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    Towering Inferno

    Korean World Cup team’s 6’ 6” striker Kim Shin-wook on fire in K-League  By...

    • Posted March 17, 2014
  • Jeon Myeong-gyu, who resigned at the vice chairman of the national skating body on Monday, had been long suspected of unfairly favoring athletes from the Korea National Sports University to represent the country in international events. (Yonhap)
    Skating body vice head resigns in Sochi fallout

    By Kim Tong-hyung Jeon Myeong-gyu resigned from his post as the vice chairman of...

    • Posted March 17, 2014
  • Yoon Suk-min increased his chance of getting called up with his latest performance.
    Yoon Suk-min to debut against Yankees

    Yoon Suk-min will likely get his first game action for the Baltimore Orioles in...

    • Posted March 13, 2014
  • Ryu Hyun-jin will start the season as the Dodgers' No. 2 starter for the second straight year. (AP)
    Dodgers’ Ryu embraces bigger role

    Rangers’ Choo misses another game due to nagging injuries Orioles’ Yoon faces tough competition after...

    • Posted March 12, 2014
  • Yuna Sang-hwa
    Coke and a smile

    (PHOTO NEWS)  Speed skater Lee Sang-hwa, left, and figure skater Kim Yu-na were named...

    • Posted March 12, 2014
  • Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Ryu Hyun-Jin, from South Korea, delivers against the Oakland Athletics in the fifth inning of a spring exhibition baseball game, Monday, March 10, 2014, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)
    Ryu Hyun-jin gets A’s

    Allows just 1 run over 5 innings in preseason start against Oakland  Dodgers bullpen...

    • Posted March 11, 2014
  • By Jung Min-ho The International Olympic Committee (IOC) admitted that a quote attributed to figure skater Kim Yu-na was fabricated in a news story published on its website during the recent Sochi Olympics. “It was originally written by one of our ‘young reporters’ (young trainee reporters from the Youth Olympic Games), but Kim Yu-na’s agent contacted us to say she felt that the quote was not accurate,” IOC media relations manager Sandrine Tonge told The Korea Times on Monday. “We felt it was better to remove it since this was not integral to the story and we wanted to be accurate.” In the article, Kim, 25, is described as calling Adelina Sotnikova the best skater of the competition at Sochi, where the Russian teenager edged her for the gold in a controversial decision in the women’s individual competition. Kim, the Vancouver gold-medalist, had 219.11 points after the free skate, 5.48 points behind Sotnikova, who became her country’s first female champion ever. The article, which was later re-edited, is titled “Youth Olympic Games inspire Sochi successes” and quoted Kim as saying, “She (Sotnikova)’s a highly technical skater and was very difficult to beat tonight. I saw her in Innsbruck as part of my role as Games ambassador. ... We both battled for gold tonight, but she managed to come out on top. ... She put on a great show.” All That Sports, Kim’s agency, said on Saturday the quotes were fake, noting that the Vancouver gold medalist never made such a comment to any media outlet. The IOC took down the part from the article on Sunday without any reference to an update, adding fuel to the controversy.
    IOC admits misquoting Yuna

    By Jung Min-ho The International Olympic Committee (IOC) admitted that a quote attributed to...

    • Posted March 11, 2014