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Jun 23, 2018 More sports

Rangers’ Choo Shin-soo ties career high with 35-game on-base streak

　Texas Rangers’ South Korean designated hitter Choo Shin-soo has tied his career high by reaching base safely in 35 consecutive games.　Choo went 2-for-4 with his 14th home run of the season against the Minnesota Twins at Target Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Friday (local time). (Yonhap)　Batting leadoff as the designated hitter, Choo launched a two-run shot off Minnesota starter Fernando Romero in the top of the fifth inning, keeping his streak alive and giving the Rangers a 4-0 lead. Choo

S. Korean canoe federation pushing for joint team with N. Korea at Asiad, worlds

The South Korean canoe governing body said Tuesday it has made joint team proposals to North Korea for this year's Asian Games and the dragon boat world championship.The Korea Canoe Federation also said it is in talks with the International Canoe Federation over co-hosting a future dragon boat world championship with the North.The 2018 Asian Games will be held in Jakarta and Palembang in Indonesia from Aug. 18-Sept. 2. The 2018 ICF Dragon Boat World Championship will be in Gainesville, Georgia,

Jun 19, 2018
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Ex-nat'l short track coach interrogated by police for alleged assault of athlete

SUWON -- A former South Korean national short track coach banned for allegedly assaulting an athlete was interrogated by police on Monday.Gyeonggi Nambu Provincial Police Agency in Suwon, some 45 kilometers south of Seoul, called in Cho Jae-beom for interrogation at 10 a.m. Monday, and he was grilled for nearly eight hours. Cho Jae-beom (Yonhap)Police sources said Cho admitted to his charges. Cho refused to answer reporters' questions as he entered the police station and only said he'd cooperate

Jun 18, 2018
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Govt. to professionalize taekwondo, make it more accessible

South Korea announced Friday it will seek to professionalize its traditional martial art of taekwondo and make it more accessible to a wider population.The sports ministry, in conjunction with four taekwondo organizations (World Taekwondo, Korea Taekwondo Association, Kukkiwon and Taekwondo Promotion Foundation), announced strategies and policy goals to develop taekwondo.The ministry said it will look for ways to make taekwondo a professional sport, with financial independence ensured through co

Jun 15, 2018
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S. Korea, N. Korea to form joint judo team for East Asian competition

South Korea and North Korea will form a joint judo team to compete in an upcoming East Asian competition, Seoul's judo governing body said Thursday.The Korea Judo Association said the two sides agreed to field a unified team at the 11th East Asian Judo Championships, although details need to be further discussed. The East Asian Judo Championships will be held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, from Saturday to Sunday, featuring eight nations, including Japan and China.The KJA said the South will send col

Jun 7, 2018
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Olympic speed skating champion faces assault allegations

South Korean Olympic speed skating champion Lee Seung-hoon is facing allegations that he assaulted two teammates on multiple occasions.In announcing the findings of its probe into the Korea Skating Union on Wednesday, the sports ministry said, without naming names, that a skater is believed to have struck two younger teammates during overseas competitions in 2011, 2013 and 2016.Later, speed skating sources said the accused athlete is Lee, a two-time Olympic gold medalist. According to one source

May 23, 2018
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Chung Hyeon skips 2nd straight ATP event with ankle injury

South Korean Chung Hyeon will skip his second straight ATP Tour event with an ankle injury.Chung, ranked 20th in the world, withdrew from the Lyon Open in the French city on Tuesday (local time), a day before he was to face the 75th-ranked Gilles Simon in the round of 16.As the fourth seed, Chung got a bye through the round of 32, and a win over Simon would have sent Chung to the quarterfinals against an unseeded opponent.But the nagging ankle problem has now kept the South Korean out of his sec

May 23, 2018
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[Photo News] Queen Yu-na graces ice once more

