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    South Korea back at work with Mexico on horizon

    ZAPOPAN, Mexico — After enjoying a day off, South Korea returned to training Sunday to prepare for their next group stage match of the FIFA World Cup against Mexico. Both South Korea and Mexico won their first matches of Group A last week, with the former beating Czechia 2-1 and the latter blanking South Africa 2-0. South Korea and Mexico will square off at 7 p.m. Thursday at Estadio Guadalajara in Zapopan, western Mexico, or 10 a.m. Friday (South Korean time). The winner will be in a prime position to progress to the knockout phase as the group winner. South Korea coach Hong Myung-bo ran his players through light recovery work Friday, the day after the opening win, and gave them a full day off Saturday. Sunday's session started with some conditioning work, followed by passing and shooting drills. A national team official said tactical work got under way in earnest Monday. Two players working their way back from ankle injuries, defender Kim Tae-hyeon and midfielder Bae Jun-ho, rode stationary bikes on the sidelines and didn't participate in the full session. Both players may be available

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    South Korea back at work with Mexico on horizon
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    Gwanghwamun turns into stadium as Jongno hosts epic World Cup gatherings

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    Gwanghwamun turns into stadium as Jongno hosts epic World Cup gatherings
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    KBO's best team in June set for duels against title contenders

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    Lee Jung-hoo collects 2 hits, flashes leather for SF Giants

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Korea beats Nigeria 1-0 in prep for Olympic football

Choi Gyu-baek of the Korean men’s Olympic football team, center, celebrates after scoring a goal in the second half of the match against Nigeria during a four-nation invitational tournament match at the Suwon World Cup Stadium, Thursday. Korea won 1-0.By John DuerdenJust 24 hours after the South Korea’s senior national team was thrashed 6-1 by Spain in Salzburg, the Olympic team put a little smile back on the face of fans with a 1-0 win over Nigeria at the Suwon World Cup Stadium on Thursday.In an entertaining affair, Choi Gyu-beak, making his first appearance for the Under-23 team, scored the only goal with five minutes remaining.There is more action to come in the next few days with games against Honduras on Saturday and then Denmark two days later.These are all warm-ups for the main event in August. At the Olympics, Korea has been grouped with Fiji, Germany and defending champion Mexico.Nigeria caused plenty of problems in the first half with goalkeeper Koo Sung-yoon, resplendent in a bright pink shirt, having to make a couple of important saves as the visitors had an

Jun 2, 2016
Korea beats Nigeria 1-0 in prep for Olympic football
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White tiger is 2018 PyeongChang Olympics mascot

Olympic multi-medalist Kim Yu-na holds the mascots for the 2018 PyeongChang Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. The PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (POCOG) unveiled a white tiger named “Soohorang,” left, and an Asiatic black bear named “Bandabi,” Thursday. / Courtesy of POCOGBy Baek Byung-yeulThe white tiger, a mythological creature in Korean folklore, will be the official mascot for the 2018 PyeongChang Olympic Games, the organizing committee announced, Thursday. The PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (POCOG) announced a white tiger named “Soohorang” will be the symbol for Korea’s first Winter Olympics and an Asiatic black bear named “Bandabi” will be a mascot for the Paralympic Winter Games.The POCOG said the mascots were “finalized after POCOG’s presentation of the Olympic mascot to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board held today in Lausanne and the International Paralympic Committee&rsquo

Jun 2, 2016
White tiger is 2018 PyeongChang Olympics mascot
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S. Korea loses 6-1 to Spain in friendly match

 Ki Seung-yueng, right, and Kim Jin-hyun leave the ground after losing to Spain 1-6 in a friendly match in Salzburg, Austria, Wednesday.  / Yonhap  By John Duerden Ouch. There’s nothing else that can be said about Korea’s 6-1 thrashing at the hands of Spain in Salzburg on Wednesday evening (KST). The defeat, the first since January 2015, was every bit as bad as the score suggests.It is no surprise that the 15-match unbeaten run ended against one of the best teams in the world preparing for the upcoming European championships. The manner of defeat was surprising though. As soon as Spain took the lead through a David Silva free kick on the half-hour, Korea went to sleep or fell to pieces and Spain scored four more goals in the next 24 minutes.The result marks the Taeguk Warriors’ biggest loss since August 2001 when Guus Hiddink coached his team against France and Czech Republic (Korea’s opponent on Sunday) and lost to both 5-0. The Dutchman received plenty of criticism at the time but had the last laugh less than a year later, steering t

