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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

    2 MIN READBy Lee Kyung-min
    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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    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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    Lee Jung-hoo collects 2 hits, flashes leather for SF Giants
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    Korean duo finishes 2nd at LPGA team event

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    Korean duo finishes 2nd at LPGA team event
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Orioles' Kim Hyun-soo hits first big league home run

Kim Hyun-soo of the Baltimore Orioles hit his first major league home run against the Cleveland Indians on the road Sunday (local time).The South Korean outfielder hit a tie-breaking solo shot in the top of the seventh at Progressive Field in Cleveland, giving the Orioles a 5-4 lead. They went on to win the game 6-4 to take the rubber match of their three-game series.Kim made his fifth consecutive start in left field, after sitting out for the five straight games prior to that.Kim went 1-for-3 with an RBI and a walk Sunday, and is batting .383 (18-for-47) for the season. Over his five straight starts, Kim is hitting 7-for-16 with three extra-base hits.Batting second, Kim struck out swinging against Mike Clevinger in the first but drew a walk in the second. Kim went down swinging again in the fifth, the first time he's struck out more than once in a game all season but bounced back with the solo blast in the seventh.Kim came to the plate with two outs in that inning against right-handed reliever Jeff Manship, with the score tied at 4-4. After going down 0-2 in the count, Kim watched t

May 30, 2016
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Son Yeon-jae wraps up Sofia World Cup with four more medals

South Korean rhythmic gymnast Son Yeon-jae captured four medals at an International Federation of Gymnastics (FIG) competition in Bulgaria on Sunday (local time), including a gold in clubs.At the season's sixth FIG World Cup in Sofia, Bulgaria, Son scored 18.550 points in clubs to finish atop the podium. Ganna Rizatdinova of Ukraine won the silver at 18.450 and Arina Averina of Russia took the bronze at 18.300. Yana Kudryavtseva, a three-time world all-around champion, was fourth at 18.250 after she dropped her clubs during the performance.This was Son's first World Cup gold medal since winning a ball event at the season's first World Cup in Espoo, Finland, in February.In other apparatus finals on Sunday, Son won silvers in both hoop and ribbon, and claimed a bronze medal in ball.Son earned 18.650 points in hoop, which was her personal best in the World Cup competitions. She surpassed her previous record by 0.100, but it wasn't enough to claim the gold after Rizatdinova scored 18.800. Averina was third at 18.550.In ribbon, Son was second after finishing 0.450 points behind Kudryavtse

May 30, 2016
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Son Heung-min meets fans

Son Heung-min of Tottenham Hotspur signs autographs at Incheon International Airport, Sunday, before departing to play in friendly matches against Spain and Czech Republic in Salzburg, Austria, this week. / Yonhap

May 29, 2016
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FC Seoul thrills again in Asian Champions League

By John DuerdenCould last week be when South Korea finally fell in love with the Asian Champions League? More than a few journalists left stadiums in Jeonju and especially Seoul claiming they had rarely seen such excitement in the K-League Classic.The country has an excellent record in continental club competitions, winning the main title 10 times, equal to the combined total for the next two most successful nations ― Japan and Saudi Arabia. Yet Asian action has often failed to stir the passions in the Land of the Morning Calm.More games like last week’s, and excitement could rise.Jeonbuk Motors and FC Seoul made it through to the last eight of the tournament, which will now take a break until the end of August. This means both clubs can forget about the continent for a while and focus on domestic matters, but fans of Seoul will struggle to forget recent events anytime soon.It was the round of 16. Seoul, impressive in the group stage, had been drawn with Urawa Reds. The first leg in Japan ended in a 1-0 win for the host. That gave Seoul, looking to reach the quarterfinal f

May 29, 2016
FC Seoul thrills again in Asian Champions League
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Son Yeon-jae adds more medals to all-around bronze in Bulgaria

Son Yeon-jae posted this picture to Instagram after the International Federation of Gymnastics (FIG) competition in Sofia, Bulgaria, Saturday, with the message “Thank you for all the birthday wishes. I was sohappy to compete today. And thank you for the surprise birthday song.” / Captured from Son Yeon-jae’s InstagramBy Park Jin-haiKorean rhythmic gymnast Son Yeon-jae added a silver in hoop and a bronze in ball individual finals at the International Federation of Gymnastics (FIG) competition in Sofia, Bulgaria, Sunday (local time), further raising her hopes of winning a medal at the upcoming Rio Summer Olympics.In the hoop final routine, Son came second, scoring a career-best 18.650 points, following her rival Ukraine's Ganna Rizatdinova who earned 18.800. She scored 18.550 points in ball.On the previous day, Son achieved her personal best and clinched a bronze medal in the individual all-around at the FIG World Cup, scoring a career-high 74.200 points in total from hoop, ball, clubs and ribbon routines in events held over Friday and Sa

