Asian Games hosts China fell short against Sun Honghao Huang. Rough play and 50,000 home fans couldn’t overcome the talent gap. The South Korean U-24 team, led by Hwang Sun-hong, defeated China 2-0 in the quarterfinals of the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games at 8 p.m. on Aug. 1 to advance to the semifinals. South Korea…
“We can’t play like this. We need to wake up.” These are the words of South Korea’s women’s volleyball team outside hitter Kang So-hui (GS Caltex). Kang scored 19 points, including four service aces, to lead South Korea to a 3-0 (25-21, 25-14, 25-11) victory over Nepal in their Group C match at the Hangzhou…
World No. 1 women’s doubles team Shin Yoo-bin and Jeon Jeon-hee moved one step closer to their first Asian Games gold medal in 21 years with a win over Japan, making South Korea’s bid for the title even more intriguing with North Korea in the final. Shin Yoo-bin and Jeon Jeon-hee defeated Japan’s Harimoto Miwa…
He’s returning to Serie A, where he played in his prime. Italian side AC Monza announced the signing of Alejandro Papu Gomes, 35, on its official website on Tuesday (July 30). The deal is for one year and is a free agent signing with no transfer fee. Gomes was once one of Serie A’s best…
South Korean women’s table tennis sensation Shin Yoo-bin secured her third medal in her first Asian Games appearance. She reached the semifinals of the women’s singles event and will face China’s world No. 1 Sun Yingxia in the final. World No. 8 Xin Yubin defeated world No. 48 Chen Zhiyue 4-1 (6-11 11-9 11-7 11-7…
As Lee Kang-in, who plays for French giants Paris Saint-Germain (PSG), joins Hwang Sun-hong for the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games, the British media has highlighted his story of joining the U-24 national team during the season. It’s a story about an even bigger prize than a gold medal: a special exemption from military service. Lee…
Kim Kwan-woo, 44, the “Indomitable Fighter,” cried. It was a text from his mother, who scolded him for going to the arcade as a child. Kim brought up his mother at the medalists’ press conference at the Diplomatic Lounge of the Korean Sports Federation in a Hangzhou hotel on Monday. “My mom doesn’t know about…
“I got goosebumps too. I thought, ‘Is this it? Is it really over?” That’s how Doosan Bears outfielder Cho Su-hyun, 30, described his first career game-winning hit eight years after making his professional debut. Cho stepped to the plate with the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth inning of a 3-3 tie against…
The final start of the regular season for “Korean Monster” Ryu Hyun-jin (36, Toronto Blue Jays) has been pushed back a day. “Toronto manager John Schneider has changed his starting pitcher in an effort to quickly clinch a postseason berth,” Canadian media outlet Sportsnet reported on Monday (Sept. 29). Ryu Hyun-jin, who was originally scheduled…
Kia Tigers and Doosan Bears, who are in a tight five-way race for the Hero Ticket, had a laugh. The 10th-ranked Kiwoom Heroes have a long way to go, and they’ve got the ankles of the busy 5th-ranked SSG Landers in their sights. Kiwoom defeated SSG 4-2 in their regular-season home game of the 2023…