Jun 2, 2016
S. Korea loses 6-1 to Spain in friendly match
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S. Korea loses 6-1 to Spain in friendly match

South Korea’s Suk Hyun-jun, left, vies for the ball against Spain’s Marc Barta Aregall during a friendly football match in Salzburg, Austria, Wednesday. / YonhapBy John DuerdenOuch. There’s nothing else that can be said about Korea’s 6-1 thrashing at the hands of Spain in Salzburg on Wednesday evening Seoul time. The defeat, the first since January 2015 was every bit as bad as the score suggests.It is no surprise that the 15-match unbeaten run ended against one of the best teams in the world preparing for the upcoming European championships. The manner of defeat was surprising though. As soon as Spain took the lead through a David Silva free-kick on the half-hour, Korea went to sleep or fell to pieces and Spain scored four more goals in the next 24 minutes.The result marks the Taeguk Warriors’ biggest loss since August 2001 when Guus Hiddink coached his team against France and Czech Republic (Korea’s opponent on Sunday) and lost to both 5-0. The Dutchman received plenty of criticism at the time but had the last laugh as less than a year later, he s

Jun 2, 2016
S. Korea loses 6-1 to Spain in friendly match
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Get your club shaft parallel toward target

By Kim Jeong-kyooPoint your club shaft toward your target at the top of your backswing. That puts you in position to swing your club down on the proper plane along the correct path. You will hit your ball far and straight, provided you grip your club properly.To ensure you square your clubface through your shot, you need to grip your club correctly. With your clubface square to your target line, place your left hand on your club. Make sure you keep your left palm facing your right thigh. Then, complete your left-hand grip, keeping your thumb resting slightly to the right of the top-center of your handle. Let the V created by your thumb and forefinger point slightly below your right shoulder. Equally important is placing the handle in your fingers between your first knuckles and palm.You need to fold your right palm over your left thumb. Make sure the lifeline fits securely into your left thumb. The V created between your right thumb and forefinger will point toward your chin or left ear. That will let your wrists correctly hinge straight up and down.Normally, you’d better let y

Jun 1, 2016
Get your club shaft parallel toward target
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IT'S GOOD FOR YOUR GAME

Emotionalizing the good and ‘factualizing’ the bad By T.J. Tomasi To play your best golf, you need to remember what you did correctly so you can do it again. Strangely enough, the remembering process begins with how we forget -- a useful tool in a game like golf where it's so easy to make mistakes, and the memories of them seem to last forever. Emotionalize to immortalize Memories are our past experience captured in molecules that find a home in special docking receptors located in the brain. The more receptors the experience commands, the stronger and more resilient the memory. You tag an experience as save-worthy by emotionalizing it, and in response to the emotion, your brain swathes the memory in recall chemicals. Due to these chemicals, you are not likely to ever forget where you were on Sept. 11, 2001 -- it is docked in your memory receptors for life.However, if an experience is not marked, neural housekeeping erases the receptors to clear space for new memories, aka, you forget. The takeaway here is that memory loss can be prevented by a tagging

Jun 1, 2016
IT'S GOOD FOR YOUR GAME
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Mariners' Lee Dae-ho hits 7th homer

