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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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    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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    Impressive Korea starts World Cup with a bang

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    Impressive Korea starts World Cup with a bang
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Lee Chung-yong fined for remarks on coach

By Baek Byung-yeulKorean midfielder Lee Chung-yong of Crystal Palace FC missed his team’s English Premier League match against Stoke FC, Sunday (KST), apparently signaling that it is time for Lee to say goodbye.With Dwight Gayle scoring twice, Crystal Palace secured their 11th win but only the second in 20 league games at Selhurst Park in London, succeeding to avoid relegation.Lee Chung-yongThough Allen Pardew put Bakari Sako, Emmanueul Adebayor, Jordon Mutch and Fraizer Campbell remained on the bench as substitutes, Lee who has been fined recently for his comments about his coach wasn't included on the squad.In a recent interview with Korean media at the end of last month, Lee made comments on Pardew, saying the coach was too hot tempered in matches so he would forget how many substitutions he had made during a match.The news was translated to English and Pardew accepted Lee’s explanation that some of his comments had been lost in translation but his team had decided to fine him.“He made an error. He said it got lost in translation, that can happen and I’ve h

May 8, 2016
Lee Chung-yong fined for remarks on coach
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Lee Chung-yong fined 50 million won for insulting coach

/Courtesy of TwitterBy Lee Han-sooEnglish Premier League club Crystal Palace winger Lee Chung-yong has been fined 30,000 pounds (50 million won) for insulting head coach Alan Pardew, the British Daily Mail reports.In an interview with Sports Seoul, a Korean daily, Lee accused Pardew ofbeing “too hot tempered” during games and said he had forgotten how manysubstitutes the coach had used.Commenting on Lee’s fine, Pardew said,“You can’t criticize things that didn’t happen. One of the key points inthere didn’t occur. So that’s an internal process that the other playerswill have to learn from.”“Criticize the manager, other players or staff at this football club: do itin house, knock on the door, come and see me, we’ll sort it out, noproblem.”Lee joined Crystal Palace from Bolton Wanderers in 2015. He has made 19 appearances and scored one goal.

May 8, 2016
Lee Chung-yong fined 50 million won for insulting coach
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WTF training center

Officials from taekwondo bodies pose for a photograph during the signboard hanging ceremony for the World Taekwondo FederationCentral Training Center in Muju, North Jeolla Province, Friday. From left are Lee Kyu-seok, Asian Taekwondo Union president;Ivan Dibos, WTF vice president and IOC member for Peru; Ahmed Fouly, WTF vice president and African Taekwondo Union president;Choue Chung-won, WTF president; Lee Dai-soon, WTF honorary vice president; Aicha Garad Ali, IOC member for Djibouti; andAthanasios Pragalos, European Taekwondo Union president./ Courtesy of World Taekwondo Federation

May 6, 2016
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S. Korea ranks 54th in FIFA rankings

South Korea has moved up two spots to rank No. 54 in the world, the latest FIFA rankings announced on Friday showed.The May rankings of FIFA showed that the South Korea men's football team is ranked third best in Asia and three notches above their archrival Japan.Iran was the top-ranked country in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) at No. 42 followed by Australia, which stood at No. 50. Rankings for both these teams stood unchanged from April.Among teams that South Korea will compete with in the final Asian qualifying round for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, only Iran has a higher ranking.Meanwhile, Argentina topped the latest FIFA ranking, followed by Belgium and Chile.Colombia, Germany, Spain, Brazil, Portugal, Uruguay and England made the top 10 list for the month.FIFA rankings are based on the average number of points that a team accumulates over a four-year period. The ranking points in each match are determined by its result, its value and the relative strength of the opponent and their confederation. The system also has a yearly basis depreciation for the value of the matches. (

May 6, 2016
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IT'S GOOD FOR YOUR GAME

Different bunkers demand different techniques By T.J. Tomasi One of the things that make the game of golf difficult to learn is the myriad of techniques you have to know in order to play all the shots. A case in point is playing from the sand. Two types of shots are needed from the sand -- one from a fairway bunker and one from a greenside bunker. Fairway bunker Although this is a sand shot, you want to pick this shot cleanly, as opposed to hitting it fat as you would in a greenside bunker, so everything you do is dedicated to picking. Stand a little taller than you normally would at address by narrowing your stance and bending less from your hips. This will make you taller and raise the bottom of your swing arc through impact.Play the ball in the center of your stance -- more insurance against hitting the sand before the ball. Next, work your feet into the sand just enough to give you stability. And don’t forget to choke down a quarter to half an inch on the club to compensate for your lowered feet.For the swing itself, first, you need to keep your spine an

May 4, 2016
IT'S GOOD FOR YOUR GAME
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Two sure-fire ways to hit your ball solidly

