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KBO sets a new target of 6 million fans for 2011 season

BaseballApr 5, 2011

The new baseball season began with good momentum over the weekend with completely full stadiums in its opening games. The Korea Baseball Organization drew a record 5.92 million spectators last season, and this year, marking the 30th anniversary of the league’s launch, it has set a new target of 6 million fans. The start was good. In Jamsil, where the Doosan Bears squared off with their Seoul rival
Man City, Fulham ease to wins

SoccerApr 4, 2011

LONDON (AP) ― Manchester City thrashed Sunderland 5-0 to strengthen its chances of a top-four finish in the Premier League, and Fulham eased its relegation fears with a convincing 3-0 win over Blackpool on Sunday.City had five different scorers in Adam Johnson, Carlos Tevez, David Silva, Patrick Vieira and Yaya Toure as the rampant hosts threw off the shackles to move into third place in the table
Korean teams set for group matches

More sportsApr 4, 2011

There will be no rest for the weary in Asian football this week, as four clubs from South Korea’s K-League will be back in action in the ongoing Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Champions League, just days after their regular-season games.The third group matches for the K-League clubs will have a decidedly Japanese flavor. On Tuesday, Jeju United of Group E will host Gamba Osaka of Japan’s J-Lea
Soccer official to seek Korea support

SoccerApr 4, 2011

The top Asian soccer official in the running for the FIFA presidency will visit Seoul this week to seek South Korean support for his race, football officials here said Monday.Mohammed Bin Hammam, president of the Asian Football Confederation, will arrive in Seoul later Monday and hold meetings with top South Korean football figures on Tuesday. Mohammed Bin HammamOfficials here said Bin Hammam, a Q
Mickelson wins Masters tuneup in Houston

GolfApr 4, 2011

HUMBLE, Texas (AP) ― Phil Mickelson feels pretty confident about his game heading into the Masters.The defending champion at Augusta outdueled Scott Verplank on Sunday to win the Houston Open by three shots, his first victory since earning his third green jacket last April.And it comes with a notable distinction.The win moved Mickelson’s world ranking to No. 3, while Tiger Woods dropped to No. 7.
Rooney hat trick inspires Man United comeback

SoccerApr 3, 2011

Sporting Gijon surprise Real Madrid 1-0LONDON (AP) ― Wayne Rooney’s hat trick kept Manchester United on track to win the English Premier League with a 4-2 comeback victory over West Ham on Saturday, while the title hopes of Arsenal and defending champion Chelsea were hurt by draws.Second-place Arsenal drew 0-0 with visiting Blackburn and Chelsea, in third, needed a 33rd-minute header by Didier Dro
Butler storms into title game

More sportsApr 3, 2011

HOUSTON (AP) ― The lovable underdog label is long gone. Now Butler is determined to drop that “first loser” tag, too.Shelvin Mack scored 24 points and Zach Hahn came up big off the bench, ending the warm-and-fuzzy story of this year’s tournament with a 70-62 victory over VCU in the Final Four on Saturday night. The victory sends Butler to the national title game for a second straight year and mark
Federer into semis, Sharapova in final

More sportsApr 1, 2011

World No. 1 Nadal sets up showdown with FedererMIAMI (AFP) ― World tennis No. 1 Rafael Nadal will square off against Swiss rival Roger Federer in a rare semi-final showdown Friday that will be their first match on American soil in six years.Spain’s Nadal reached the last four at the $9 million WTA and ATP Masters tournament on Thursday by beating Czech Tomas Berdych 6-2, 3-6, 6-3.Third seed Federer barely broke a sweat as his quarter-final match was called off after just 10 minutes when Frenchma
Biggest club football trophy comes to Seoul

SoccerApr 1, 2011

The UEFA Champions League trophy, the biggest prize in club football, is coming to Korea to be displayed in Seoul next week as a part of its tour in Asia. The Champions League is the most prestigious club competition in the world, featuring the best football players in the world. The trophy is coveted by many of Europe’s top players. Football stars including Zinedine Zidane, David Beckham and Lion
Lee Sang-min linked with Thunders’ manager job

More sportsApr 1, 2011

Former national team guard Lee Sang-min has been linked to the manager’s role at the Korean Basketball League’s Samsung Thunders, after Ahn Joon-ho resigned from his post on Thursday.The 55-year-old had guided the Thunders since 2004, leading the Seoul-based team to the KBL playoffs for the seventh straight year. Ahn decided to step down after the team was eliminated in the first round of the play
‘Bonds’ trainer gave me HGH’

More sportsMar 31, 2011

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ― As prosecutors moved closer to finishing their case against Barry Bonds, former major league infielder Randy Velarde described meeting the slugger’s personal trainer outside spring training ballparks for injections of human growth hormone.Velarde said he sought out Greg Anderson because of his link to Bonds, and they met “in various parking lots.”“I can’t remember each,” Velar
Tseng returns to defend Kraft Nabisco title

GolfMar 31, 2011

RANCHO MIRAGE, California (AP) ― Yani Tseng got a good laugh when she walked past the pond where she celebrated her Kraft Nabisco Championship victory last year by leaping into the water ― and then remembering she doesn’t know how to swim.Tseng survived that traditional plunge and swam all the way to the world No. 1 ranking after winning the LPGA Tour’s first major of the year at Mission Hills in
NCsoft launches new KBO team

More sportsMar 31, 2011

After months of preparation, NCsoft, a South Korean online game company, launched a new professional baseball team on Thursday.At the Changwon Convention Center here, about 400 kilometers southeast of Seoul, NCsoft celebrated the first expansion in the Korea Baseball Organization since 1991.You Young-koo, commissioner of the KBO, said, “A new history has been written” in South Korean baseball.“Dur
KCC, Dongbu advance ...to KBL semifinals

More sportsMar 31, 2011

The basketball season is reaching its climax here, with the final four teams in the top-division league getting ready for semifinals next week. KCC Egis reached the semifinals of the 2009-2010 Korean Basketball League playoffs for the fourth straight year by defeating Samsung Thunders on Wednesday night. The Jeonju-based team took a third straight win in a best-of-five playoff against the Seoul-ba
Kim Yu-na vowing to bear down

More sportsMar 31, 2011

With her American coach having joined her here, South Korean figure skater Kim Yu-na said Thursday that she will train even harder for a big competition ahead.Peter Oppegard, Kim‘s coach, flew in from Los Angeles earlier in the day to join his prized pupil in preparations for the 2011 World Figure Skating Championships in Moscow next month. The duo opened their practice for about 10 minutes to the