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Tie adds suspense to football final

The 2009 K-League season and the fate of two clubs now come down to 90 minutes to be played at the Jeonju World Cup Stadium in North Jeolla on Sunday afternoon. Jeonbuk Motors and Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma played to a scoreless draw Wednesday night a…

Dec 04,2009
To play or not to play? The winter conundrum

As I take in basketball games at the height of each winter, I start to entertain the thought of joining a recreational hoops league. You know the line, putting together a group of guys and playing for pride and a chance to stake a claim on a cheap pl…

Dec 04,2009
Tigers cement new deal with Lopez

The Kia Tigers have resigned Aquilino Lopez to a one-year deal, the team announced yesterday. The Gwangju-based club inked an agreement with the 34-year-old starting pitcher valued at $375,000, which includes a base salary of $300,000 and a signing b…

Dec 03,2009
Johnson is KCC’s go-to-guy, and a classic closer

Ivan Johnson of the KCC Egis has been the go-to-guy for his club in the fourth quarter. Johnson - who has the scoring touch, an imposing size and the demeanor to match - has always been a threat to opposing teams. But he has been stepping up his game…

Dec 03,2009
Ireland’s World Cup hopes finally snuffed out

CAPE TOWN - Any slim hopes Ireland still harbored of competing at the 2010 World Cup ended on Tuesday with FIFA saying that there is no way the country can participate as the 33rd team. In a desperate last-ditch bid to salvage a place in this week’s …

Dec 03,2009
Kickin’ it

Noreen Thackrey of the U.S. competes in the senior division at the WTF World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships at the Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex in Cairo, Egypt on Dec. 1. [NEWSIS] …

Dec 03,2009
The K-League title battle: champs versus upstarts

The K-League Championship finals between Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma and Jeonbuk Motors are finally upon us. The first leg of the home and away series will kick off tonight at 7 p.m. in Seongnam, Gyeonggi, and the second leg will take place on Sunday in Je…

Dec 02,2009
The Knights’ curse returns for another year

Baseball fans are well aware of the curse of the Bambino. The Boston Red Sox suffered an 86-year World Series drought after trading Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees. Although not to the same extent, SK Knights fans are pointing to a similar curs…

Dec 01,2009
Pohang’s stellar year ends on a sour note

As good a year as the Pohang Steelers had, team officials and players are certainly not looking forward to the off-season after being eliminated from contention in the K-League Championship on Sunday. The team already won the AFC Champions Leagu…

Dec 01,2009
Korean lifter sets new world record

Jang Mi-ran further cemented her place as a dominating force in the women’s heavyweight class of weight lifting over the weekend. Jang set a new record in the clean and jerk competition en route to winning her fourth consecutive World Weightlifting C…

Nov 30,2009

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