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Reigning K League 1 MVP Lee Chung-yong signs 2-yr extension with Ulsan

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Jan. 6 (Yonhap) -- The reigning South Korean football MVP Lee Chung-yong has signed a two-year extension with Ulsan Hyundai FC, the team that he captained to the championship last year.Ulsan announced Friday that Lee will stay on
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Son Heung-min participates in Hometown Love Donation Campaign

SEOUL January 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korean football super star Son Heung-min from Chuncheon City will be participating in “Home Town Love Donation Campaign” (literal translation). Chuncheon City governm
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(LEAD) Son Heung-min ends drought in Spurs' rout of Crystal Palace

(ATTN: ADDS comments in paras 8-9)By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Jan. 5 (Yonhap) -- Tottenham Hotspur's South Korean star Son Heung-min has found the back of the net for the first time in nine Premier League matches.Son scored off his left foot in the 72nd
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Son Heung-min ends drought in Spurs' rout of Crystal Palace

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Jan. 5 (Yonhap) -- Tottenham Hotspur's South Korean star Son Heung-min has found the back of the net for the first time in nine Premier League matches.Son scored off his left foot in the 72nd minute of Spurs' 4-0 victory o
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K League champions Ulsan reunite with ex-scoring champion Joo Min-kyu

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Jan. 4 (Yonhap) -- The reigning South Korean football champions Ulsan Hyundai FC reunited with a former scoring champion Joo Min-kyu on Wednesday.Joo, 32, had first played for Ulsan in 2019, scoring five times in 28 matches. It wa
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K League's Jeonbuk hire ex-Chelsea boss Di Matteo as technical adviser

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Jan. 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korean football club Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors announced Wednesday they have hired former Chelsea manager Roberto Di Matteo as technical adviser.Di Matteo, 52, is best known for pulling off a double with Chel
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K League career assists leader Yeom Ki-hun back with Suwon Samsung as player-coach

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Jan. 2 (Yonhap) -- Suwon Samsung Bluewings announced Monday their veteran midfielder Yeom Ki-hun will be back for one more season as a player-coach.Yeom, 39, had told the K League 1 club after the 2022 season that he wanted to ret
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Sans mask, Son Heung-min can't keep Spurs from home loss to Aston Villa

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Jan. 2 (Yonhap) -- Playing without his protective mask for the first time since suffering facial injuries in November, Son Heung-min still couldn't guide Tottenham Hotspur past Aston Villa at home on New Year's Day.Son tos
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Jeonbuk top K League's payroll for 9th consecutive year

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Dec. 30 (Yonhap) -- They may have fallen short of winning a championship this year, but Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors led South Korean football in payroll yet again.The Korea Professional Football League (K League) released salary figure
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'축구황제 별세' 브라질 애도의 물결…룰라 "고마워요, 펠레"

(멕시코시티=연합뉴스) 이재림 특파원 = 29일(한국시간) '축구 황제' 펠레의 별세에 그의 조국인 브라질 각계에서도 애도의 목소리를 내며 깊은 슬픔을 표했다.취임을 앞둔 루이스 이나시우 룰라 다시우바 브라질 대통령 당선인은 트위터에 펠레의 상징과도 같은 등번호 10번을 언급하며 "펠레와 견줄 만한 10번 선수는 없었다"
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'브라질 국보·세계 축구왕' 펠레, 천국의 그라운드로 떠나다

(서울=연합뉴스) 배진남 기자 = 30일(한국시간) 향년 82세로 별세한 펠레는 '축구 황제'로 불릴 만큼 세계 축구 역사상 가장 위대한 선수로 꼽힌다.펠레는 1940년 10월 23일 브라질 미나스제라이스주 소도시인 트리스 코라송이스에서 태어났다. 본명은 이드송 아란치스 두 나시멘투다. '펠레'는 애칭이었는데 의미는 불분명하다.
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'축구황제' 펠레, 암투병 끝에 별세…향년 82세(종합)

(샌프란시스코=연합뉴스) 김태종 특파원 = 축구 역사상 가장 위대한 선수로 손꼽혀온 '축구 황제' 펠레(브라질)가 끝내 병마를 이겨내지 못하고 하늘의 별이 됐다. 향년 82세.AP통신, 로이터통신 등 현지매체들은 30일(한국시간) "월드컵에서 3차례나 우승하며 세계 최고의 축구 선수로 이름을 날렸던 펠레가 사망했다"라며
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Son Heung-min named S. Korea's top male football player for 7th time

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Dec. 23 (Yonhap) -- Son Heung-min was voted South Korea's best male football player of the year for the seventh time on Friday.The Korea Football Association (KFA) announced Son, the longtime men's national team captain, a
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K League's Suwon Samsung sign assist king to 3-yr extension

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Dec. 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korean football club Suwon Samsung Bluewings announced Friday they've rewarded the reigning league assist leader Lee Ki-je with a three-year contract extension.Lee, 31, is now signed through 2025.The
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K League clubs emerge from COVID-19 tunnel to head overseas for training camps

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Dec. 23 (Yonhap) -- Slowly but surely, South Korean football clubs will poke their heads out of the COVID-19 tunnel and travel overseas to set up offseason training camps in January.With travel restrictions having been in place du
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S. Korea rise 3 spots to No. 25 in latest FIFA rankings

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Dec. 22 (Yonhap) -- On the heels of a knockout stage appearance at the recent World Cup, South Korea climbed three spots to No. 25 in the latest FIFA rankings released Thursday.South Korea, who had ended 2021 ranked 33rd, remained
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Ex-nat'l team winger Lee Dong-jun returns to K League after injury-plagued Germany stint

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Dec. 22 (Yonhap) -- Former national football team winger Lee Dong-jun returned to the top South Korean league Thursday, putting an end to a short stint in Germany marred by injuries.Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors announced their acquisiti
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S. Korea to be more generous with additional time in domestic competitions

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Dec. 22 (Yonhap) -- Taking its cues from this year's FIFA World Cup, the South Korean football federation said Thursday it will be more generous with stoppage time at the end of each half starting next year.The Korea Football