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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

    2 MIN READBy Yonhap
    South Korea back at work with Mexico on horizon
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    KBO's best team in June set for duels against title contenders

    2 MIN READBy Yonhap
    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

    1 MIN READBy Yonhap
    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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    Impressive Korea starts World Cup with a bang

    2 MIN READBy John Duerden
    Impressive Korea starts World Cup with a bang
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Bolt starts season with a win

/Courtesy of TwitterBy Lee Han-soo“The “world’s fastest human” Usain Bolt has won his first 100-meter race of the season in 10.05 seconds.Dentarious Locke was second in 10.12 in an invitation race in the British Cayman Islands on Sunday.“Although my condition is not the best, I finished the first race of the season without any injuries,” Bolt said.“The first race is always tough. The more races I run the better I will get.”He is expected to run his second 100-meter sprint at Ostrava in the Czech Republic on Friday.The eyes of the world is expected to be on Bolt at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

May 16, 2016
Bolt starts season with a win
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Golfer Shin Ji-yai wins out on Japanese tour

South Korean golfer Shin Ji-yai collected her second win of the season on Sunday after winning the Hoken No Madoguchi Ladies in Japan.At the Fukuoka Country Club in Fukuoka, Japan, Shin shot four-under 68 to finish the tournament with a final score of 10-under 206. She beat her compatriots Lee Bo-mee and Kim Ha-neul by two strokes to take the 216 million yen prize purse. Lee was the two-time defending champion of the event.Shin, former world No. 1 golfer, now has two wins this season after her triumph at the Australian RACV Ladies Masters on the Ladies European Tour (LET) in February.The victory also marks Shin's 13th career win on the Japanese LPGA Tour. The 28-year-old's latest win in JLPGA was in November 2015 when she lifted the trophy at the Ricoh Cup.South Koreans have been cruising on JLPGA Tour this season as they already combined four wins in 10 events so far. With Shin's victory, Lee Bo-mee, Kim Ha-neul and Lee Ji-hee have all won on the JLPGA Tour this season. (Yonhap)

May 15, 2016
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Seoul & Jeonbuk gunning for Asian quarterfinal

By John DuerdenNow the fun begins. Two South Korean teams fell by the wayside in the group stage of the Asian Champions League but FC Seoul and Jeonbuk Motors did what Pohang Steelers and Suwon Bluewings could not and reached round 16.It is a two-legged home and away affair. Win and you are in the last eight and within touching distance of the final, the biggest club game in the world's biggest continent. Lose here though, and you won't be remembered.As group winners, Seoul and Jeonbuk have been given what is seen as a slight advantage of playing the away leg first before returning home next week for the second leg.Jeonbuk is making the long trip to Australia to take on Melbourne Victory. The A-League team is aggressive, strong and led by highly-rated coach Kevin Muscat. Muscat may have been feared as a player for his aggressive style but he has already shown himself to be a promising young coach.In the other technical area is an older hand. Choi Kang-hee has coached more Asian Champions League games than any other. Choi knows that midweek games down under are never easy but at least

May 15, 2016
Seoul & Jeonbuk gunning for Asian quarterfinal
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Banned swimmer Park Tae-hwan to meet with officials over Olympic status

South Korean swimmer Park Tae-hwan will meet with representatives from the national Olympic committee over his status for this year's Summer Games, a senior sports official has told Yonhap News Agency.Cho Young-ho, secretary-general of the Korean Olympic Committee (KOC), on Thursday said Park will visit the KOC's headquarters in Seoul for a meeting at 10 a.m. on May 25.Park's agency, Team GMP, confirmed that Park requested a meeting with the KOC on Tuesday and heard back from the organization about the schedule earlier Thursday.Park, the 2008 Olympic gold medalist in the men's 400m freestyle, remains ineligible for the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics because of his recent doping history. The KOC stipulates that athletes who've served doping bans aren't eligible to represent the country for three years, starting on the days that their suspensions end.Park had earlier tested positive for testosterone, and his ban began retroactively in September 2014 and ended in March this year.Cho will likely represent the KOC, while Park will be accompanied by his family.Despite his ban, Park chose to

May 13, 2016
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Ex-commerce minister elected new head of PyeongChang 2018

Former Commerce Minister Lee Hee-beom was elected the new head of the planning committee for the country's first Winter Olympics on Thursday.Lee's candidacy as the president of the PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (POCOG) was approved unanimously at the committee's general assembly in Seoul.His appointment will need the final stamp of approval by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, though it's considered a mere formality at this juncture.Lee replaces Hanjin Group Chairman Cho Yang-ho, who abruptly resigned last week to tend to pressing business matters at Hanjin Shipping, one of the group's affiliates mired in heavy debts.Lee, 67, began his career in government in 1972, and served as the commerce minister from 2003 to 2006.Lee has also been the head of the Korea International Trade Association (2006-2009) and the Korea Employers Federation (2010-2014), two of the five major business lobby groups, and the chairman of STX Heavy Industries and STX Energy  from 2009 to 2013. Lee is currently an advisor for LG International Co

May 12, 2016
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IT'S GOOD FOR YOUR GAME