Figure skating champion Kim Yu-na made her first appearance in an ice show in four years on Sunday. She performed a special gala program at the “All That Skate 2018” ice show held at Seoul’s Mokdong Ice Rink. The world-class athlete performed to Jonny Greenwood’s “House of Woodcock,” part of the original soundtrack for the 2017 film “Phantom Thread.”No jumps were carried out but Kim mesmerized the audience during the three-minute show. Skating in a flowing white dress dotted with dainty flowers,

May 22, 2018
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LeBroom: James, Cavs sweep Raptors to make conference finals

CLEVELAND -- Once the sweeping was done, LeBron James peeled off his jersey and headed toward the locker room. He stopped on the way to share a moment with his two sons, who held basketballs while patiently waiting to take some shots.James hugged his kids and rubbed their heads. He treated the Toronto Raptors the same way.Child’s play.James ended Toronto’s season for the third straight season with a second consecutive four-game sweep as Cavs advanced to the Eastern Conference finals for the four

May 9, 2018
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S. Korean table tennis teams return home with world bronze medals

INCHEON -- South Korean men's and women's table tennis teams returned home on Tuesday after picking up bronze medals at the world championships in Sweden.Though both teams had podium finishes, the women's side made far more headlines last week at the World Team Table Tennis Championships in Halmstad, Sweden, where the South Koreans teamed up with North Koreans for their first ping pong joint squad in 27 years.The Koreas were set to square off in the quarterfinals last Thursday, but they decided

May 8, 2018
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Seoul sports leader to discuss joint Korean teams with Asian Olympic chief

The head of South Korea's top sports body said Friday he will soon meet with the Asian Olympic chief over joint Korean teams at an upcoming continental multi-sport competition.Lee Kee-heung, president of the Korean Sport & Olympic Committee , said he will sit down with Sheikh Ahmad Al Fahad Al Sabah, president of the Olympic Council of Asia, in Lausanne, Switzerland, on May 13.The topics for discussion will include organizing a joint Korean march at the opening ceremony of the 2018 Asian Games a

May 4, 2018
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Ex-Olympic table tennis champion surprised with formation of joint Korean team

A man who engineered the formation of a unified Korean team at the ongoing table tennis worlds still has to pinch himself.Ryu Seung-min, the 2004 Olympic men's singles table tennis champion, said at a press conference in Halmstad, Sweden, on Thursday (local time) that he never expected the two Koreas to come together during the World Team Table Tennis Championships.Now an International Olympic Committee member and vice president of the Korea Table Tennis Association, Ryu worked behind the scenes

May 4, 2018
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Seoul's table tennis body to begin discussions on joint Korean squad at Asian Games

The South Korean national table tennis federation said Wednesday it will begin discussions on forming a joint team with North Korea at this year's Asian Games.The Korea Table Tennis Association will convene its performance improvement committee meeting in Halmstad, Sweden, sometime this week. The KTTA explained that most of its executives are currently in the Swedish city to attend the World Team Table Tennis Championships. They also participated in Tuesday's International Table Tennis Federatio

May 2, 2018
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Korean canoe body looking to team up with N. Koreans at Asian Games

The South Korean canoe governing body said Monday it will look to team up with North Korea at this year's Asian Games in Indonesia.The Korean Canoe Federation said it will try to form a unified Korean team in the traditional boat race, commonly known as a dragon boat race, which will be one of three canoe disciplines at the Aug. 18-Sept. 2 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia.The federation noted that both Koreas can start from scratch, since they don't have any full-time dragon boat

Apr 30, 2018
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Swimmer Park Tae-hwan returns home from Australian camp for nat'l team trials

Olympic swimming champion Park Tae-hwan returned home from his Australian training camp on Tuesday to compete for a spot on the national team.Park spent the past three months training in Sydney. He's back home for the national trials that start Friday in Gwangju, 330 kilometers south of Seoul.The trials, Park's first competition of the season, will determine who will represent the country at the Aug. 18-Sept. 2 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia.Park is scheduled to enter freestyle

Apr 24, 2018
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