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Tottenham's Son Heung-min leaves Champions League match early after collision

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Nov. 2 (Yonhap) -- Son Heung-min of Tottenham Hotspur has been forced to leave a UEFA Champions League match early following a collision with an opposing defender.Son was subbed out in the 29th minute of Spurs' Group D match a
Baseball

Backup infielder emerges as unlikely hero in Korean Series win

By Yoo Jee-hoINCHEON, Nov. 1 (Yonhap) -- In a nailbiting championship series game that featured 20 hits and 13 runs, a most unlikely figure was responsible for the biggest runs for the winning side on Tuesday.The Kiwoom Heroes edged out the SSG Lande
Baseball

(LEAD) Heroes rally past Landers in extras to take Korean Series opener

(ATTN: ADDS details, comments at bottom)By Yoo Jee-hoINCHEON, Nov. 1 (Yonhap) -- The Kiwoom Heroes staged an exhilarating extra-inning comeback to defeat the SSG Landers 7-6 to open the Korean Series on Tuesday, emerging victorious from a strange aff
Baseball

Heroes rally past Landers in extras to take Korean Series opener

By Yoo Jee-hoINCHEON, Nov. 1 (Yonhap) -- The Kiwoom Heroes staged an exhilarating extra-inning comeback to defeat the SSG Landers 7-6 to open the Korean Series on Tuesday, emerging victorious from a strange affair that featured five lead changes, mul
Baseball

Heroes' second baseman looking for better experience in 2nd Korean Series trip

By Yoo Jee-hoINCHEON, Nov. 1 (Yonhap) -- Kiwoom Heroes second baseman Kim Hye-seong is playing in the South Korean baseball postseason for the fifth straight year. And the 23-year-old has been improving at the plate with each passing series.He is now
Baseball

Heroes' shortstop looking for better experience in 2nd Korean Series trip

By Yoo Jee-hoINCHEON, Nov. 1 (Yonhap) -- Kiwoom Heroes shortstop Kim Hye-seong is playing in the South Korean baseball postseason for the fifth straight year. And the 23-year-old has been improving at the plate with each passing series.He is now hopi
Baseball

KBO postseason rookie trying to keep calm, rake at plate

By Yoo Jee-hoINCHEON, Nov. 1 (Yonhap) -- As a collegiate ball player four years ago, SSG Landers outfielder Choi Ji-hoon was watching the Korean Series at a bar with friends, watching the team that would draft him the next fall win the Korea Baseball
Golf

S. Korean Ko Jin-young falls from No. 1 in women's golf rankings

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Nov. 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korean LPGA star Ko Jin-young has dropped from the top of the women's world golf rankings for the first time in nine months, dethroned by the Thai rookie sensation Atthaya Thitikul.In the latest rankin
Baseball

Players make big talk on eve of Korean Series

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Oct. 31 (Yonhap) -- SSG Landers third baseman Choi Jeong has played in seven Korean Series during his 18-year career, and won the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) titles in 2007, 2008, 2010 and 2018.Choi is now gearing up for his
Baseball

(LEAD) Battle of homegrown aces set in Korean Series opener

(ATTN: ADDS comments throughout)By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Oct. 31 (Yonhap) -- Two of the best homegrown pitchers in South Korean baseball this season will go head-to-head to open the championship series Tuesday.The SSG Landers will host the Kiwoom Heroes i
Baseball

(LEAD) Landers looking to go wire-to-wire for Korean Series title over Heroes

(ATTN: ADDS comments throughout, photo)By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Oct. 31 (Yonhap) -- After running the table in the South Korean baseball regular season, the SSG Landers will now try to cap off the historic journey by winning the championship series starti
Baseball

Battle of homegrown aces set in Korean Series opener

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Oct. 31 (Yonhap) -- Two of the best homegrown pitchers in South Korean baseball this season will go head-to-head to open the championship series Tuesday.The SSG Landers will host the Kiwoom Heroes in Game 1 of the Korean Series at
Baseball

KBO to tone down festive mood in Korean Series out of respect for Itaewon tragedy

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Oct. 31 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean baseball league announced Monday it will do away with the festive mood during its championship series starting this week, out of respect for the lives lost in the recent tragedy in Seoul.The Ko
Baseball

Landers looking to go wire-to-wire for Korean Series title over Heroes

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Oct. 31 (Yonhap) -- After running the table in the South Korean baseball regular season, the SSG Landers will now try to cap off the historic journey by winning the championship series starting Tuesday.The Landers will take on the
Football

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors capture FA Cup title

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Oct. 30 (Yonhap) -- Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors captured the FA Cup championship Sunday, coming out on top at the largest national football tournament with a comfortable victory at home.Forward Cho Gue-sung scored twice, and Mo Barrow
Football

Daejeon earn promotion to top division in S. Korean football

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Oct. 29 (Yonhap) -- After eight years of toiling in the second division in South Korean football, Daejeon Hana Citizen FC will be playing with the big boys in 2023.Daejeon routed Gimcheon Sangmu FC 4-0 in the second leg of their K
Baseball

MLB cancels exhibition games in S. Korea over 'contractual issues'

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Oct. 29 (Yonhap) -- Major League Baseball (MLB) has canceled four exhibition games scheduled for November in South Korea, citing "contractual issues" with a local promoter.MLB made the announcement while Game 1 of the
Baseball

(LEAD) Puig up to old tricks in lifting Heroes to Korean Series

(ATTN: ADDS comments throughout, photos)By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Oct. 28 (Yonhap) -- Four days after homering off LG Twins starter Casey Kelly in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) postseason, Kiwoom Heroes slugger Yasiel Puig was at it again Friday ni
Baseball

(LEAD) Heroes reach Korean Series after eliminating Twins in KBO postseason

(ATTN: ADDS photos, details, comments throughout)By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Oct. 28 (Yonhap) -- For the first time in three years, the Kiwoom Heroes will be playing in the South Korean baseball championship series.Former big leaguer Yasiel Puig homered and
Baseball

Puig up to old tricks in lifting Heroes to Korean Series

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Oct. 28 (Yonhap) -- Four days after homering off LG Twins starter Casey Kelly in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) postseason, Kiwoom Heroes slugger Yasiel Puig was at it again Friday night.Puig blasted a solo home run off Kel