KBO tops 8 million fans for the first time in five years
The 2023 KBO League, which is still battling to the finish line, has reached 8 million fans in the pennant race for the first time in five years. With two…
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Park Sang-hyun wins Genesis Championship…KPGA’s first career prize money of 5 billion won
Korean Professional Golf (KPGA) Korean Tour veteran Park Sang-hyun, 40, became the first Korean Tour player to earn 5 billion won in career earnings by winning the Genesis Championship, the tour’s largest prize fund (1.5 billion won in total).
KOREA’S FIRST-EVER MVP’S ARE ‘TRIPLE GOLD’ SWIMMER KIM WOO-MIN AND ARCHER LEE IM-HYUN
Kim Woo-min (swimming, Gangwon Provincial Government) and Lim Im-hyun (archery, Korea Gymnastics) were named the most outstanding Korean athletes of the 16-day Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games. The triple gold medalists were also honored as the first Korean athletes to be named the Asian Games Most Valuable Player (MVP).Kim Woo-min and Lim Tem-hyun were named the…
PEGULA-OSTAPENKO-KENIN KORYO OPEN TENNIS BEGINS DAY 9
The Hana Bank Korea Open 2023, the only Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) Tour event in Korea, kicks off today at the Olympic Park Tennis Center in Songpa-gu, Seoul. Top-seeded Jessica Pegula (No. 4-USA) will be joined by Jelena Ostapenko (No. 17-LAT) and Sofia Kenin (No. 31-USA).Pegula is in the midst of a career-best No. 3…
CHAIRMAN LEE KI-HEUNG “ACCURATELY ANALYZED THE RESULTS OF THE TOURNAMENT BY FORMING A TF TO STRENGTHEN INTERNATIONAL WORK”
Immediately after the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games, Korean Olympic Committee (KOC) President Lee Kee-heung announced that the organization will form a task force (TF) to closely analyze the results of the Games and strengthen its international business capabilities to hasten preparations for the Paris 2024 Olympics, which are nine months away. The KOC held a…
CAPTAIN’ BAEK SEUNG-HO LAUGHS WITH TEAMMATES AT THE END OF THE ASIAN GAMES “GROWING AS A PERSON”
Midfielder Baek Seung-ho (26, North Korea), a member of the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games men’s soccer team, has experienced the “sweet and bitter” of life in a short period of time at the Games. Selected as one of three “wildcard” spots in the U-24 squad for the tournament, Baek was also named captain and served…
Concerned Hwang pops the lid, wins 7 fights for first time in 9 years, ‘perfect gold medal’
There was certainly cause for concern, but when the lid was lifted, it was perfect. The South Korean men’s national football team, led by Hwang Sun-hong, came from behind to win the men’s football gold medal at the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games with a 2-1 victory over Japan on Sunday (July 7) at the Huanglong…
Japan’s 19-year-old Uchino, who gave Korea the early lead, “I’m upset to lose”
“It’s frustrating.” These were the words of Kotaro Uchino (19), a frontline player who had to watch his team lose against South Korea. The South Korean Asian Games football team, led by Hwang Sun-hong, won the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games final against Japan 2-1 behind goals from Chung Woo-young and Cho Young-wook at the Huanglong…
‘Answering criticism with gold’ is the inspiring story of Sun Hong-ho Huang
With a question mark over his head, coach Hwang Sun-hong answered with a gold medal. Hwang Sun-hong’s U24 team came from behind to win the men’s football final against Japan 2-1 at the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games at the Huanglong Sports Center Stadium in Hangzhou, China on Sunday (July 7). The victory marks the third…
South Korean men’s soccer wins first-ever AG triple…Incheon, Jakarta, then Hangzhou
South Korean men’s soccer has won three consecutive titles for the first time in Asian Games history. Head coach Hwang Sun-hong’s men’s team conceded an early goal to Japan in the men’s football final at the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games, but overcame a late equalizer from Jung Woo-young (Stuttgart) and a late winner from Cho…