month's Beijing Winter Ga
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Women's football coach wants to go 'step by step' toward continental title, World Cup berth

NAMHAE, South Korea, Jan. 12 (Yonhap) -- With his team just days away from entering the top continental women's football tournament, South Korea head coach Colin Bell is preaching the importance of staying in the moment."We will try to take
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Son Heung-min suffers muscle injury…Conte "have to wait until after Jan int'l break "

SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Yonhap) -- ‘Ace’ Son Heung-min(30)’s muscle injury made English Premier League(EPL) club Tottenham Hotspur deeply worried.Antonio Conte, the head coach of Tottenham, predicted that Son
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K League scoring champion on nat'l team snub: 'I have to be better'

SEOGWIPO, South Korea, Jan. 12 (Yonhap) -- One of the great mysteries in South Korean football in recent months has been the continued absence of Jeju United striker Joo Min-kyu on the senior men's national team.Though he won the scoring title in
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Midfielder wants to capitalize on rare opportunity with senior nat'l team

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Jan. 12 (Yonhap) -- Gangwon FC midfielder Kim Dae-won is training with the senior men's national team for the first time in Turkey this month.He wants to make sure it won't be his last stint with the big boys.The 24-year-o
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Alpine snowboarder Lee Sang-ho maintains World Cup lead despite missing podium

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Jan. 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korean Olympic snowboard medal hopeful Lee Sang-ho continues to lead the World Cup standings for the season, despite missing the podium for only the second time in his latest competition in Austria.Lee fi
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Barca youth product Lee Seung-woo seeking more playing time on home soil

SEOGWIPO, South Korea, Jan. 11 (Yonhap) -- After bouncing around multiple European clubs with little success, Lee Seung-woo, a product of FC Barcelona's famous youth academy, has landed with Suwon FC in South Korea's K League 1 with one major
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Lone teenager at nat'l football camp inspired by Son Heung-min

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Jan. 11 (Yonhap) -- At the tender of 19, Gwangju FC midfielder Eom Ji-sung earned his first callup to the men's senior national football team for January's training camp in Turkey.The talented teenager stands out for his s
Baseball

NC Dinos' manager hoping to survive early part of season with new-look squad

SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Yonhap) -- After winning their first Korean Series title in 2020, the NC Dinos missed out on the postseason altogether in 2021. They became the first Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) club in 11 years to miss the playoffs in their tit
Baseball

2nd-year manager for SSG Landers motivated by near postseason miss

SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Yonhap) -- Despite losing three starting pitchers to injuries midseason, the SSG Landers came within a game of making the postseason in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) last year.But their manager Kim Won-hyong isn't settling
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Men's U-23 football coach wants to bring hope to virus-stricken country

SEOGWIPO, South Korea, Jan. 10 (Yonhap) -- The year 2022 will be an important one for the South Korean men's under-23 national football team, with two major competitions on the horizon.And the team's head coach, Hwang Sun-hong, said Monday th
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England-based veterans headline S. Korean roster for Women's Asian Cup

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Jan. 10 (Yonhap) -- A trio of England-based veterans, including the high-scoring midfielder Ji So-yun, will try to lead South Korea to their first continental women's football title this month in India.The Korea Football Assoc
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(Yonhap Interview) Once top teen prospect, Robert Stock comes to KBO intent on continuous improvement

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Jan. 10 (Yonhap) -- In his first semester as a 16-year-old, underage freshman at the University of Southern California (USC) in the fall of 2006, Robert Stock, a two-way baseball phenom, took a class on Korean history.Few would ha
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(LEAD) Figure skater Cha Jun-hwan headed to 2nd straight Olympics after winning trials

(ATTN: ADDS details on women's competition in paras 5-7, comments in last 5 paras, photos)UIJEONGBU, South Korea, Jan. 9 (Yonhap) -- Figure skater Cha Jun-hwan is bound for his second straight Winter Olympics after winning the final national team
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Figure skater Cha Jun-hwan headed to 2nd straight Olympics after winning trials

UIJEONGBU, South Korea, Jan. 9 (Yonhap) -- Figure skater Cha Jun-hwan is bound for his second straight Winter Olympics after winning the final national team trials on Sunday.Cha handily won the second leg of the two-stage Beijing Olympic trials in Ui
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Kia Tigers sign ex-MLB pitcher Sean Nolin

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Jan. 9 (Yonhap) -- The Kia Tigers signed former major league pitcher Sean Nolin on Sunday, filling up their foreign player quota for 2022 with three new faces.The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) club said Nolin has agreed to a o
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Alpine snowboarder Lee Sang-ho wins World Cup bronze, bolsters Beijing medal hope

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Jan. 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korean alpine snowboarder Lee Sang-ho has collected his fourth medal in the ongoing World Cup season, further brightening hope of a second straight Olympic podium finish in Beijing next month.Lee earned br
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Son Heung-min likely out for rest of Jan. with leg injury

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Jan. 8 (Yonhap) -- Tottenham Hotspur star and South Korea captain Son Heung-min will likely miss the rest of January with a leg injury, a blow to both his club and his country ahead of crucial matches.Tottenham boss Antonio Conte
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Cheongdo bullfighting begins today... 12 games will take place every Sat. and Sun.

CHEONGDO, Jan. 8 (Yonhap) -- Cheongdo Bull Fighting opens the cow fight stadium and begins this year’s matches. Twelve games will take place every Saturday to Sunday until Dec. 25, and special matches
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Suwon Samsung Bluewings post photo of newborn to announce player signing

SEOUL, Jan. 7 (Yonhap) -- To announce their acquisition of a highly-regarded Dutch defender Dave Bulthuis, Suwon Samsung Bluewings got creative on Friday.The K League 1 club uploaded a picture of Bulthuis' newborn son on its Instagram page around