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Veteran outfielder, new GM for revamped KBO club expect big things in 2022

GWANGJU, Jan. 7 (Yonhap) -- For Choi Hyoung-woo, the 38-year-old outfielder for the Kia Tigers, the 2021 season wasn't any fun. But the veteran is confident that things will be far different in the new season.In 2021, the Tigers missed the postse
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Son Heung-min nominated for player of 2021 December

SEOUL, Jan. 7 (Yonhap) -- South Korean striker Son Heung-min, who plays for Tottenham Hotspur in the English Premier League (EPL), has been nominated for December 2021's EA SPORTS Player of the Mo
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(LEAD) N. Korea says it's not joining Beijing Olympics due to 'hostile forces,' pandemic

(ATTN: ADDS more details throughout, photo; CHANGES headline, lead) By Choi Soo-hyangSEOUL, Jan. 7 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has told China that it fully supports the upcoming Beijing Olympics though it cannot participate in the event, criticizing the
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(LEAD) New manager for KBO club vows return to postseason

(ATTN: ADDS comments in last 5 paras)GWANGJU, Jan. 6 (Yonhap) -- After winning their 11th Korean Series title in 2017, the Kia Tigers snuck into the postseason in 2018 and then missed the party in each of the next three years.And their new manager, K
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Beleaguered short tracker Shim Suk-hee files for injunction against ban

SEOUL, Jan. 6 (Yonhap) -- In a last-ditch effort to regain eligibility for the Beijing Winter Games, South Korean Olympic short track speed skating champion Shim Suk-hee has filed for a court injunction against a ban by the sport's national feder
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New manager for KBO club vows return to postseason

GWANGJU, Jan. 6 (Yonhap) -- After winning their 11th Korean Series title in 2017, the Kia Tigers snuck into the postseason in 2018 and then missed the party in each of the next three years.And their new manager, Kim Jong-kook, said Thursday he will l
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New KBO season to open April 2

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Jan. 6 (Yonhap) -- The new regular season for South Korean professional baseball will open April 2, the league office announced Thursday.The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) said its 10 clubs will each play 144 games, per usual,
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4 Olympic figure skating spots up for grabs in final trials Sunday

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Jan. 6 (Yonhap) -- The four figure skaters to represent South Korea at the Beijing Winter Olympics will be determined in the final national team trials Sunday.The second leg of the two-day Olympic trials will open Saturday in Uije
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Olympic short track champion downplays concerns about medal chances in Beijing

JINCHEON, South Korea, Jan. 5 (Yonhap) -- Choi Min-jeong, a two-time Olympic short track speed skating gold medalist and a three-time world overall champion, has fallen on hard times of late, leading to rather modest medal projections at the upcoming
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KBO's last remaining free agent stays put with original club

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Jan. 5 (Yonhap) -- The last remaining free agent in South Korean baseball re-signed with his original club Wednesday.The Lotte Giants of the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) said first baseman Jung Hoon agreed to a three-year con
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Short tracker preparing for Olympic swan song in Beijing

JINCHEON, South Korea, Jan. 5 (Yonhap) -- Just over a week after his 32nd birthday, South Korean short track speed skater Kwak Yoon-gy is ready to call it a career on the international stage.Kwak said Wednesday the upcoming Beijing Winter Olympics wi
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S. Korean athletes confident despite modest medal target for Beijing 2022

JINCHEON, South Korea, Jan. 5 (Yonhap) -- The stated goal for South Korea at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, which will open a month from now, is to win one or two gold medals at best.For a country that has won at least two gold medals at every Win
Golf

PGA Tour's Im Sung-jae looking to crack top 20 in world rankings in 2022

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Jan. 5 (Yonhap) -- At No. 26, Im Sung-jae is the top South Korean in the men's world golf rankings. And the two-time PGA Tour winner wants to move even higher in the new year."I will try to take it step by step and stay
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Doosan Bears sign ex-MLB pitcher Robert Stock

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Jan. 5 (Yonhap) -- The Doosan Bears announced Wednesday they have signed former major league pitcher Robert Stock, pairing the hard-throwing right-hander with the reigning MVP Ariel Miranda in the rotation.The Korea Baseball Organ
Football

2nd-year coach for Ulsan looking to end long K League title drought

ULSAN, Jan. 5 (Yonhap) -- Ulsan Hyundai FC brought in a new head coach for 2021 but ended up with the same result for a third straight season in the K League 1: finishing runners-up to Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors.It was a particularly bitter pillow to swa
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KBO clubs to stay home for 2nd straight spring training

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Jan. 5 (Yonhap) -- With the global coronavirus pandemic still raging, all 10 clubs in South Korean baseball will open their spring training in February on home soil, instead of traveling overseas in search of warmer conditions.As
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‘Speed skating champion’ Lee Sang-hwa as commentator in Beijing Winter Olympics at KBS

SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Yonhap) – Lee Sang-hwa, a two time Olympic gold medalist in the women’s 500m speed skating in 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics and 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, will perform as a commentato
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K League adds new promotion-relegation playoff for 2022

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Jan. 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korean club football will have an additional promotion-relegation playoff in 2022, providing an extra second-division club with a chance to compete with the big boys.The Korea Professional Football League
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New star on rise in S. Korean skeleton with Beijing Olympics on horizon

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Jan. 4 (Yonhap) -- As one star has been falling, a new one is on the way up for South Korean men's skeleton with the Beijing Winter Olympics on the horizon.Jung Seung-gi grabbed his first career medal at the International Bobs
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S. Korean bobsleigh pilot finding groove ahead of Beijing Olympics

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Jan. 4 (Yonhap) -- With one month to go before the Beijing Winter Olympics, South Korean bobsleigh pilot Won Yun-jong seems to be finally hitting his stride.After a series of mediocre showings, Won and his brakeman, Kim Jin-su, po