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K League contenders looking to create two-horse race for 3rd straight year

SoccerApr 9, 2021

They've dominated South Korean club football for the past two years. And Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors, the K League 1 champions in both seasons, and Ulsan Hyundai FC, runners-up both times, are trying to t...
Choo Shin-soo belts 1st homer in KBO

BaseballApr 8, 2021

After hitting 218 home runs over 16 years in the majors, Choo Shin-soo has now homered for the first time in South Korea. The new outfielders for the SSG Landers launched a solo home run off Hanwha ...
Women's football coach says Olympic dream not over yet despite loss to China

SoccerApr 8, 2021

One loss, however crushing it may be, won't end South Korea's dream of playing in the women's football tournament at this year's Tokyo Olympics, head coach Colin Bell said Thursday. Bell's charges l...
DWG Kia and Gen.G Esports to battle for LCK Spring title

More sportsApr 7, 2021

All eyes are on DWG Kia and Gen.G Esports as the two head to the 2021 LCK Spring Finals on Saturday to play for the spring title and a chance to play at the Mid-Season Invitational in May. During th...
Esports experts discuss the future of esports in Korea

More sportsApr 6, 2021

LCK plans to expand overseas in latter half of year
Jeonbuk remain undefeated in K League after winning rival match

SoccerApr 5, 2021

Seven matches into the 2021 K League 1 season, Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors are the only undefeated club. Jeonbuk defeated Suwon Samsung Bluewings 3-1 on Saturday, a match contested against the backdrop o...
Tottenham's Son Heung-min held off score sheet in return from injury

SoccerApr 5, 2021

Tottenham Hotspur's Son Heung-min has returned from a hamstring injury, playing the first half of a 2-2 draw against Newcastle United in Premier League action on the weekend. Son didn't record a sho...
Padres' Kim Ha-seong collects 1st MLB hit, RBI

BaseballApr 4, 2021

It was a day of firsts for the San Diego Padres' South Korean infielder Kim Ha-seong. In his first major league start against the Arizona Diamondbacks in San Diego on Saturday (local time), Kim also...
Opening Day excitement tempered by injuries for KBO managers

BaseballApr 3, 2021

Samsung Lions' skipper Huh Sam-young is managing his second Opening Day in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) on Saturday, but it feels like the first one to him. In 2020, the coronavirus pandemi...
Choo Shin-soo's KBO debut rained out

BaseballApr 3, 2021

Choo Shin-soo has waited his whole life to make his debut in South Korean professional baseball. So what's another day? Choo, the 38-year-old former major leaguer now with the South Korean club SSG ...
KBO players looking to test themselves against Choo Shin-soo

BaseballApr 2, 2021

To a man, South Korean baseball players who had previously only seen Choo Shin-soo in action in the majors say they're honored to now be in the same league with the veteran. Following 16 years in th...
Clubs caught up in signing controversy set for clash as K League season resumes

SoccerApr 1, 2021

Two rival clubs at odds over a disputed player acquisition will square off in the K League 1 as the season resumes over the weekend following a brief international break. Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors, cur...
Blue Jays' Ryu Hyun-jin looks at big picture ahead of Opening Day start

BaseballApr 1, 2021

As he prepares to make his third straight Opening Day start this week, Toronto Blue Jays' left-hander Ryu Hyun-jin has adopted big picture thinking. The South Korean ace will be on the mound at Yank...
Choo Shin-soo headlines KBO players to watch in 2021

BaseballApr 1, 2021

Perhaps no player has generated quite as much buzz ahead of a South Korean baseball season as Choo Shin-soo has this spring for the SSG Landers. He isn't the first ex-major leaguer from the country ...
Dinos chase 2nd straight title as KBO opens 2nd season during pandemic

BaseballApr 1, 2021

In a season unlike any other in South Korean baseball history in 2020, the year of the coronavirus pandemic, the NC Dinos emerged as the first-time champions. While the rest of the Korea Baseball Or...