South Korean taekwondo star Jang Joon (23-Korea Gas Corporation) advanced to the final with a second-round upset victory in the semifinals. Jang advanced to the final with a 2-0 (7-5 14-12) round robin victory over Afghanistan's Mohsen Rezadi in the men's 58kg quarterfinals of the taekwondo competition at the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games on Friday afternoon at the Lin'an Sports and Cultural Exhibition Center in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China....
Manchester City saw their six-game unbeaten run come to an end with a 2-0 home win over Nottingham Forest in the sixth round of the 2023-2024 English Premier League at the Etihad Stadium on Wednesday (local time). But Pep Guardiola couldn't smile. Rather, he was fuming. That's because his team's defensive midfielder Rodriguez was shown a red card and sent off for violent behavior, including grabbing opposing right midfielder Morgan Gibbs-White...
The Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games kicked off on Wednesday, and the medal race will begin in earnest on Thursday. With a record-breaking 1,140 athletes competing in 39 events, South Korea has set its sights on winning more than 50 gold medals and finishing third overall. The Koreans are hoping for a flurry of "golden days" starting on the 24th, the day after the opening ceremony. The first gold medal for the Koreans is likely to come in the modern...
"He's probably the best pitcher on the team right now." (Doosan Bears manager Lee Seung-yeop) After a slow start to the season, he struggled for a while, but in the fall, he became an integral part of his team's mound. This is the story of Lee Young-ha (26) of the Doosan Bears. Lee took the mound as Doosan's second pitcher in the bottom of the sixth inning with the bases loaded and the game tied 0-0 in the 2023 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League...
South Korean men's swimming standout Hwang Sun-woo (20, Gangwon Provincial Office) will begin his quest for a triple gold medal at the Hangzhou Asian Games on Thursday. He will need to overcome China's Pan Zhan-li in the men's 100-meter freestyle to make a strong push for the 'golden wave'. The Korean swimmers arrived in Final China through Hangzhou Xiaishan International Airport on Nov. 21. On the afternoon of the 22nd, the team began...
The Lim Do Heon has been sunk. It set sail ambitiously to conquer the Asian podium after 21 years, but the result was a 'no-medal' after 61 years. South Korea, ranked 27th by the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB), lost 0-3 (19-25 22-25 21-25) in straight sets against 51st-ranked Pakistan in the men's volleyball quarterfinal match of the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games at the China Textile City Sports Center Gymnasium in Shaoxing, Zhejiang,...
Tottenham Hotspur has sacked chief scout Leonardo Gabagnini, 43, who joined the club last July. The club is embarking on a major reorganization. "Tottenham has fired Italian chief scout Gabagnini," British media outlet TalkSPORT reported on July 22, saying, "Gabagnini joined Spurs in July last year at the behest of former manager Fabio Paratici, but left North London after one year and two months." Gabanini was a key figure in Tottenham's squad...
The first through third picks in the 2023 draft were virtually set in stone. The concern was with the later picks. A surprise pick could come at any time. Immediately, the fourth pick caught everyone off guard. Samsung head coach Eun Hee-seok called out the name of Jo Jun-hee (Cerritos College). Jo has a different story than most draft participants. He moved to Canada in elementary school and was recruited by a local coach to play...
A poor performance from Kaoru Mitoma and others saw Brighton & Hove Albion lose their first European competition in the club's 122-year history. The Seagulls fell 2-3 in the first leg of their 2023/24 UEFA Europa League Group B match against AEK Athens at the American Express Community Stadium in Brighton, England, on Tuesday (Sept. 22). Brighton, who finished sixth in the Premier League last season, qualified for the Europa League...
For Samsung Lions outfielder Kim Sung-yoon, 24, 2023 will be a year to remember in his baseball career. The Korea Baseball Softball Association (KBSA) Performance Enhancement Committee and the KBO Power Enhancement Committee on Nov. 21 confirmed the replacement of two of the 24 members of the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games baseball team who are injured or recovering from injury but are deemed unable to perform at full capacity during the Games. One...