Seattle Mariners’ Lee Dae-ho, right, is greeted by teammates after scoring on his three-run home run against the San Diego Padres' in the eighth inning of a baseball game Monday, in Seattle. The Mariners won, 9-2. / AP-YonhapLee’s 3-run homer help Mariners beat Padres 9-3By Baek Byung-yeulThe Seattle Mariners’ Korean slugger Lee Dae-ho, 33, blasted his seventh home run of the season against the San Diego Padres, ending his team’s three-game losing streak, Monday (local time).At Safeco Field in Seattle, Lee, who started as first baseman and batted seventh, hit a three-run shot off the Padres’ reliever Brandon Maurer in the bottom of the eighth, as the Mariners upped the lead 9-2. The Mariners won 9-3.It was his seventh home run in 75 at bats and first home run since May 20. Including the home run, Lee went 2-for-4, improving his batting average from .254 to .267.Lee, who has played as backup first baseman to Adam Lind, has recorded 20 hits including seven homers and 16 RBIs while having fewer at bats than Lind, who has 33 hits including five homers and 20

May 31, 2016
Mariners' Lee Dae-ho hits 7th homer
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'Big Boy' Lee Dae-ho slams 7th home run in MBL

Teammates congraulate Lee Dae-ho after hitting his seventh home run this season / Courtesy of Yonhap News AgencyBy Lee Han-sooThe Seattle Mariners’ “Big Boy” Lee Dae-ho slammed his seventh home run on Tuesday.Lee, who was back after missing two games, was the seventh batter and first-base man. He hit a three-run home run off pitcher Brandon Maurer of the San Diego Padres in the bottom of the eighth inning at Safeco Field in Seattle, Washington.This gave his team a 9-2 lead, with the game ending 9-3. It was his first home run in 11 days.The home run and another base hit raised Lee’s batting average from .254 to .267.Lee also managed a fascinating double play in the beginning of the sixth inning.With Lee’s contribution, the Mariners were able to make a comeback from three successive defeats. The Mariners are in second place in the American League West with 29 wins and 21 losses. 

May 31, 2016
'Big Boy' Lee Dae-ho slams 7th home run in MBL
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Eagles show signs of dead cat bounce

Wilin Rosario of the Hanwha Eagles, left, celebrates with a base-running coach after hitting an RBI single during his team’s game against the Nexen Heroes at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, Tuesday. / YonhapBy Baek Byung-yeul The Hanwha Eagles, who have been the doormat of the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) with the lowest winning percentage of .326, have had their best week of the season last week, winning four straight games.During their weekend three-game series against the Lotte Giants, the 10th place Eagles swept the seventh-place team at their home park Hanwha Life Insurance Eagles Park in Daejeon.The highlight of the series was probably Sunday’s game, as the team proved they are developing into a well-balanced team both in defense and offense.In a 9-2 win, the team’s starting pitcher Esmil Rogers tossed a complete-game gem, striking out eight batters with 127 pitches. First baseman Kim Tae-kyun led the offense, hitting a two-run homerun in the bottom of the first and earning three base on balls, and shortstop Ha Ju-suk also hit a three-run shot to con

May 30, 2016
Eagles show signs of dead cat bounce
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Son Yeon-jae medals in all apparatus finals at Sofia

Son Yeon-jaeBy Park Jin-haiRhythmic gymnast Son Yeon-jae medaled in all four individual apparatus finals at the Bulgaria World Cup after winning her first gold this season in the clubs final, Sunday (KST).Son collected 18.550 points in the clubs final during the International Federation of Gymnastics (FIG) competition in Sofia, just 0.1 points ahead of her Ukrainian rival Ganna Rizatdinova.This is her second gold medal this season, following a top finish in the ball final at the Espoo World Cup in Finland in February.Son won silvers in both the hoop and ribbon finals, and took bronze in ball. She garnered 18.650 points in the hoop event, a World Cup personal best, and in ribbon finished second with a score 0.450 points short of Russian Yana Kudryavtseva’s 18.900 points. Rizatdinova won bronze with 18.100 points. In ball, Son finished third with 18.550 points.Son achieved her personal best and clinched a bronze medal in the individual all-around competition at the FIG World Cup, scoring a career-high 74.200 points in total from hoop, ball, clubs and ribbon routines in events hel

May 30, 2016
Son Yeon-jae medals in all apparatus finals at Sofia
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