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Nat'l team midfielder shrugs off cyberbullying, calls it 'turning point'

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Nov. 9 (Yonhap) -- Elite football players aren't immune from cyberbullying, when overzealous fans hide behind the wall of anonymity and hurl insults at athletes on social media for seemingly minor miscues.Just ask Lee Jae-sung
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(LEAD) Ex-player Hwang In-sun becomes 1st female head coach for S. Korean football

(ATTN: ADDS comments in para 5)By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Nov. 9 (Yonhap) -- Former midfielder Hwang In-sun has become the first female head coach for a South Korean national football team.The Korea Football Association (KFA) announced Tuesday Hwang, 45, wi
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Ex-player Hwang In-sun becomes 1st female head coach for S. Korean football

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Nov. 9 (Yonhap) -- Former midfielder Hwang In-sun has become the first female head coach for a South Korean national football team.The Korea Football Association (KFA) announced Tuesday Hwang, 45, will be the head coach for the wo
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Jeju United striker Joo Min-kyu chasing scoring title, team success to cap off banner year

SEOUL, Nov. 9 (Yonhap) -- Having netted six goals in his last three matches, Jeju United striker Joo Min-kyu is closing in on his first scoring title in the top South Korean football league. And the 31-year-old said Tuesday he also wants to enjoy som
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(LEAD) Training camp opens for S. Korea ahead of Nov. World Cup qualifiers

(ATTN: ADDS photos, coach's comments)By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Nov. 8 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean men's national football opened training camp Monday ahead of two World Cup qualifying matches this month.Players reported to the National Football Ce
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Training camp opens for S. Korea ahead of Nov. World Cup qualifiers

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Nov. 8 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean men's national football opened training camp Monday ahead of two World Cup qualifying matches this month.Players reported to the National Football Center (NFC) in Paju, just north of Seoul i
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Ulsan midfielder Lee Dong-gyeong voted K League's top player for Oct.

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Nov. 8 (Yonhap) -- Ulsan Hyundai FC midfielder Lee Dong-gyeong was voted South Korean football's top player for October on Monday, becoming the first player from his club to be honored in 2021.The Korea Professional Football L
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(LEAD) Jeonbuk edge out rivals Ulsan to inch toward K League title

(ATTN: ADDS photos, comments, details throughout)By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Nov. 6 (Yonhap) -- Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors defeated archrivals Ulsan Hyundai FC 3-2 on Saturday to move closer to an unprecedented fifth consecutive South Korean football title.Stani
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Jeonbuk edge out rivals Ulsan to inch toward K League title

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Nov. 6 (Yonhap) -- Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors defeated archrivals Ulsan Hyundai FC 3-2 on Saturday to move closer to an unprecedented fifth consecutive South Korean football title.Stanislav Iljutcenko headed in the winner just seconds
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K League's top 2 clubs set for final clash of season

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Nov. 5 (Yonhap) -- The two best teams in South Korean football's top division will collide for the final time this season Saturday, with one club trying to stay on course for history and the other looking for a payback.Jeonbuk
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(LEAD) Son Heung-min scores in Conte's Tottenham coaching debut

(ATTN: ADDS comments in paras 8-12)By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Nov. 5 (Yonhap) -- Son Heung-min has scored in his new head coach's Tottenham Hotspur debut, helping the English club to a continental win in the process.Son opened the scoring for Spurs in t
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Son Heung-min scores in Conte's Tottenham coaching debut

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Nov. 5 (Yonhap) -- Son Heung-min has scored in his new head coach's Tottenham Hotspur debut, helping the English club to a continental win in the process.Son opened the scoring for Spurs in the 15th minute of their 3-2 victory
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In danger of relegation, Gangwon FC fire head coach

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Nov. 4 (Yonhap) -- Gangwon FC announced Thursday they've fired head coach Kim Byung-soo, with the K League 1 club in danger of being relegated to the lower division for next year.Gangwon FC currently sit in 11th place among 12
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S. Korea to host New Zealand twice in Nov. in women's football friendlies

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Nov. 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will host New Zealand twice this month in women's football friendly matches in preparation for an upcoming continental tournament, the sport's national governing body announced Thursday.The K
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Tottenham Hotspur Son Heung-min's new boss is Antonio Conte

SEOUL, Nov. 3 (Yonhap) -- EPL Tottenham Hotspur, South Korean football star Son Heung-min (29) including team, has confirmed Italian Antonio Conte (52), former coach of Inter Milan, as their new Head
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Son Heung-min's Tottenham Hotspur sacked coach Santo in 4 months...Conte as candidate for replacement

SEOUL, Nov. 2 (Yonhap) -- England’s professional football team, Tottenham Hotspur, including South Korean star player, Son Heung-min (29), has sacked head coach Nuno Espirito Santo (47 Portuguese) aft
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아르헨티나서 축구경기 중 팬들 총격…감독 총에 맞아 부상

(멕시코시티=연합뉴스) 고미혜 특파원 = 아르헨티나 3부 리그 축구경기 도중 총격이 발생해 원정팀 감독이 총에 맞는 일이 벌어졌다.1일(현지시간) 아르헨티나 언론과 AP통신 등에 따르면 전날 서부 멘도사에서 열린 우라칸 라스 에라스와 페로카릴 오에스테의 축구경기 후반전 중에 관중석에 있던 홈팀 우라칸 팬들 사이에 총격이 벌어졌다.경기장에서 선수들을 지휘하던
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Nat'l football coach chooses fit over goal totals in surprise roster decision

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Nov. 1 (Yonhap) -- When Paulo Bento, head coach of the South Korean men's national football team, scouts strikers, he doesn't just look at their goal totals.After making a surprising choice at the forward position Monday a
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(LEAD) Emerging striker named to nat'l football team for Nov. World Cup qualifiers

(ATTN: ADDS comments, photos)By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Nov. 1 (Yonhap) -- An up-and-coming forward in the domestic league was named to the South Korean men's national football team Monday ahead of two World Cup qualifying matches this month.Kim Gun-hee
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Emerging striker named to nat'l football team for Nov. World Cup qualifiers

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Nov. 1 (Yonhap) -- An up-and-coming forward in the domestic league was named to the South Korean men's national football team Monday ahead of two World Cup qualifying matches this month.Kim Gun-hee of Suwon Samsung Bluewings i