Shortened swing arc reduces powerGolf is a game filled with misconceptions, more so perhaps than any other game. The brain is a problem solver par excellence, yet it's fooled when it comes to golf because you must stand to the side of the ball to play. A few examples of counterintuitive golf solutions that don't make sense, but are correct:1. You must hit down on the ball to get it up in the air.2. Your shoulders swing on one plane while the hips swing on another. Golf is one of the few sports where this puzzling "double plane" is a must.3. To stop the ball from going left, you must turn your hips to the left -- in the direction you DON'T want the ball to go. But if you turn them too soon, the ball goes right. Try figuring that out without help.4. Through impact, the hands and club handle go to the left while the clubhead goes to the target. Thus, the hands and club handle move away from the target while the clubhead moves toward the target.5. In most other sports, our arms and body work together, but in golf the arms do the up-and-down and the body does the around, and they don't ge

May 11, 2016
IT'S GOOD FOR YOUR GAME
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Let your body and arms do their own jobs

By Kim Jeong-kyoo You have two ways to take your address posture in golf ― an upright posture and bent posture. You will naturally stand over your ball in an erect or bent posture. Typically, the shape and size of your body influence what address posture you will take.Feeling it natural to scoop your ball off the turf, you’d probably better stand in an upright posture. If you take an erect posture, each front of your shoulder will sit in line with your toe line. Your spine will rest bent forward toward the ball by no more than 20 degrees. Shorter golfers will stand slightly more erect than taller players.If you take a bent posture, each top of your shoulder will rest an inch or two outside your toe line. Your spine will bend over toward the ball from your hips about 35 to 45 degrees. Taller golfers will bend from the hips slightly more than shorter players. Typically, feeling it natural to swing around your body and hit down into the ball, you’ll address your ball in a bent posture.You must remember golf swing consists of two moves blended into one if you’

May 11, 2016
Let your body and arms do their own jobs
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Son Yeon-jae takes lead at Asian Championships

South Korean rhythmic gymnast Son Yeon-jae ranked first midway through the individual all-around at the eighth Rhythmic Gymnastics Asian Championships in Uzbekistan, setting herself on course for her third straight title.In Tashkent on Sunday (local time), Son earned 36.750 points combined from the ball and hoop routines to take a one-point lead above Sabina Ashirbayeva of Kazakhstan. Elizaveta Nazarenkova of Uzbekistan was third at 35.500.Other South Koreans, Lee Da-ae (32.500) and Chun Song-e (32.000), were 11th and 12th, respectively. Lee Na-kyung was 20th after scoring 30.150.Son finished first in both apparatuses, scoring 18.500 in ball and 18.450 in hoops. She will perform clubs and ribbon programs Monday.The 21-year-old is looking for her third consecutive Asian individual all-around title after winning it in 2013 and 2015. The biennial competition was originally slated for 2017, but the Asian Gymnastics Union (AGU) decided to hold the competition this year.Meanwhile, the AGU announced just a day before the competition's opening that there will be no team event at this year's

May 9, 2016
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S. Korean Wang Jeong-hun wins on European Tour

South Korean golfer Wang Jeong-hun captured his first European Tour win in Morocco on Sunday (local time) in a sudden-death playoff.Wang defeated Nacho Elvira on the second playoff hole to claim the Trophee Hassan II at Royal Golf Dar Es Salam in Rabat, Morocco, and take home 250,000 euros ($284,890).Wang, 20, is the second South Korean to win on the European Tour in three weeks, after Lee Soo-min, who won the Shenzhen International last month.Wang drained three crucial putts on the par-five 18th hole for the victory. He holed an 18-footer for a birdie to end regulation at five-under 283, tied with Elvira.In the playoff, the trophy appeared within Elvira's grasp when he reached the 18th green in two, but Wang responded by sinking a 50-foot birdie putt to force another trip to the 18th.Wang then converted from 20 feet out for the winning birdie putt."I don't remember how I putted on the last three holes," Wang was quoted as saying on the European Tour's website. "I just tried to make a birdie. I didn't think about anything; I just putted. It's so exciting right now." (Yonhap)

May 9, 2016
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Relegation battle gets into gear in K-League

Football players vie for the ball during the K-League Classic match between Incheon United FC (in blue) and Ulsan Hyundai FC at Incheon Football Stadium, May 1. / YonhapBy John DuerdenAs always in football, the teams that do well get the attention, while those that don’t; but the recent introduction of relegation to the K-League Classic has shone the spotlight a little more on those at the bottom.One team from the 12 in the top tier will automatically drop down to the K-League Challenge, with another having to playoff against a team from the second tier.The big game of the recent round was the bottom of the table clash between Incheon United and Jeonnam Dragons. It has been a tough campaign so far for Incheon. Apart from its first couple of seasons in existence, in the middle of the last decade, the club has never been a big spender.Things have become worse. With much of the club’s funding coming from the city, the city’s well-publicized financial woes of recent years have not helped. United has performed best when it has a close relationship with the mayor of the m

May 8, 2016
Relegation battle gets into gear in K-League
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