May 29, 2016
Son Yeon-jae adds more medals to all-around bronze in Bulgaria
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Korea is not sparring partner for Spain, Czech Republic: coach

The South Korean men's national football team head coach Uli Stielike said Sunday his team is not a sparring partner for Spain and the Czech Republic as they departed for their friendly matches in Europe.South Korea, 54th in the FIFA world rankings, will take on No. 6 Spain on June 1 in Salzburg, Austria, and face the No. 29 Czech Republic on June 5 in Prague. They will be South Korea's first matches against European nations since Stielike became head coach in September 2014. They're also designed to help South Korea prepare for the final Asian World Cup qualifying tournament starting in September."We are not going there to be their sparring partners," Stielike said at the Incheon International Airport. "We will show that we are competitive opponents."Stielike said that people would easily dismiss South Korea's chances if they look at the FIFA rankings, but South Korea will put their utmost efforts on the pitch to display their competitiveness."It's important to keep our philosophy of football and mindset," he said. "Spain and the Czech Republic could show better techniques than us o

May 29, 2016
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Son Yeon-jae wins World Cup all-around bronze with personal-best score

South Korean rhythmic gymnast Son Yeon-jae established a personal best to grab a bronze medal in the individual all-around at an International Federation of Gymnastics (FIG) competition in Bulgaria.Son earned a career-high 74.200 points in total from hoop, ball, clubs and ribbon over Friday and Saturday (local time) at the FIG World Cup in Sofia. This was 0.300 point higher than her previous best score, set at the FIG World Cup in Pesaro, Italy, in April.Son was third after the hoop (18.550) and ball (18.650) programs Friday. Son's score in ball was her personal best in World Cup events, surpassing her previous record by 0.100. She scored 18.600 in clubs and 18.400 in ribbon on Saturday and finished third in the individual all-around.Russia's Yana Kudryavtseva, a three-time world all-around champion, won the event with a score of 75.750, followed by Ukraine's Ganna Rizatdinova who earned 74.250.This was Son's fourth World Cup this season and her first since the Pesaro World Cup that was on April 1-3. She skipped the World Cups held in Ukraine and Belarus earlier this month.It was als

May 29, 2016
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BOK to issue commemorative banknote for PyeongChang Olympics

Korea's central bank said Sunday it will issue the country's first commemorative banknote for the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics, along with coins.The Bank of Korea said it plans to sell the commemorative banknote in the future, taking example from the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics and the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics.The bank earlier said it would start the sales of the first sets of commemorative coins in November, composed of two gold, eight silver and one bronze.The bank added it will adopt more complex anti-counterfeit measures for the banknote as it will be legal tender.The commemorative banknote will also be designed to target overseas buyers, sources added. (Yonhap) 

May 29, 2016
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IT'S GOOD FOR YOUR GAME

Cracking golf’s code is aided by radar technologyBy T. J. TomasiThe introduction of radar technology exploded the myth that you can simply watch a ball’s flight with the unaided eye to “crack the code” and determine what happened at impact. Pre-radar players such as Lee Trevino, Jack Nicklaus, Sam Snead and Bobby Jones discovered the code on their own through experimentation. By his own admission, Ben Hogan took 10 years to “dig it out of the dirt.”The code itself, however, remained elusive because even those who mastered it didn’t know what they had found. The good news is that today, cracking the code with technology is available to all.Below is an outline of the code, which may seem complicated, but once understood, makes the game so much easier.The DNA of ball flight is composed of: clubhead speed, the angle of attack, the path, the face and the contact point of information transfer ― all of which occur at impact.When you hit a good shot, you have transferred the correct information from your mind to your body, through your club and into

May 25, 2016
IT'S GOOD FOR YOUR GAME
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Improve your playing ability

By Kim Jeong-kyoo To take your playing ability to the next level, you need to learn to draw the ball. To hit a draw, start your club back more to the inside. Get your clubhead inside your hands when the club shaft is horizontal. Also, you need to keep your clubface square to your swing path. Don’t try to keep the toe straight up by rotating your forearms.As you continue back, make sure your wrists are hinging. Let them hinge early, so about halfway, you create a 90-degree angle between your left arm and the club shaft. Getting obsessed with a wide swing arc, you won’t often get your wrists hinged fully. You cannot enjoy power and accuracy if you fail to cock your wrists. To hinge your wrists fully, you need to stay relaxed and grip your club lightly.The worst mistake you can often make on the downswing is to lunge forward as you start your downswing. To avoid this fault, you need to start your downswing with your lower body. Begin your downswing by shifting your left knee toward the target so it gets over your left foot. You can simply move your left hip to the left

May 25, 2016
Improve your playing ability
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