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Twins ace stays undefeated in KBO postseason with solid outing

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Oct. 24 (Yonhap) -- In Casey Kelly's four postseason starts prior to Monday in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO), the LG Twins had never lost.And facing the Kiwoom Heroes to begin the best-of-five second round Monday, Kell
Baseball

Twins defeat Heroes to open KBO postseason series behind timely errors

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Oct. 24 (Yonhap) -- Taking advantage of their opponents' wobbly defense, the LG Twins beat the Kiwoom Heroes 6-3 to begin their South Korean baseball postseason series Monday.The Heroes committed four errors to gift-wrap the g
Football

(LEAD) Captain for title-winning team voted K League 1 MVP

(ATTN: ADDS comments, details at bottom, photos)By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Oct. 24 (Yonhap) -- Lee Chung-yong, captain of the K League 1 title-winning Ulsan Hyundai FC, was voted the most valuable player of the top South Korean football league on Monday.Lee
Baseball

Managers confident in KBO postseason series victory after following contrasting paths

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Oct. 24 (Yonhap) -- Their teams have taken vastly different paths to reach the penultimate round of the South Korean baseball postseason, but the managers for both the LG Twins and the Kiwoom Heroes expressed confidence ahead of t
Football

Captain for title-winning team voted K League 1 MVP

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Oct. 24 (Yonhap) -- Lee Chung-yong, captain of the K League 1 title-winning Ulsan Hyundai FC, was voted the most valuable player of the top South Korean football league on Monday.Lee earned the top individual honor in the K League
Football

Underachieving clubs vying for championship at nat'l football tournament

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Oct. 24 (Yonhap) -- Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors and FC Seoul, two underachievers in the top South Korean football league this year, will duke it out for the title at the largest national football tournament this week, hoping to salvage
Baseball

Kim Ha-seong goes hitless as Padres get knocked out of NLCS

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Oct. 24 (Yonhap) -- Kim Ha-seong of the San Diego Padres has ended his first major league postseason with a hitless day at the plate.The South Korean shortstop, batting seventh, went 0-for-3 with a walk and two strikeouts in the P
Golf

(LEAD) Grateful for friendships forged on tour, Choi Na-yeon bids emotional farewell to LPGA

(ATTN: ADDS photos; MINOR EDITS)By Yoo Jee-hoWONJU, South Korea, Oct. 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korean golfer Choi Na-yeon bid an emotional adieu to the LPGA Tour on home soil Sunday, wrapping up a 15-year career that included nine wins and a major champi
Football

Ulsan Hyundai FC celebrate K League 1 title in front of home fans

ULSAN, Oct. 23 (Yonhap) -- Ulsan Hyundai FC celebrated their first South Korean football title in 17 years in front of their home fans Sunday, a week after locking down the championship with an away victory.In their final match of the 2022 K League 1
Golf

S. Korean-born Kiwi Lydia Ko proud of heritage, victory in country of birth

By Yoo Jee-hoWONJU, South Korea, Oct. 23 (Yonhap) -- Lydia Ko may have left South Korea at age four for New Zealand, but South Korea has never left the LPGA Tour star.Despite playing under the New Zealand flag on the top women's tour, Ko says she
Golf

(LEAD) Lydia Ko cruises to 18th career LPGA title in S. Korea

(ATTN: ADDS photo, comments, details)By Yoo Jee-hoWONJU, South Korea, Oct. 23 (Yonhap) -- The Korean-born Kiwi Lydia Ko captured her 18th career LPGA Tour title in South Korea on Sunday, rallying from a one-stroke deficit with some methodical golf do
Baseball

Twins to put stout bullpen against slugging Heroes in KBO postseason

SEOUL, Oct. 23 (Yonhap) -- Looking to end a 28-year title drought, the LG Twins will take their strong relief pitching up against the power-hitting Kiwoom Heroes in the upcoming South Korean baseball postseason series.Game 1 of the best-of-five secon
Golf

Grateful for friendships forged on tour, Choi Na-yeon bids emotional farewell to LPGA

By Yoo Jee-hoWONJU, South Korea, Oct. 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korean golfer Choi Na-yeon bid an emotional adieu to the LPGA Tour on home soil on Sunday, wrapping up a 15-year career that included nine wins and a major championship.Choi began crying walk
Golf

Lydia Ko cruises to 18th career LPGA title in S. Korea

By Yoo Jee-hoWONJU, South Korea, Oct. 23 (Yonhap) -- The Korean-born Kiwi Lydia Ko captured her 18th career LPGA Tour title in South Korea on Sunday, rallying from a one-stroke deficit with some methodical golf down the stretch.Ko shot a seven-under
Baseball

Padres' Kim Ha-seong gets 2 hits, RBI in NLCS defeat

SEOUL, Oct. 23 (Yonhap) -- The San Diego Padres' South Korean shortstop Kim Ha-seong had his second career postseason multihit game, though his club got pushed to the brink by the power-hitting Philadelphia Phillies in the National League Champio
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(LEAD) Heroes' 'Mr. October' comes through again in KBO postseason

(ATTN: ADDS comments throughout)SEOUL, Oct. 22 (Yonhap) -- For the Kiwoom Heroes, clutch performances by their No. 9 hitter provided nice bookends to their opening round victory over the defending champions KT Wiz in the Korea Baseball Organization (
Football

Suwon Samsung Bluewings drop to K League promotion-relegation playoff

SEOUL, Oct. 22 (Yonhap) -- Suwon Samsung Bluewings, one of the marquee franchises in South Korean football's top division with four titles, are in danger of being relegated to the lower division next year after dropping into a do-or-die playoff.D
Baseball

Heroes' 'Mr. October' comes through again in KBO postseason

SEOUL, Oct. 22 (Yonhap) -- For the Kiwoom Heroes, clutch performances by their No. 9 hitter provided nice bookends to their opening round victory over the defending champions KT Wiz in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) postseason.Song Sung-mun, d
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(LEAD) Heroes knock off defending champions Wiz in KBO postseason

(ATTN: UPDATES with more details throughout)SEOUL, Oct. 22 (Yonhap) -- The Kiwoom Heroes sent the defending champions KT Wiz packing in the South Korean baseball postseason Saturday.No. 9 hitter Song Sung-mun had another signature October moment with
Baseball

Heroes knock off defending champions Wiz in KBO postseason

SEOUL, Oct. 22 (Yonhap) -- The Kiwoom Heroes sent the defending champions KT Wiz packing in the South Korean baseball postseason Saturday.No. 9 hitter Song Sung-mun had another signature October moment with a go-ahead two-run shot in the fourth, whil