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K League runners-up Ulsan lose 2 key players to rival clubs

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Jan. 3 (Yonhap) -- South Korean football runners-up Ulsan Hyundai FC lost two key players on Monday, with midfielder Yoon Bitgaram and defender Hong Chul moving to rival clubs.Yoon, the most valuable player at the 2020 Asian Footb
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S. Korean football's top scorer wants to get monkey off back with continental title

NAMHAE, South Korea, Jan. 3 (Yonhap) -- Ji So-yun, South Korean football's all-time leading scorer, has won numerous trophies in her illustrious club career. It has been a different story with the national team, though, and the attacking midfield
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Question marks linger for S. Korea with Beijing Winter Olympics nearing

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Jan. 2 (Yonhap) -- With only about a month left until the start of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, South Korea still doesn't know if one of its best medal hopes will compete in China.That bit of uncertainty is unwelcoming
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Beijing Winter Olympics fast approaching amid ongoing woes

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Jan. 2 (Yonhap) -- With the new year having dawned, the 2022 Beijing Olympic Winter Games are on the horizon, as problems ranging from a global pandemic to diplomatic boycotts to lack of star power threaten to plague preparations
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신태용의 인도네시아, 스즈키컵 준우승…태국에 합계 2-6 완패

(서울=연합뉴스) 최송아 기자 = 신태용 감독이 이끄는 인도네시아가 '동남아시아의 월드컵'으로 불리는 아세안축구연맹(AFF) 챔피언십(스즈키컵)에서 태국의 벽을 넘지 못하고 준우승했다.인도네시아는 1일 싱가포르 칼랑 국립 경기장에서 열린 2020 스즈키컵 결승 2차전에서 태국과 2-2로 비겼다.지난달 29일 1차전에서 0-4로 크게 진 인도네
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Ex-MVP tops K League in salary for 2nd straight year

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Dec. 31 (Yonhap) -- Former MVP-winning midfielder Kim Bo-kyung was the highest-paid homegrown player in South Korean football for the second straight season in 2021, data showed Friday.The Korea Professional Football League (K Lea
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Son Heung-min aims for 10th season goal against Watford on New Year's Day

SEOUL, Dec. 31 (Yonhap) -- Son Heung-min's Tottenham Hotspur of the English Premier League (EPL) will play an away game for the 2021-2022 season at Vicarage Road Stadium, Watford, England, at noon
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ESPN names Son Heung-min in EPL top 11 with Salah

SEOUL, Dec. 31 (Yonhap) -- Son Heung-min (29·Tottenham Hotspur) was named one of the top 11 players in the first half of 2021-2022 EPL, by the sports media ESPN. ESPN released the Premier League midse
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Short tracker Shim Suk-hee declines to appeal Olympic ban, considers other options

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Dec. 30 (Yonhap) -- South Korean Olympic short track champion Shim Suk-hee has declined to appeal a recent two-month ban, an official confirmed Thursday, though the skater is mulling other options to get herself reinstated for the
Baseball

Kiwoom Heroes bring back starter Jokisch for 4th season in KBO

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Dec. 30 (Yonhap) -- The Kiwoom Heroes announced Thursday they will bring back starter Eric Jokisch for his fourth season in South Korea.The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) club said Jokisch, 32, has agreed to a new one-year deal
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Korean Series champs KT Wiz retain starters Despaigne, Cuevas

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Dec. 30 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean baseball champions KT Wiz announced Thursday they will bring back both of their foreign starting pitchers for next year.The Wiz said they have signed right-handers Odrisamer Despaigne and Willi
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KBO franchise icons chase ring, money as they switch clubs in free agency

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Dec. 30 (Yonhap) -- After a whirlwind of offseason transactions, there will be some familiar players in unfamiliar uniforms in South Korean baseball in 2022.Players who had spent over a decade with one team have moved on to other
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(2nd LD) Korean Series champions KT Wiz sign ex-MVP Park Byung-ho in free agency

(ATTN: ADDS comments by general manager, manager in paras 20-21, 23-26)By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Dec. 29 (Yonhap) -- The reigning South Korean baseball champions KT Wiz signed a two-time MVP Park Byung-ho in free agency on Wednesday, adding a veteran bat t
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(LEAD) Korean Series champions KT Wiz sign ex-MVP Park Byung-ho in free agency

(ATTN: ADDS details, comments throughout)By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Dec. 29 (Yonhap) -- The reigning South Korean baseball champions KT Wiz signed a two-time MVP Park Byung-ho in free agency on Wednesday, adding a veteran bat to a potent lineup in their rep
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(LEAD) Son Heung-min named S. Korea's top male footballer for record 6th year

(ATTN: ADDS photo, details, comments throughout)By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Dec. 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korean captain Son Heung-min has been named the country's top male football player of the year for a record sixth time.The Korea Football Association (K
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Son Heung-min named S. Korea's top male footballer for record 6th year

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Dec. 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korean captain Son Heung-min has been named the country's top male football player of the year for a record sixth time.The Korea Football Association (KFA) announced winners of the annual KFA Awards o
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Korean Series champions KT Wiz sign ex-MVP Park Byung-ho in free agency

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Dec. 29 (Yonhap) -- The reigning South Korean baseball champions KT Wiz signed a two-time MVP Park Byung-ho in free agency on Wednesday, adding a veteran bat to a potent lineup in their repeat bid.The Wiz said Park, once one of th
Football

FC Seoul sign midfielder Osmar to 2-yr extension

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Dec. 29 (Yonhap) -- FC Seoul announced Wednesday they have signed veteran midfielder Osmar to a two-year extension.The 33-year-old from Spain has spent seven seasons with the Seoul-based K League club.In 280 career matches, Osmar
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Son Heung-min sees scoring streak end at 4, draws key penalty

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Dec. 29 (Yonhap) -- A four-match goal scoring streak is over for Son Heung-min, though Tottenham Hotspur's South Korean star still made his presence felt in other ways.Son drew a key penalty late in the first half against 10-m
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Injured S. Korean international Hwang Hee-chan likely to miss World Cup qualifiers

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Dec. 28 (Yonhap) -- Wolverhampton Wanderers' injured South Korean forward Hwang Hee-chan will likely miss the country's World Cup qualifying matches in January and possibly February.The Premier League club announced Tuesda