A 15th consecutive VNL defeat is in the bag. The Korea Women’s National Team, coached by Cesar Hernández González, fell to the United States 0-3 (16-25, 25-27, 11-25) in their third match of the FIVB Volleyball Nations League 2023 Week 1 in Antalya, Turkey, on 3 March. With the loss, Korea also went 0-3 against…
Dino (29) did not end up becoming Valentinos (33). With the departure of one of their frontline strikers, Gangwon FC will have to rely on the synergy of Lee Jung-hyeop (32), Yang Hyun-joon (21), and Kim Dae-won (26). Gangwon FC announced the news of Dino’s contract termination on the club’s official social media on January…
As a manager, I gave him a chance”. LG Twins manager Yoon Kyung-yeop sent a “warning” message to starting pitcher Kim Yoon-sik, who has been showing major ups and downs. Before the game against the NC Dinos in the 2023 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on Feb. 2, Yeom advised Kim…
◀ Anchor ▶ She’s a living legend in Korean women’s volleyball. This year, the 43-year-old is preparing for a new season with her hometown team GS Caltex. She says she wants to be a ‘toxic big sister’. Park Jae-woong reports. ◀ Report ▶ Chung Dae-young returned to her hometown team after nine years. She is…
South Korean men’s high jumper Woo Sang-hyuk, the “Smile Jumper,” has won a silver medal in the men’s high jump at the World Athletics Federation Rome-Florence 2023 Diamond League. Woo Sang-hyuk competed in the men’s high jump at the World Athletics Federation (WA) Diamond League Rome-Finland 2023 at the Luigi Ridolfi Stadium in Florence, Italy,…
“Am I the only one struggling?” Doosan Bears head coach Lee Seung-yeop is having a rough start to his coaching career. Since his first year in charge, he’s been plagued by player incidents and accidents. He has already bowed his head to say “I’m sorry” on behalf of his players many times. It is difficult…
At the 2023 U-20 World Cup, the South Korean national under-20 soccer team became the first team in history to reach the quarterfinals of two consecutive tournaments (2019-2023). To add to that fact, South Korea is also the only Asian nation to reach the quarterfinals of two consecutive tournaments. The South Korean U-20 team, led…
Japanese professional baseball player Munetaka Murakami (Yakult Swallows) has hit his 10th home run of the season. This is his 50th home run of the season. At his current home run pace, he’s on pace to hit half of the record for most home runs by a Japanese player in a season (56) set last…
“Let’s erase May’s plus 10. We will spend the month of June with the mindset of starting over with a zero win-loss margin.” LG coach Yeom Kyung-yup sets themes and goals for each month. In April, the theme was a bold early rush. Considering the impact of April’s performance on the entire season, the plan…
Kim Eun-jung-ho scored the game-winning goal to send South Korea to the quarterfinals, and it was 6-foot-2 center back Choi Seok-hyun (Dankook University, Korea). Choi scored his first goal of the tournament against Ecuador in the round of 16 of the FIFA U-20 World Cup 2023 at the Santiago del Estero Stadium in Santiago, Argentina,…