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    Injured defender recovering quickly, available in group stage

    ZAPOPAN, Mexico — On the heels of their opening victory at the ongoing FIFA World Cup, South Korea received some encouraging news on the injury front Friday. Defender Kim Tae-hyeon, dealing with an ankle injury that some feared could keep him out of the group stage, will be available as early as next Thursday for South Korea's second Group A match against Mexico. Kim picked up the injury during a training session Tuesday at Chivas Verde Valle in Zapopan, near Guadalajara, and a national team official told reporters the next day that the left-footed center back may miss the entire group stage -- which ends on June 24 for South Korea. However, Song Jun-seob, the senior team doctor, said Friday that Kim's injury wasn't serious as once feared. "The initial MRI confirmed a ligament tear but the picture wasn't clear enough for us to determine the exact degree," Song said. "We checked his swelling 24 hours later and determined that it was an average sprain. So we told the coaching staff that he should be able to play at the World Cup." Kim is one of just two left-footed center backs on the tea

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    Injured defender recovering quickly, available in group stage
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    Every trial became blessing in disguise: Dad behind Korea’s new World Cup hero

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    Every trial became blessing in disguise: Dad behind Korea’s new World Cup hero
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    Kim Jae-youl re-elected ISU president, term extended through 2030

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    World Cup opener sees Son Heung-min fever sweep Mexico stadium

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    Tigers unable to come to terms with injury replacement player Rodriguez

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IOC officials to visit Korea to monitor 2018 Winter Games preparations

A team of International Olympic Committee (IOC) officials will visit South Korea this week to inspect preparations for the country's first Winter Games in two years' time, the event's organizers said Sunday.The IOC's Coordination Commission for PyeongChang 2018, headed by Gunilla Lindberg, will begin its three-day trip to Gangneung, Gangwon Province, some 230 kilometers east of Seoul, on Monday. It will be the delegation's sixth visit to South Korea.Gangneung, one of the sub-hosts of the 2018 Winter Olympics, lies east of PyeongChang and will stage hockey and skating events during the Olympics.The 11-person Coordination Commission will be joined by Sarah Lewis, secretary general of the International Ski Federation (FIS); some 30 officials from the IOC and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC); and 40 other representatives from PyeongChang's organizing committee, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, and the Korean Olympic Committee.On the first day, the Coordination Commission will have a tour of Olympic venues, media village and athletes' residences in Gangneung. On Tu

Mar 13, 2016
IOC officials to visit Korea to monitor 2018 Winter Games preparations
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Lee-AlphaGo match puts go under spotlight

Students play “go” — “baduk” in Korean — at Lee Se-dol’s baduk academy in Seoul, Thursday, when the second match between Lee and AlphaGo was played. / YonhapBy Baek Byung-yeulThe historic five-game go match between Korean grandmaster Lee Se-dol and Google’s AI program AlphaGo has placed the ancient board game under the spotlight.The game of go, or “baduk” in Korean, had been one of the most popular games in East Asian countries, up until the 21st century when people started seeking entertainment in other mediums such as video games. With the world’s eyes focused on the match between the Google-developed computer program and the world’s top go player, the popularity of the board game is showing signs of bouncing back.Officials at the Korea Baduk Association (KBA) said they have been receiving an increasing number of inquiries recently from parents asking about how their children can become players or where to learn the game.“It is possible that this phenomenon was caused by popular television dramas like Mis

Mar 10, 2016
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Lack of goal power was main problem for women's team

