[OLYMPIC BRONZE-MEDAL GAME] South Korea earned more than a bronze medal when it beat Japan, 2-0, Friday for its first medal ever in men’s soccer. The medalmeant its players will be exempt from military service back home — a huge coup for European-based players like Park Chu Young, whose spectacular goal openedthe scoring in Cardiff and who had been dropped from the full national team for trying to get around from serving by taking out residency in Monaco.
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