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S. Korean rookies blow lead in bid for maiden LPGA win

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Aug. 29 (Yonhap) -- Having frittered away their final round lead in Canada, South Korean LPGA rookies Choi Hye-jin and An Narin will have to wait longer for their maiden victory.Choi finished tied for second at the CP Women's
Golf

(LEAD) S. Korean Im Sung-jae finishes runner-up at PGA Tour season finale

(ATTN: ADDS details, comments in paras 4-5, 19)By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Aug. 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korean Im Sung-jae has just missed out on PGA Tour history, finishing runner-up in the season finale in a bid to become the first Asian champion of the FedEx
Football

Tottenham's Son Heung-min held scoreless for 4th consecutive match

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Aug. 29 (Yonhap) -- The scoreless streak for Tottenham Hotspur's Son Heung-min has reached four matches.The reigning Golden Boot winner in the Premier League did not find the back of the net in Spurs' 2-0 victory over Nott
Golf

S. Korean Im Sung-jae finishes runner-up at PGA Tour season finale

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Aug. 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korean Im Sung-jae has just missed out on PGA Tour history, finishing runner-up in the season finale in a bid to become the first Asian champion of the FedEx Cup.Despite a strong late push, Im ended in a
Football

S. Korean forward Hwang Ui-jo joins Nottingham, loaned to Olympiacos

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Aug. 27 (Yonhap) -- South Korean international Hwang Ui-jo has signed with the Premier League club Nottingham Forest FC, though he will spend this season with another team in Greece on loan.Nottingham announced Saturday (England t
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High jumper Woo Sang-hyeok falters in latest Diamond League stop, to miss season finale

By Yoo Jee-hoSOEUL, Aug. 27 (Yonhap) -- South Korean high jumping sensation Woo Sang-hyeok stumbled in his latest international competition, finishing tied for last place in the Diamond League stop in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Friday.Woo tied Shelby
Football

S. Korea asks China, Japan for support in Asian Cup bid

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Aug. 26 (Yonhap) -- South Korea on Friday asked China and Japan for support in its bid to host the top continental football tournament in 2023.Park Bo-gyoon, South Korea's minister of culture, sports and tourism, made that req
Baseball

MLB stars to play 4 exhibition games in S. Korea in Nov.

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Aug. 26 (Yonhap) -- For the first time in 100 years, a team of major league stars will play offseason exhibition games in South Korea this fall.The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) announced Friday it will host Major League Baseb
Football

Ascendant regional rivals set for weekend clash in K League

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Aug. 26 (Yonhap) -- Two regional rivals looking to maintain their strong late-summer form will collide for the third time in the ongoing K League 1 football season this weekend.Incheon United, riding a four-match undefeated streak
Football

S. Korean stars avoid each other in UEFA Champions League group stage

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Aug. 26 (Yonhap) -- Two of South Korea's finest football players today will not face each other in the group stage of Europe's top club competition after all, though there is still a possibility of a showdown in the knocko
Football

Jeonbuk lose to Urawa on penalties in AFC Champions League semifinals

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Aug. 25 (Yonhap) -- Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors have come up a victory shy of contending for the Asian club football supremacy.Jeonbuk lost to Urawa Red Diamonds 3-1 on penalties Thursday in the semifinals of the Asian Football Confede
Football

(LEAD) S. Korea to host Costa Rica, Cameroon in World Cup tuneups in Sept.

(ATTN: ADDS details in paras 3-4)By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Aug. 25 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will face Costa Rica and Cameroon at home in September as part of their preparation for this year's FIFA World Cup, the national football governing body announce
Football

S. Korea to host Costa Rica, Cameroon in World Cup tuneups in Sept.

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Aug. 25 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will face Costa Rica and Cameroon at home in September as part of their preparation for this year's FIFA World Cup, the national football governing body announced Thursday.The Korea Football Ass
Golf

Young veteran on PGA Tour pushed by rising star

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Aug. 25 (Yonhap) -- For the past couple of years, Im Sung-jae has been hands down the best South Korean player on the PGA Tour, a consistent workhorse hanging around the top 20 in the world rankings with no countryman nearby.Today
Golf

(LEAD) 2 S. Koreans chasing season-ending jackpot on PGA Tour

(ATTN: ADDS comments in paras 5-8, 14-15)By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Aug. 24 (Yonhap) -- With the 2021-2022 PGA Tour season winding down this week in Atlanta, two South Korean players will be going after a cool US$18 million jackpot in the Peach State.Im Sun
Baseball

Shinsegae Group, Incheon to cooperate on building domed baseball stadium

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Aug. 24 (Yonhap) -- South Korean retail giant Shinsegae Group announced Wednesday it will work with Incheon to build a multipurpose domed stadium in the western metropolitan city.Shinsegae currently owns the Incheon-based team in
Football

(LEAD) FIFA World Cup Trophy unveiled in Seoul on global tour

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Aug. 24 (Yonhap) -- The official championship trophy for the FIFA World Cup arrived in Seoul on Wednesday, presented by a pair of football legends as the trophy's global tour m
Football

Football legends predict knockout trip for S. Korea at World Cup

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Aug. 24 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will make their 10th consecutive FIFA World Cup appearance this year in Qatar, a streak matched by few others. But the Taeguk Warriors have only reached the knockout stage twice so far.Two of the co
Football

Coach for K League's last-place team resigns

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Aug. 24 (Yonhap) -- Seongnam FC head coach Kim Nam-il stepped down from his post on Wednesday, holding himself accountable with the K League 1 club mired in last place.Seongnam said Kim offered to resign earlier in the day and the
Football

FIFA World Cup Trophy arrives in Seoul on global tour

World Cup-trophy FIFA World Cup Trophy arrives in Seoul on global tourBy Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Aug. 24 (Yonhap) -- The official championship trophy for the FIFA World Cup arrived in Seoul on Wednesday, as