South Korean forward Jung Seol-bin, right, vies for the ball against China in the Asian qualifying tournament for the Olympic Games at Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan, Monday. Korea lost 0-1. / YonhapBy John DuerdenThe win finally came for the South Korean women’s team in the qualification round for the 2016 Olympic Games with a 4-0 victory over Vietnam in Osaka early on Wednesday evening. The team was already out of the running to finish in the top two spots in the six-nation competition and book a place in Rio but it was good to get three points on the board.Had the ladies met Vietnam in the opening game then the outcome could have been different but perhaps not.In the end it was like this: two 1-1 ties with North Korea and Japan, followed by defeats at the hands of Australia and China. This is tough opposition. North Korea has won three Asian titles this century, Japan was 2011 World Champion, 2015 runner-up and 2012 Olympic silver medalist. Australia reached the quarterfinal of the 2015 World Cup as did China who has been the Asian champion no less than eight times.With

Mar 10, 2016
Lack of goal power was main problem for women's team
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IT'S GOOD FOR YOUR GAME

Spine and shoulder angles are victims of bad backI saw a bumper sticker the other day that read, "Miss Me Yet? Tiger." I thought, yes, I do miss Tiger, but I don't think he'll ever be dominant again because his body has let him down.As most people who follow golf are aware, Tiger Woods has had three back surgeries and a host of other problems. Some say it's painful for him to even sit down, so it's understandable that it's hard to keep the correct spine angle through impact ― a key to playing good golf.It starts with the shoulder angle at address. The rule of thumb is that your front shoulder should be higher than your back shoulder by the same amount that your top hand is higher than your bottom hand on the club. Then, by simply rotating your spine during the backswing, your target shoulder moves lower and your trail shoulder higher.During the downswing, it is just the reverse: As you come down, your shoulders retrace their steps on essentially the same arc they took on the backswing. Any change in the spine incline before impact changes the arc of the shoulders, thereby dislod

Mar 9, 2016
IT'S GOOD FOR YOUR GAME
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Twins' Park Byung-ho homers for 2nd consecutive game

Minnesota Twins’ Park Byung-ho, left, celebrates with on-deck batter Eduardo Nunez after his home run off Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher Gavin Floyd during the second inning of a spring training baseball game in Dunedin, Fla., Tuesay. / AP-YonhapBy Baek Byung-yeulFollowing Park Byung-ho of the Minnesota Twins posting his first home run ― a grand slam ― Monday (KST), the Korean slugger pounded another long ball in his second straight game, Wednesday.At the Florida Auto Exchange Stadium in Dunedin, Park batted fifth and hit a solo shot off of the Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher Gavin Floyd in the second inning, driving a 92 mile-per-hour fastball over the left center field wall. Park was replaced by Alex Swim in the sixth after being struck out in the fifth. The Twins beat the Blue Jays 9-3.Park said he seems to be adjusting to major league pitching.“The thing I try to work on the most is my timing when it comes to batting,” Park told the Minnesota local The Star Tribune newspaper after the game. “It feels like it is better, like it is starting

Mar 9, 2016
Twins' Park Byung-ho homers for 2nd consecutive game
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Let your left thumb sit under your club handle at the top

By Kim Jeong-kyooYou need to rotate your forearms or roll your hands when making contact with the ball as you simultaneously turn your body. This will ensure you will hit your ball far and straight to the best of your abilities. Your forearm rotation, coupled with turning your body, helps you square your clubface as your club catches your ball, which also helps you stop lurching toward the target, letting you correctly stay behind your ball through contact.To rotate your right forearm over your left forearm though contact, you need to let your forearms roll on the backswing. That will allow your forearms to rotate naturally as a reflex when you hit your ball. Rotating your forearms too much on your backswing, you will rotate them equally too much through your shot. Rotating your forearms just a little, you will rotate them equally just a little on the downswing.Put differently, if you don’t rotate your forearms on the backswing, you will incur slices unless you rotate your forearms aggressively before you hit your shot. Similarly, when you rotate your forearms excessively on th

Mar 9, 2016
Let your left thumb sit under your club handle at the top
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Mariners' Lee Dae-ho blasts 1st homer

