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Daegu FC likely to miss key forward for rest of season to injury

SEOUL, March 16 (Yonhap) -- Daegu FC's recent playoff victory at the top Asian football tournament came at a cost, with their Brazilian forward Edgar expected to miss the rest of the season with a torn Achilles tendon.Daegu FC said Wednesday Edga
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K League cellar-dwelling Seongnam FC sign forward Lee Jong-ho

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, March 16 (Yonhap) -- Mired in the bottom of the K League 1 tables, Seongnam FC signed veteran forward Lee Jong-ho in free agency Wednesday, tasking the 30-year-old with kick-starting a dormant offense.Lee will begin his 12th profe
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(LEAD) Undermanned Ulsan win AFC Champions League playoff match

(ATTN: UPDATES with Daegu FC's result in paras 7-12, 15-17, ADDS photos)By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, March 15 (Yonhap) -- Severely shorthanded due to a COVID-19 outbreak and injuries, Ulsan Hyundai FC still pulled out a 3-0 victory over Port FC on Tuesday
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Undermanned Ulsan win AFC Champions League playoff match

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, March 15 (Yonhap) -- Severely shorthanded due to a COVID-19 outbreak and injuries, Ulsan Hyundai FC still pulled out a 3-0 victory over Port FC on Tuesday to reach the group stage in the top Asian football tournament.Making his pr
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(LEAD) K League-leading Ulsan hit by COVID-19 outbreak ahead of continental match

(ATTN: ADDS comments, details in paras 5, 6, 8)SEOUL, March 14 (Yonhap) -- South Korean football league leaders Ulsan Hyundai FC announced Monday they had "multiple" players test positive for the novel coronavirus, affecting their prepara
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K League-leading Ulsan hit by COVID-19 outbreak ahead of continental match

SEOUL, March 14 (Yonhap) -- South Korean football league leaders Ulsan Hyundai FC announced Monday they had "multiple" players test positive for the novel coronavirus, affecting their preparations for a continental match scheduled for Tue
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S. Korea coach predicts 'difficult game' vs. Iran with top seed at stake in World Cup qualifying group

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, March 14 (Yonhap) -- With one box checked, Paulo Bento has quickly shifted his focus to the next goal to achieve.Under his tutelage, South Korea have already booked a ticket to Qatar for this year's FIFA World Cup with two qua
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With World Cup berth secured, top names still join S. Korea for final 2 qualifiers

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, March 14 (Yonhap) -- Even with a World Cup spot secured, South Korea will not mess around in their next two qualifying matches, with many of their biggest stars named to the national team Monday.Head coach Paulo Bento unveiled his
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K League champs Jeonbuk in unfamiliar position after suffering 3rd straight loss

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, March 14 (Yonhap) -- Five matches into a season in which they are chasing a record sixth consecutive championship, K League 1 giants Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors find themselves in a largely unfamiliar spot.Jeonbuk suffered their third
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'호날두 해트트릭' 맨유, 토트넘 3-2 꺾고 4위로…손흥민 골침묵

(서울=연합뉴스) 안홍석 기자 = 잉글랜드 프로축구 맨체스터 유나이티드(맨유)가 크리스티아누 호날두의 해트트릭을 앞세워 손흥민이 풀타임을 소화한 토트넘 홋스퍼를 꺾고 4위로 올라섰다.맨유는 13일(한국시간) 영국 맨체스터의 올드 트래퍼드에서 열린 잉글랜드 프리미어리그(EPL) 29라운드에서 토트넘에 3-2로 이겼다.팀 내 불화설이 제기되던 호날두가 결승골을
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Ulsan looking to pad K League lead with 4th straight win

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, March 10 (Yonhap) -- After Ulsan Hyundai FC blanked rivals Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 1-0 last Sunday, head coach Hong Myung-bo said his players were still not at their 100 percent.Even at less than their full strength, Ulsan have gra
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Son Heung-min scores in 2nd straight match for Tottenham

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, March 8 (Yonhap) -- Tottenham Hotspur's Son Heung-min has scored in his second straight Premier League match to maintain his team lead in the goal department.Son netted his 11th goal of the 2021-2022 campaign in a 5-0 rout ove
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Undefeated Ulsan surge to top of K League tables; rivals Pohang in close 2nd

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, March 7 (Yonhap) -- For each of the past three years in South Korean football, Ulsan Hyundai FC finished in second place to Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors. On all three occasions, Ulsan were in a great position to capture the crown, only
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Half of top football league undefeated with no early front-runner

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Feb. 28 (Yonhap) -- Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors, the five-time defending champions in the top South Korean football league, were about a dozen minutes away from becoming the only club to win the first two matches of the 2022 season on
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Son Heung-min makes Premier League history, calls record 'big honor'

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Feb. 27 (Yonhap) -- As Premier League duos go, there has been none more lethal than the pairing of Son Heung-min and Harry Kane for Tottenham Hotspur.The two forwards moved into Premiership record books Saturday in a 4-0 win over
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손흥민, 리그 10호골 폭발…케인과 37골 합작 신기록

(서울=연합뉴스) 안홍석 기자 = 잉글랜드 프로축구 토트넘 홋스퍼의 손흥민(30)과 해리 케인(29)이 프리미어리그(EPL) 최다 합작골 신기록을 썼다. 손흥민은 26일(한국시간) 영국 리즈의 엘런드 로드에서 열린 2021-2022시즌 잉글랜드 프리미어리그(EPL) 27라운드 원정 경기에서 3-0으로 앞서던 후반 40분 해리 케인의 도움을 받아 추가골을 넣
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1st inner city derby set in young K League season

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Feb. 25 (Yonhap) -- Born and raised in Suwon, some 45 kilometers south of Seoul, midfielder Lee Seung-woo is now playing for his hometown team, Suwon FC in the K League 1.But Lee, 24, grew up watching Suwon FC's inner-city riv
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Wolves' Hwang Hee-chan breaks 4-month scoring drought in loss to Arsenal

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Feb. 25 (Yonhap) -- Finally healthy, Hwang Hee-chan of Wolverhampton Wanderers has scored for the first time in four months in the Premier League.The South Korean forward had the team's lone goal in a 2-1 loss to Arsenal at Em
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K League's Ulsan lose striker, bring in new one

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Feb. 24 (Yonhap) -- Ulsan Hyundai FC bid adieu to one striker and welcomed a new forward in a span of hours on Thursday.Shimizu S-Pulse of the top Japanese competition, J1 League, announced Thursday they will acquire former Ulsan
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Son Heung-min forced to wait in bid for Premier League record after loss

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Feb. 24 (Yonhap) -- Tottenham Hotspur's Son Heung-min will have to wait another match for a Premier League record, following a loss to the lowly Burnley on the road.The South Korean and Spurs were blanked 1-0 at Turf Moor in B