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(LEAD) Men's football team opens camp ahead of Klinsmann's coaching debut

(ATTN: ADDS comments, photos)By Yoo Jee-hoPAJU, South Korea, March 20 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean men's national football team opened training camp Monday to prepare for a much-anticipated debut for their new head coach, Jurgen Klinsmann.South K
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Men's football team opens camp ahead of Klinsmann's coaching debut

By Yoo Jee-hoPAJU, South Korea, March 20 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean men's national football team opened training camp Monday to prepare for a much-anticipated debut for their new head coach, Jurgen Klinsmann.South Korea will take on Colombia at
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Swimming sensation Hwang Sun-woo aims high at Asian Games, World Championships

INCHEON, March 15 (Yonhap) -- South Korean swimming sensation Hwang Sun-woo returned Wednesday from an intensive training session in Australia with a tanned face and high hopes for setting his best records at the Asian Games and World Championships t
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Golf

Former professional golf player Park Se-ri inks business agreement with Yongin City for Golf R&D Center

SEOUL, Mar. 14 (Yonhap) -- South Korean former professional golf player Park Se-ri, CEO of Baz International, is gearing up to establish a golf R&D center and a golf theme park in Yongin, Gyeonggi
Baseball

(WBC) Stuck in middle ground, S. Korean baseball faces painful transition

By Yoo Jee-hoTOKYO, March 14 (Yonhap) -- The third time wasn't quite the charm for South Korea at this year's World Baseball Classic (WBC).South Korea crashed out of the first round at each of the past two WBCs in 2013 and 2017. The third cra
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(WBC) Outgoing S. Korea captain blames nerves for another 1st round exit

By Yoo Jee-hoTOKYO, March 13 (Yonhap) -- South Korea captain Kim Hyun-soo thinks the team's first round elimination from the World Baseball Classic (WBC) wasn't due to any physical issues or lack of talent.The 35-year-old outfielder said Mond
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(WBC) After S. Korea's elimination, potential big leaguer Lee Jung-hoo driven to keep improving

By Yoo Jee-hoTOKYO, March 13 (Yonhap) -- The 2023 World Baseball Classic (WBC) was a disaster for South Korea but an eye-opening experience for its star outfielder, Lee Jung-hoo.The country crashed out of the first round for the third consecutive tim
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(WBC) S. Korea manager apologizes to fans over early exit

By Yoo Jee-hoTOKYO, March 13 (Yonhap) -- Even after his South Korea destroyed China 22-2 in the World Baseball Classic (WBC) Monday night, manager Lee Kang-chul had nothing to smile about.That's because South Korea had already been eliminated in
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(WBC) Fate sealed, S. Korea hammers China in final Pool B game

By Yoo Jee-hoTOKYO, March 13 (Yonhap) -- Already eliminated in the opening round of the World Baseball Classic (WBC), South Korea got a consolation prize with a 22-2 win over China in its final game in Tokyo on Monday.South Korea clobbered China with
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(WBC) Darling of tournament, Czech Republic vows to return to next WBC

By Yoo Jee-hoTOKYO, March 13 (Yonhap) -- The Czech Republic arrived in Tokyo for its World Baseball Classic (WBC) debut mostly as an unknown. The European team will leave this week as the new darling of the baseball world, a feisty underdog that gave
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(WBC) Early exit aside, S. Korea manager trying to win final game

By Yoo Jee-hoTOKYO, March 13 (Yonhap) -- South Korea manager Lee Kang-chul has an unenviable task of having to guide his team through a mostly meaningless game at the World Baseball Classic (WBC) Monday evening, with the team having already been elim
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(LEAD) (WBC) S. Korea eliminated in 1st round for 3rd straight time

(ATTN: ADDS details in paras 5-12)By Yoo Jee-hoTOKYO, March 13 (Yonhap) -- South Korea was eliminated in the first round of the World Baseball Classic (WBC) for the third consecutive time Monday, even before playing its final game of the opening stag
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(WBC) S. Korea eliminated in 1st round for 3rd straight time

By Yoo Jee-hoTOKYO, March 13 (Yonhap) -- South Korea was eliminated in the first round of the World Baseball Classic (WBC) for the third consecutive time Monday, even before playing its final game of the opening stage in Tokyo.South Korea's fate
Football

Klinsmann inherits World Cup roster for S. Korea coaching debut

SEOUL, March 13 (Yonhap) -- South Korea on Monday announced their 26-man national football roster for Jurgen Klinsmann's upcoming coaching debut for the Taegeuk Warriors, featuring many players who competed at last year's FIFA World Cup in Qa
Baseball

(WBC) How S. Korea can make quarterfinals: win and get help from others

By Yoo Jee-hoTOKYO, March 13 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's fate at the World Baseball Classic (WBC) will be determined Monday, the final day of the opening round in Tokyo.After dropping the first two games before winning Sunday's game over the Cz
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(WBC) Australia drops to Japan, keeps S. Korea hope alive

By Yoo Jee-hoTOKYO, March 12 (Yonhap) -- Australia suffered its first loss of the World Baseball Classic (WBC) on Sunday against Japan, a result that gave South Korea hope of advancing to the next stage.Australia took a 7-1 loss in Pool B action at T
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Short tracker Park Ji-won finishes with 2 titles at world championships on home ice

SEOUL, March 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korean short track speed skater Park Ji-won grabbed his second gold medal of the world championships on home ice on Sunday.Park skated to the men's 1,000-meter title at the International Skating Union (ISU) World
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(WBC) Right-hander Won Tae-in to start vs. China in must-win game

By Yoo Jee-hoTOKYO, March 12 (Yonhap) -- In yet another must-win game at the ongoing World Baseball Classic (WBC), South Korea will send right-hander Won Tae-in to the mound against China on Monday.Manager Lee Kang-chul made the announcement on Sunda
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(WBC) S. Korean star reflects on Japan loss: 'It will stay with me a long time'

By Yoo Jee-hoTOKYO, March 12 (Yonhap) -- It has been two days since South Korea suffered a deflating 13-4 loss to Japan at the World Baseball Classic (WBC) in Tokyo, but the result has stayed with South Korean star Lee Jung-hoo.In fact, Lee thinks it
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(LEAD) (WBC) Bespectacled starter tosses gem in must-win game

(ATTN: ADDS comments throughout, 3rd photo; UPDATES with final result)By Yoo Jee-hoTOKYO, March 12 (Yonhap) -- Starting a must-win game for South Korea against the Czech Republic at the World Baseball Classic (WBC) on Sunday, right-hander Park Se-woo