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Son Heung-min collects assist in Tottenham's season-opening win

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Aug. 7 (Yonhap) -- Tottenham Hotspur's South Korean star Son Heung-min is off to a fine start to the new Premier League season, picking up an assist in the club's season-opening victory at home.Son, the reigning co-Golden
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Son Hueng-min to continue on with number 7 through season 2022/23

SEOUL, Aug. 6 (Yonhap) -- South Korean legend, Son Heung-min will continue on his career through the new season with number seven on his back.Tottenham Hotspur, one of England based professional foot
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K League's top 2 teams set for 3rd clash of season

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Aug. 5 (Yonhap) -- So they meet again.Ulsan Hyundai FC and Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors, the two best teams in South Korean football so far this year, will square off for the third time this season on Sunday. The kickoff is 7 p.m. at Je
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Son Heung-min goes for 2nd straight Golden Boot as new Premier League season kicks off

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Aug. 5 (Yonhap) -- Tottenham Hotspur's South Korean star Son Heung-min will begin his chase for another piece of history when the new Premier League season kicks off on the weekend.Spurs will open the 2022-2023 campaign by hos
Baseball

NC Dinos to release injured pitcher Wes Parsons

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Aug. 4 (Yonhap) -- The NC Dinos said Thursday they will release injured American pitcher Wes Parsons, while nearing a deal with the right-hander's replacement.Earlier in the day, Dinos general manager Lim Sun-nam told Parsons,
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Ex-Dodger Puig pays tribute to late broadcaster Vin Scully

SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Yonhap) -- Former Los Angeles Dodgers star Yasiel Puig, currently plying his trade in South Korea, paid tribute to the late voice of his former team, Vin Scully, on Wednesday, thanking the iconic broadcaster for giving him the famous n
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No longer under pressure, high jumping sensation Woo Sang-hyeok just wants to have fun

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Aug. 3 (Yonhap) -- South Korean high jumping star Woo Sang-hyeok could be forgiven for basking in the glow of his world championship silver medal last month, but his season isn't over yet.But as the busiest season of his caree
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(LEAD) Padres' Kim Ha-seong falls homer short of cycle in 4-hit game

(ATTN: UPDATES with performance in 2nd game of doubleheader in paras 5-8)By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Aug. 3 (Yonhap) -- Few players in baseball are as hot as Kim Ha-seong right now.The South Korean infielder for the San Diego Padres enjoyed his first career
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Rays' Choi Ji-man goes hitless in 1st game after trade deadline

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Aug. 3 (Yonhap) -- Choi Ji-man of the Tampa Bay Rays survived the major league trade deadline, but not pitching from the Toronto Blue Jays.Choi, once subject to trade speculation, stayed put with the Rays when the deadline passed
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Padres' Kim Ha-seong falls homer short of cycle in 4-hit game

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Aug. 3 (Yonhap) -- Few players in baseball are as hot as Kim Ha-seong right now.The South Korean infielder for the San Diego Padres enjoyed his first career four-hit game against the Colorado Rockies at Petco Park in San Diego on
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S. Korean players taking season's last shot at LPGA major in Scotland

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Aug. 3 (Yonhap) -- Eighteen players from South Korea, including four winners this year, will take their season's last shot at an LPGA major in Scotland this week.The AIG Women's Open will tee off at the historic Muirfield
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Ex-KBO strikeout king Dan Straily rejoins Lotte Giants

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Aug. 2 (Yonhap) -- Two years after leading the South Korean league in strikeouts, American right-hander Dan Straily is coming back.The Lotte Giants of the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) announced Tuesday that Straily has rejoin
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After whirlwind day, Rays' Choi Ji-man stays put, for now

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Aug. 2 (Yonhap) -- With the annual trade deadline in the majors fast approaching, the Tampa Bay Rays' South Korean first baseman Choi Ji-man remained with the club at least for another day.Choi had found himself in trade specu
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Ex-taekwondo chief Kim Un-yong inducted into new Hall of Fame

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Aug. 2 (Yonhap) -- Kim Un-yong, the late founder of the global taekwondo governing body, has been inducted into the newly created World Taekwondo (WT) Hall of Fame.The WT honored the inaugural class of inductees during its General
Football

Amid K League success, ex-Barca player Lee Seung-woo linked with Scottish club Hearts

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Aug. 2 (Yonhap) -- In the midst of his strong first season in South Korea, former FC Barcelona player Lee Seung-woo is apparently drawing interest from Europe.Edinburgh Evening News reported Sunday (local time) that Heart of Midlo
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S. Korean Premier Leaguer Hwang Hee-chan condemns racism after abuse in friendly

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Aug. 2 (Yonhap) -- Wolverhamton Wanderers' South Korean forward Hwang Hee-chan spoke up against racism Tuesday, some 24 hours after being subjected to discriminatory abuse during a preseason friendly in Portugal."We are
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Manager of struggling KBO club resigns

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Aug. 1 (Yonhap) -- Huh Sam-young, manager of the South Korean baseball club Samsung Lions, resigned on Monday to take the fall for the club's dismal performance this season.The Lions said that Huh had offered to quit following
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Jeonbuk withdraw contract offer to Georgian player over failed physical

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Aug. 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korean football club Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors said Monday they had withdrawn a contract offer to Georgian forward Tornike Okriashvili following a failed physical.The K League 1 team had first announced their
Baseball

Landers looking to take stranglehold on KBO pennant race

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Aug. 1 (Yonhap) -- At this rate, the SSG Landers will soon be battling South Korean baseball history, not any of their overmatched opponents.Through Sunday's action in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO), the Landers hold a
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Resilient stars added to KBO's 40th anniversary team

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Aug. 1 (Yonhap) -- A quartet of stars who overcame serious injuries to put together impressive careers were added to the South Korean baseball league's 40th anniversary team on Monday.The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) has