It’s a different LG this year, but it’s not all smiles. The LG Twins swept a three-game weekend series at KIA Champions Field in Gwangju, Korea, from April 26-28. With the win, LG became the first of 10 teams to reach the 30-win mark this season. They remain in sole possession of first place, one […]
South Korean taekwondo legend Jin Ho-joon (21-Suwon City Hall) won his first world title in silver. The Korean athlete won the silver medal in the men’s 68-kilogram final on day one of the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships at the Crystal Hall in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Tuesday (Sept. 30), losing 0-2 to Bradley Sinden (Great Britain). […]
Jessica Coda (USA) has announced that she is taking an indefinite hiatus from the Women’s Professional Golf (LPGA) Tour due to a back injury. “I have had an extremely difficult time over the last year battling a back injury,” the 30-year-old said on her social media accounts Instagram and Twitter on Monday (Sept. 29). “I […]
A rejuvenated Korean women’s volleyball team looks to redeem itself on the international stage. The women’s national team, coached by Cesar Gonzalez, will take on host Turkiye in the first round of the FIVB Volleyball Nations League (VNL) 2023, which kicks off on June 1 at 2 a.m. in Antalya, Turkey. South Korea crashed to […]
Leicester City is on the verge of imploding. Seven years ago, Leicester wrote a ‘myth’. Two seasons after being promoted to the English Premier League (EPL), they completed a fairytale title run. They were crowned champions with 23 wins, 12 draws, and three losses (81 points), finishing 10 points clear of “second-place” Arsenal. Jamie Vardy, […]
Ulsan Hyundai’s defense nucleus Kim Young-kwon, 33, has gone down. Kim Young-kwon, who has played full-time in every game in the K League this season and has led Ulsan to a commanding lead in the league, injured his right hamstring (muscle behind the thigh). He felt something wrong with his hamstring in the first 20 […]
Bae Ji-hwan (24-Pittsburgh Pirates) hit for the cycle for the second straight game, but it wasn’t enough to prevent his team from losing. Bae went 1-for-4 with a double in the sixth spot in the batting order against the San Francisco Giants on Tuesday at Oracle Park in San Francisco, California, USA. Bae followed up […]
Which team will have the last laugh in the season’s second ‘elotracico’ with the lead at stake? The Lotte Giants and LG Twins will play a midweek three-game series at Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul on the 30th. This will be their second clash of the season, following a three-game series at Sajik Baseball Stadium […]
Choi Bo-sung (25-NC Dinos), the “man in the boat,” caught the attention of current Korean Baseball Organization (KBO) president Heo Koo-yeon (72) after playing fantastic defense for the first team in 2021. Now, after a two-year hiatus, he’s been called up again. “It’s been two years since I’ve been called up (to the first team), […]
Maria Sakkari (No. 8-Greece) has been knocked out in the first round of the French Open, the second major tennis tournament of the season (€49.6 million/$70.6 billion in prize money). Sakkari lost 0-2 (6-7<5-7> 5-7) to Karolina Muhova (43rd-ranked Czech Republic) in the women’s singles first round on the first day of competition at Stade […]