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S. Korean football team looking for fresh start with friendly match against Bolivia
The South Korean men's football team will try to get back to winning ways when they face Bolivia on Friday evening. South Korea, 38th in the FIFA rankings, will welcome 60th place Bolivia for a friendly in the southeastern city of Ulsan. It's the Taeguk Warriors first match since they were eliminated f...
2019-03-22 17:34:57 KST -
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Baseball fans in S. Korea looking forward to great 2019 KBO season
With a day left before the start of Korea's professional baseball season, fans are already buzzing with anticipation. They're desperate for their favorite team to stay injury-free and give it their best shot. (KOREAN - ) "Our team's slogan this year is 'One Team Giants.' Just like the slogan suggests, t...
2019-03-22 09:39:57 KST -
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Japanese baseball legend Ichiro Suzuki retires after sparkling 27-year career
Japanese baseball legend Ichiro Suzuki was showered with cheers on Thursday while taking his final bow after a magnificent career that lasted nearly three decades. The 45-year-old received an emotional farewell in a packed Tokyo Dome as he retired following a Major League Baseball game against Oakland Athletics. S...
2019-03-22 07:25:56 KST -
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KBO Media Day and Fan Fest
(STAND-UP) With only 2 days left before the start of Korea's professional baseball season this Saturday, the KBO is holding a Media Day and Fan Fest for baseball fans to meet their heroes and hear what they have to say about the upcoming season. This year's KBO Media Day was held at COEX in south...
2019-03-22 07:24:27 KST -
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S. Korean figure skater Lim Eun-soo currently 5th with personal best score in World Figure Skating Championships short program
South Korean figure skater, Lim Eun-soo, is currently in fifth place after the first stage of the World Championships. At the ISU World Figure Skating Championships in Saitama, Japan on Tuesday, Lim achieved a personal best score of 72-point-9-1 points in the women's singles short program. That puts her in 5th pl...
2019-03-21 09:46:36 KST -
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Koreas formally express interest in co-hosting 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup
The joint hosting of a mega sporting event by the two Koreas could come sooner than imagined as South Korea's football association has formally expressed an interest in co-hosting the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup. FIFA announced Tuesday that they have received a record nine expressions of interest for the top global...
2019-03-20 09:23:43 KST -
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S. Korean vault gymnast Yang Hak-seon wins first gold medal in 6 years
The 'god of vault', South Korean gymnast Yang Hak-seon won gold in his first international tournament in 17 months. Yang took home gold on Sunday at the International Federation of Gymnastics World cup held in Baku, Azerbaijan. He scored an average of 14-point-97 points over two rounds of vaults. His last internati...
2019-03-18 10:01:35 KST -
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South Korea's Park Ha-eun wins first ever gold medal in Special Olympics World Games
South Korea won its first gold medal at the Special Olympics World Games being held in Abu Dhabi on Friday, local time. At the 100-meter race for roller skating, Park Ha-eun - diagnosed with autism - came in first after finishing at a time of 13-point-45 seconds. Park is only 13 years old, the youngest of the 1...
2019-03-16 13:34:12 KST -
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Abu Dhabi hosts the Middle East's first Special Olympics World Games
More than seven-and-a-half-thousand athletes from over one-hundred-90 countries are carrying with them a hunger for inclusion and dignity that burns within us all. The Special Olympics World Games kicked off in Abu Dhabi on Thursday evening,… marking the first time the global event dedicated to people with intell...
2019-03-15 09:28:26 KST -
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South Korea finishes 2nd in 2019 Winter Universiade
South Korea has finished 2nd in the overall rankings in the 29th Winter Universiade which took place in the Russian city of Krasnoyarsk from March 2nd until this Tuesday. A total of 98 South Korean athletes took part in 4 different events taking home a total of 14 medals. South Korea earned 9 medals in short t...
2019-03-13 16:42:35 KST -
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KBO baseball pre-season games start today
Before the upcoming 2019 KBO professional baseball league, the pre-season practice games started on Tuesday and will continue until Wednesday next week. These practice games started at 1 PM local time on Tuesday in 5 stadiums across the country. Each team will play a total of 8 games, and should a game get cance...
2019-03-12 18:03:56 KST -
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Sports Reform Forum launched to tackle misconduct in sporting circles
Sexual violence in the sports community has been a major issue in South Korea after athletes,… including Olympic gold-winning skater Shim Suk-hee spoke out about sexual assaults. And to try to address the issue, the National Assembly has created the Sports Reform Forum. Some 50 political figures, former athletes a...
2019-03-12 12:54:46 KST
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