By Kim Jeong-kyooYou can hit your ball solidly in many ways. I have selected two tips to help you hit it further and straighter without much effort. 1. Let your weight shift naturally The words “weight shift” can confuse you, pushing you to commit diverse swing faults. You need to let your weight shift naturally as you turn your body properly. Avoid manipulating your weight shift from side to side. That is a serious swing fault you need to avoid if you want to hit your ball solidly.If you forcibly shift your weight to the right during your backswing, you cannot achieve a good body turn. On top of this, you need to slide your body back to hit your ball. To do this, you will usually slide too far forward, only to hit your ball poorly.  That is, sliding your body back and forth excessively to shift your weight, you won’t hit your ball solidly.To hit your ball powerfully, you need to stop swaying off your ball on the backswing. Picture two lines extended straight up from the ground -- one from your ball, the other from your right instep. Swinging your clu

May 4, 2016
Two sure-fire ways to hit your ball solidly
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Bears, Twins to battle on Children's Day

By Baek Byung-yeul It has been a tradition for the LG Twins and Doosan Bears baseball teams to play each other on Children’s Day, every May 5 since 1996.Without exception, the two Seoul-based Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) teams, which share a home park at Jamsil Baseball Stadium in southeastern Seoul, will have their Children’s Day series this year. Except in 1997 and 2002, they have faced each other 18 times and the Bears have been in dominant form with 12 wins.For this year's Children’s Day game, the fourth-place Twins are likely to start their imported pitcher Scoot Copeland while the defending champion Bears may let Michael Bowden take the mound.For Twins manager Yang Sang-moon and Bears manager Kim Tae-hyung, the burden of expectation weighs heavily.“Winning on Children’s Day will also be counted as just one win like other winning games. But when thinking of young fans visiting the baseball park, I would like to present them a win,” Yang told reporters, Tuesday.“There’s something different about the Children’s Day ga

May 4, 2016
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S. Korean sprinter confident of running faster than car

South Korean sprinter Kim Kuk-young said Wednesday he is confident he can run faster than a car if he gets off to a good start in their upcoming 70-meter race.Kim, who holds the national record in the men's 100m at 10.16 seconds, will run against the Avante, a subcompact from South Korean automaker Hyundai Motor Co., at the Korea International Circuit (KIC) in Yeongam, South Jeolla Province, on Thursday. The human-versus-machine event is part of the 2016 Motor and Leisure Sports Festival organized by the Jeonnam Development Corp."It feels a little strange because I heard that this is the first time in South Korea that a man will race against a car," Kim said in a press conference in Seoul. "I agreed to compete in this race because I hope many people will start paying attention to track and field due to this event."In the 70m race, Kim will take on the car driven by Kwon Bom-yi, a three-time Female Driver of the Year by the Korea Automobile Racing Association (KARA). She can keep the car, which will be a 2013 model with 140 horsepower, running with the auto transmission in park, but c

May 4, 2016
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Olympians thank moms for strong support

Gymnast Yang Hak-seok, second from left, taekwondo practitioner Kim So-hee, fourth from left, and fencer Gu Bon-gil, right, pose with their mothers after attaching red carnations to their mothers’ chests during the “Thank You Mom” ad campaign for the 2016 Rio Olympics at the Westin Chosun Hotel Seoul, Tuesday. / YonhapBy Baek Byung-yeulAthletes competing at the Olympics may believe that they have overcome a slew of hardships by themselves. But one thing they should remember is that there has always been great support from their mothers who have backed them all along.“It wouldn’t be possible for me to compete in the Olympics without my mother and father’s support,” Korean gymnastics star Yang Hak-seok said.The London Olympic gold medalist and his mother Ki Suk-hyang have been appointed honorary ambassadors of a “Thank You, Mom” campaign along with taekwondo practitioner Kim So-hee and her mother Park Hyeon-sook, and London Olympic gold medal-winning fencer Gu Bon-gil and his mother Shin Tae-bok.In a bid to support Korean Olympians

May 3, 2016
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Ex-minister named PyeongChang Olympics chief

Cho Yang-ho, head of the PyeongChang Olympics Organizing Committee / YonhapBy Baek Byung-yeulLee Hee-beomFormer Commerce Minister Lee Hee-beom was appointed new head of the PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games (POCOG) Tuesday evening, replacing former chief Cho Yang-ho, who abruptly resigned from the post earlier the same day.“The vacant seat left by Cho will be filled by Lee,” said an official at POCOG. “Lee has a varied professional background, including serving as a commerce minister, a university president and CEO of a large company. With his successful background, we expect him to help POCOG, which is in the final phases of completing Olympic preparations.”Lee served as head of the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy from 2003 to 2006, and after leaving bureaucracy, he worked as the head of the Korea Productivity Center and chancellor of Seoul National University of Science and Technology. Most recently, he served as an advisor for LG International Corp. Cho, who is chairman of Hanjin Group, announ

May 3, 2016
Ex-minister named PyeongChang Olympics chief
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