Seattle Mariners’ Lee Dae-ho takes batting practice during his team’s spring training in Ariz., Feb. 23. Lee hit his first home run during a preseason game against the Arizona Diamondbacks in Peoria, Ariz., Tuesday(KST). / YonhapBy Baek Byung-yeulSeattle Mariners Lee Dae-ho hit his first home run of spring training Tuesday (KST).At Peoria Stadium in Ariz., the Korean slugger smashed a powerful solo home run in the bottom of the eighth inning off the Arizona Diamondbacks reliever Matt Reynolds. With a count of one ball and two strikes, he drove an 85 mile-per-hour fastball high over the left field fence. He hit the home run in his third appearance and in his fourth trip to the plate of spring training.Lee also had his first opportunity to play as a first baseman. The 33-year-old replaced Adam Lind in the beginning of the sixth inning and took Lind’s fifth spot in the order.Lee, however, hit into a double play in the ninth with first and second bases loaded.  The Mariners lost to the Diamondbacks 8-10.Texas Rangers’ Choo Shin-soo celebrates his run sco

Mar 8, 2016
Mariners' Lee Dae-ho blasts 1st homer
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Tennis star Sharapova tests positive to drug

Maria Sharapova / AP-YonhapBy Ko Dong-hwan Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova has failed a drug test and faces a penalty from the International Tennis Federation.The five-time Grand Slam champion and former world No. 1 tested positive to Meldonium, a drug she said she had been taking since 2006, according to AFP. The World Anti-Doping Agency only added the drug to the banned list this year.The ITF reportedly confirmed that Sharapova had tested positive on Jan. 26, during the Australian Open, and had accepted the finding when notified on Mar. 2. The ITF said she will be provisionally suspended from Mar. 12, pending a final ruling.Sharapova said at a press conference at a hotel in Los Angeles, Monday, she had “made a huge mistake” and had “let her fans and her sport down.”“I know that with this I face consequences and I don't want to end my career this way ― and I really hope I will be given another chance to play this game,” she said.Shamil Tarpishchev, head of the Russian Tennis Federation, reportedly said he believed Sharapova would still ha

Mar 8, 2016
Tennis star Sharapova tests positive to drug
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China ends S. Korea's Olympic dream

South Korean Olympic women’s football team members look dejected as they leave the pitch after their 0-1 loss to China in Asian qualifying tournament at Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan, Monday. / YonhapBy John DuerdenThe South Korean women’s football team failed to advance to the 2016 Rio Olympics football tournament after their defeat by China in Osaka, Monday afternoon.During the four games of the qualification tournament in Japan, South Korea has lost two and tied two. After the six teams play each other once, the two with the highest points will go to the Olympics.Following successive 1-1 ties with North Korea and then Japan, South Korea’s 2-0 loss to Australia meant that anything less than a victory against China would end any chance of playing at Rio.In truth, even a win would probably not have been enough but would likely have kept the national team’s hope for Rio alive in its final game against Vietnam, Wednesday, the only game in the group that Korea is strongly expected to win.Korea got off to a good start with Jung Seol-bin forcing a good save out of

Mar 7, 2016
China ends S. Korea's Olympic dream
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Taekwondo to be featured at Parapan American Games

Taekwondo will be featured at the upcoming Parapan American Games for the first time, according to the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF), Monday.The Taekwondo governing body said International Paralympics Committee and Americas Paralympic Committee notified it that they decided to feature the sport in the Lima 2019 Parapan American Games after a two day meeting on Feb. 29 and March 1 in Lima.With a total of 17 sports, including para-taekwondo, the event will be the largest ever Parapan American Games. “It is a huge honor to have been included in the Parapan American Games for the first time. At the World Taekwondo Federation, we have always been committed to making taekwondo a sport for all. Inclusion in the Parapan American Games reflects the progress we have made and will also allow us to engage with more people in the Pan American region than ever before,” WTF President Choue Chung-won said in a statement.The WTF has been making great efforts to feature the sport on the Paralympic Games program since 2006. The decision this time followed the inclusion of the sport

Mar 7, 2016
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