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Seoul to host MLB season-opening games in 2024: report

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, May 8 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will likely host Major League Baseball (MLB) regular season games for the first time at the start of the 2024 season, a U.S. report claimed on Sunday (local time), with a familiar face returning to hi
Baseball

Landers reach 20-win plateau first in 2nd straight KBO season

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, May 8 (Yonhap) -- By winning their fifth consecutive game on Sunday, the SSG Landers became the first team in South Korean baseball to reach the 20-win mark in 2023.That may seem to be an insignificant milestone in a 144-game seas
Football

S. Korean forward Oh Hyeon-gyu scores in Celtic's title-clinching victory

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, May 8 (Yonhap) -- Barely four months into his career in Scotland, South Korean forward Oh Hyeon-gyu has already lifted two trophies with Celtic.Oh played a key part in the latest one, as he scored in Celtic's 2-0 win over Hear
Golf

S. Korea salvages 2 wins to close out International Crown

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, May 7 (Yonhap) -- With its fate long sealed, South Korea salvaged two wins against Japan on its final day at the International Crown, the biennial LPGA match play competition.In Day 3 of the four-ball play, Choi Hye-jin and Chun I
Golf

Defending champion S. Korea eliminated early in International Crown

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, May 6 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will not get to defend its title at the International Crown, the biennial LPGA match play competition.For the second straight day, South Korea lost both of its matches in the team competition at TPC H
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S. Korean high jumper Woo Sang-hyeok wins silver in Diamond League season opener

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, May 6 (Yonhap) -- South Korean high jumper Woo Sang-hyeok has finished in second place in his outdoor debut for the season in Doha, coming up short in his title defense but edging out his biggest rival in the process.Woo cleared 2
Football

K League-worst Suwon Samsung Bluewings earn 1st win of season

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, May 5 (Yonhap) -- Suwon Samsung Bluewings won for the first time in the 2023 K League 1 season Friday, ending a franchise-worst winless skid at 10 matches.Lee Ki-je scored the lone goal in Suwon's 1-0 victory over Incheon Unit
Golf

S. Korea drops both matches on Day 1 at International Crown

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, May 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korea is off to a rocky start to its title defense at the International Crown, having lost both of its matches on the first day of the LPGA match play competition.South Korea went 0-2-0 in four-ball action
Football

Napoli, Kim Min-jae clinch Italian football title

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, May 5 (Yonhap) -- Featuring South Korean defender Kim Min-jae, Napoli have captured their first Italian football title in 33 years.Napoli secured the one point they needed for the Serie A crown with a 1-1 draw against Udinese at D
Football

Coach for struggling K League club resigns

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, May 4 (Yonhap) -- Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors head coach Kim Sang-sik stepped down Thursday, taking the fall for the club's sluggish start to the K League 1 season.Jeonbuk said Kim made the decision Thursday morning and held his on
Football

K League-worst Suwon Samsung Bluewings hire new coach

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, May 4 (Yonhap) -- Suwon Samsung Bluewings, mired in last place in the top South Korean football league with a winless record this season, hired new head coach Kim Byung-soo on Thursday.The K League 1 club said Kim, 52, is signed t
Baseball

SSG Landers sign new pitcher Roenis Elias

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, May 4 (Yonhap) -- The defending South Korean baseball champions SSG Landers announced their signing of former major league pitcher Roenis Elias on Thursday.The acquisition comes less than 24 hours after Landers manager Kim Won-hyo
Golf

S. Korean LPGA star thinks team 'can win again' at International Crown

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, May 4 (Yonhap) -- The highest-ranked female golfer from South Korea believes the country "can win again" at this week's LPGA match play competition.South Korea is the defending champion at the International Crown,
Baseball

(LEAD) Veteran reliever gets groove back in 1st career start

(ATTN: ADDS move to minor league in paras 14-16)By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, May 4 (Yonhap) -- Following his first professional start, Samsung Lions reliever Oh Seung-hwan has come away feeling better about himself.After making 979 relief appearances in three
Baseball

Veteran reliever gets groove back in 1st career start

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, May 4 (Yonhap) -- Following his first professional start, Samsung Lions reliever Oh Seung-hwan has come away feeling better about himself.After making 979 relief appearances in three leagues -- Korea Baseball Organization (KBO), N
Baseball

SSG Landers nearing deal with ex-MLB pitcher Elias

INCHEON, May 3 (Yonhap) -- The defending South Korean baseball champions SSG Landers are close to signing former major league pitcher Roenis Elias, manager Kim Won-hyong said Wednesday."The deal is not official yet but I can tell you we're
Football

Featuring local stars, Celtic to face Wolves in summer exhibition in S. Korea

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, May 3 (Yonhap) -- Two European clubs with South Korean players will square off in an exhibition match here in July.Scottish club Celtic FC announced on their website on Wednesday that they will face Wolverhampton Wanderers of the
Football

New vice chairman for football federation sees need for changes

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, May 3 (Yonhap) -- A new vice president for the national football governing body said Wednesday he is joining an organization in need of changes.Kim Jeong-bae, a former vice sports minister who has spent nearly three decades in pub
Golf

Players to don numbers on uniform at LPGA match play competition

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, May 3 (Yonhap) -- Taking the spirit of the team competition to another level, players at an upcoming LPGA match play competition will wear numbers on the back of their uniforms, the event's organizers said Wednesday.The eight-
Football

Football chief names new executives in hopes of improving communication

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, May 3 (Yonhap) -- Beleaguered South Korean football chief Chung Mong-gyu introduced new executives for the sport's national federation Wednesday, with an aim to improve communication.Chung, head of the Korea Football Associati