South Korean women’s badminton standout Ahn Se-young (21-Samsung Life Insurance) has become the No. 1 women’s singles player in the world after winning her seventh title of the season at the Japan Open. According to the Korea Badminton Federation (KBF), Ahn earned 103,914 World Ranking points, surpassing Japan’s Akane Yamaguchi (101,917) to take the top […]
Women’s professional volleyball team Hyundai E&C defeated Pepper Savings Bank to extend its winning streak to two matches at the 2023 Gumi Dodram Cup Professional Volleyball Tournament (KOVO Cup). Hyundai E&C defeated Pepper Savings Bank 3-0 (25-21 25-16 25-19) in straight sets in the second match of Group B of the tournament at Park Jung-hee […]
For the fifth consecutive game, South Korean striker Hwang Eui-jo played in a preseason match for English professional soccer club Nottingham Forest. Nottingham lost. Nottingham fell 0-1 in a friendly against hosts Eindhoven at the Philips Stadion in Eindhoven, Netherlands, on Aug. 31. After starting the game on the bench, Hwang came on for Chris […]
Chelsea have been crowned the inaugural champions of the English Premier League Summer Series. The Blues defeated Fulham 2-0 at FedEx Field in Maryland, USA, on July 31. Chelsea took a 1-0 lead in the 20th minute on a header from Tiago Siuba before June signing Christopher Nkunku added a 41st-minute goal to secure the […]
The Korean women’s sabre team has won a bronze medal in the team event at the World Championships for the first time in four years. The women’s sabre team of Yoon Ji-soo, Jeon Ha-young (Seoul Metropolitan Government), Jeon Eun-hye (Incheon Jung-gu Office), and Choi Se-bin (Jeonnam-do) finished third behind Hungary and France in the team […]
South Korean judo’s top heavyweight Kim Min-jong (22, Yangpyeong-guncheong) has won the gold medal at the 31st Chengdu Summer World University Games (Universiade), defeating Japan’s top hope Yuta Nakamura (21) in one bout. Kim Min-jong defeated Nakamura in the men’s 100-plus-kilogram final of the judo competition in Chengdu, Sichuan province, China, on Aug. 31 by […]