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Captain Son Heung-min hoping for strong finish to World Cup qualifying campaign

PAJU, South Korea, Nov. 13 (Yonhap) -- Undefeated after five out of 10 matches in the final World Cup qualifying round, South Korea looked to be in a prime position to punch their ticket to the big tournament next year.But team captain Son Heung-min
Baseball

KT Wiz manager boldly predicts Korean Series sweep over Doosan Bears

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Nov. 13 (Yonhap) -- The KT Wiz will be playing in the South Korean baseball championship series for the first time starting Sunday, and their manager Lee Kang-chul believes it could be a short series in his club's favor agains
Baseball

Venezuelan ace goes up against young right-hander to open Korean Series

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Nov. 13 (Yonhap) -- It has been two weeks since William Cuevas pitched the KT Wiz to the Korean Series. The Venezuelan right-hander will now try to give his club their first win in the South Korean baseball championship series.Cue
Football

부상 변수 더는 안 돼…벤투호 회복 집중하며 카타르 출국 채비

(파주=연합뉴스) 최송아 기자 = 2022 카타르 월드컵 최종예선을 향해 순항하는 축구 국가대표팀이 또 한 번의 중동 원정길을 앞두고 최상의 컨디션 유지에 집중했다.파울루 벤투 감독이 이끄는 축구 대표팀은 13일 파주 국가대표 트레이닝센터(NFC)에서 훈련을 이어갔다.11일 고양종합운동장에서 열린 아랍에미리트(UAE)와 월드컵 최종예선 5차전에서 1-0으로
Baseball

"이러다 다 죽어" 오징어게임 오일남, 한국시리즈 1차전 시구

(서울=연합뉴스) 김경윤 기자 = 세계적으로 인기를 얻은 넷플릭스 오리지널 시리즈 '오징어게임' 출연 배우 오영수(77) 씨가 2021 신한은행 SOL KBO 한국시리즈(KS) 1차전 시구자로 나선다.한국야구위원회(KBO)는 13일 "오영수 씨가 14일 오후 2시 서울 고척스카이돔에서 열리는 kt wiz와 두산 베어스의 KS 1차전
Football

Women's nat'l football head coach Bell hospitalized with COVID-19

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Nov. 13 (Yonhap) -- Colin Bell, head coach of the South Korean women's national football team, has been hospitalized after testing positive for the novel coronavirus, the sport's national federation said Saturday.The Korea
Football

이동경, 근육 부상으로 이탈…벤투호 대체발탁 없이 카타르로

(파주=연합뉴스) 최송아 기자 = 축구 국가대표팀의 2선 자원 이동경(울산)이 2022 카타르 월드컵 최종예선 원정 경기를 앞두고 부상으로 이탈했다.대한축구협회는 13일 "이동경이 좌측 외폐쇄근(엉덩이 내 근육) 손상으로 오늘 오전 소집 해제됐다"고 밝혔다.이동경의 하차에 따른 대체발탁은 없다고 축구협회는 덧붙였다.이동경은 11일 고양
Baseball

Bears' ace Miranda wins top S. Korean pitching prize

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Nov. 12 (Yonhap) -- Doosan Bears' left-hander Ariel Miranda was named the recipient of the 2021 Choi Dong-won Award on Friday as the best pitcher in South Korean baseball.The Cuban ace led the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO)
Baseball

(Yonhap Interview) KT Wiz slugger feels due for breakout in Korean Series

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Nov. 12 (Yonhap) -- After joining the KT Wiz in the middle of the 2021 South Korean baseball season, outfielder Jared Hoying picked up 52 RBIs in 68 games. That put him in second place in that category for the second half of the K
Baseball

Sophomore starter looking to maintain edge over Korean Series foes

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Nov. 12 (Yonhap) -- KT Wiz starter So Hyeong-jun experienced a bit of a sophomore slump during the 2021 regular season in South Korean baseball, but he just happened to put up his best numbers against the very team that the Wiz wi
Football

S. Korea in 2nd place at midway point of final World Cup qualifying round

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Nov. 12 (Yonhap) -- The undefeated South Korea remained in second place in their group at the halfway point in the final Asian World Cup qualifying campaign Friday, still holding down the last automatic spot for next year's bi
Football

(LEAD) S. Korea beat UAE to stay undefeated in final World Cup qualifying round

(ATTN: ADDS details)By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Nov. 11 (Yonhap) -- Wolverhampton Wanderers forward Hwang Hee-chan converted a first-half penalty to help South Korea blank the United Arab Emirates (UAE) 1-0 in their World Cup qualifying match at home on Thur
Football

(LEAD) S. Korea put on entertaining show for record crowd in World Cup qualifying win

(ATTN: ADDS comments)By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Nov. 11 (Yonhap) -- In beating the United Arab Emirates (UAE) 1-0 in their latest World Cup qualifier at home on Thursday, South Korea played as entertaining a one-goal match as a team could have.Apparently fe
Football

Coach says fans 'should be proud of our players' after World Cup qualifying win

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Nov. 11 (Yonhap) -- Paulo Bento, head coach of the South Korean men's national football team, believes football is meant to be played with fans in the stands.And his team finally performed in front of home supporters for their
Football

S. Korea put on entertaining show for record crowd in World Cup qualifying win

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Nov. 11 (Yonhap) -- In beating the United Arab Emirates (UAE) 1-0 in their latest World Cup qualifier at home on Thursday, South Korea played as entertaining a one-goal match as a team could have.Apparently feeding off the energy
Football

S. Korea beat UAE to stay undefeated in final World Cup qualifying round

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Nov. 11 (Yonhap) -- Wolverhampton Wanderers forward Hwang Hee-chan converted a first-half penalty to help South Korea blank the United Arab Emirates (UAE) 1-0 in their World Cup qualifying match at home on Thursday.In the first na
Baseball

KBO club rejects report of Choo Shin-soo's potential return to MLB

SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean baseball club SSG Landers shot down a report of their veteran outfielder Choo Shin-soo's possible return to Major League Baseball (MLB) on Thursday, saying the 2018 American League All-Star remains unde
Baseball

Cuba to be well presented in S. Korean baseball championship series

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Nov. 11 (Yonhap) -- When the Korean Series begins Sunday, Cuba will be represented by three players from both sides, all of them key members who can swing the momentum in their team's favor in the South Korean baseball champio
Baseball

Upstart contender to take on proven winner in S. Korean baseball championship series

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Nov. 11 (Yonhap) -- In their continued evolution from a downtrodden club into a legitimate contender, the KT Wiz will play in the Korean Series, the South Korean baseball championship final, for the first time in their seventh sea
Baseball

(LEAD) With 4-hit postseason game, Fernandez epitomizes Bears' ruthless efficiency

(ATTN: ADDS comments at bottom)By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Nov. 10 (Yonhap) -- Giving up one hit after another, the Samsung Lions died a slow death in the South Korean baseball postseason against the Doosan Bears in Seoul on Wednesday night.And no Doosan pla