Month: October 2023

Baek Seung-ho ‘tears up’ over gold medal, sheds captaincy ‘burden’ and hugs coach Hwang Sun-hong to end happily ever after

The Korean men’s football team, led by head coach Hwang Sun-hong, defeated Japan 2-1 in the men’s football final at the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games on Sunday at the Huanglong Sports Center in Hangzhou, China. Hwang won his third consecutive gold medal at the Games. Huang, who had remained “calm and collected” throughout the tournament, …

Hong Kong Media Reports Controversy over Kim Ga-eun’s

eun Hong Kong newspaper South China Morning Post heavily reported on the conflict between Korean and Chinese athletes during the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games. Today (7th) South China Morning Post highlighted the controversy over Kim Ga-eun’s (Samsung Life Insurance) victory ceremony in the women’s badminton team event. At that time, after China’s He Bingjiao lost …

Cheers for South Korea’s goal…”Uzbekistan” shouts Chinese crowd

Predictions of “off-the-field aggression” from the Chinese crowd went spectacularly awry as hosts China fell. Chinese fans filled the stadium for the men’s football quarterfinal match between South Korea and Uzbekistan at the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games on Thursday at Huanglong Sports Center in Hangzhou, China. Unlike the China game, where the press box was …

Backtackle is basic, elbow to the gut…Hwang injured by tough Uzbek

South Korean soccer’s bid for a third consecutive Asian Games title was bittersweet as they defeated Uzbekistan to advance to the final of the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games. Head coach Hwang Sun-hong’s men’s football team defeated Uzbekistan 2-1 in the men’s competition football semifinals at the Huanglong Sports Center Stadium in Hangzhou, China, on Thursday …

For the first time ever, the World Cup will be held in six countries on three continents

The host of the 2030 Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cup has been chosen. “The FIFA Council unanimously agreed that Morocco, Portugal and Spain are the only candidates to host the 2030 tournament,” FIFA announced on its official website on Friday. That’s not all. Uruguay, Argentina, and Paraguay will also host matches. “It …