“Grandson of the Wind” Lee Jung-hoo, 26, left the Kiwoom Heroes last month to sign a massive six-year, $113 million contract with the San Francisco Giants. It’s the largest contract ever signed by a player from the Korean Baseball Organization (KBO) to make the jump to Major League Baseball (MLB), and the guaranteed money alone
South Korea’s Lee Kang-in (Paris Saint-Germain) proved his golden left foot at the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup, leading his team to victory. At the same time, he has been a key player since joining the Klinsmanns, scoring 14 of the team’s 22 goals. South Korea defeated Bahrain 3-1 on Friday (June 15) at
The ‘Dream Program’ hosted by the 2018 Pyeongchang Memorial Foundation and sponsored by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and Gangwon Special Self-Governing Province closed on the 14th with 134 participants from 32 countries. The Pyeongchang Memorial Foundation is supporting the performance of 14 athletes from 6 countries who will participate in the 2024
Professional volleyball is entering the last-minute fireworks race of the fourth round ahead of the sweet 10-day All-Star break Professional volleyball for the 2023-2024 season will temporarily close from the 20th to the 29th to take a breather .The All-Star Game will be held at Samsan World Gymnasium in Incheon on the 27th.The 4th round
Infielder Seo Geon-chang (34), an unlucky free agent (FA), is making a new start with his hometown team, KIA Tigers .Professional baseball KIA announced on the 15th that it signed a contract with Seo Geon-chang for a total of 120 million won, including an annual salary of 50 million won and an option of 70
Last year’s Wimbledon women’s singles champion Marketa Vondrowsova (7th, Czech Republic) was eliminated in the first round of the 2024 Australian Open tennis tournament (total prize money of 86.5 million Australian dollars).Vondrowshova lost 0-2 (1-6 2-6) to Dayana Yastremska (96th place, Ukraine) in the first round of the women’s singles on the second day of
Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon, who is visiting the United States, met with the Vice President of MLB (MLB) and discussed ways to strengthen cooperation, including hosting MLB regular season games in Seoul.Mayor Oh proposed to MLB a plan to continue holding regular season games in Seoul and also discussed ways to establish an advisory and
Gimcheon Sangmu, who was promoted to the professional soccer K-League 1 for the 2024 season, appointed coach Lee Moon-seon and goalkeeper coach Seo Dong-myeong to complete the coaching staff to assist coach Jeong Jeong-yong.Gimcheon announced on the 10th, “Coach Lee Moon-seon, goalkeeper coach Seo Dong-myeong, power analyst Song Seok-hwa, and physical therapist Ji Seong-jin have
On the 10th, the organizing committee of the 2024 Gangwon Winter Youth Olympic Games held a tasting session of the menu to be provided to the athletes during the competition at the Athletes’ Village restaurant prepared at the Yulgok Hall of Gangneung-Wonju University.About 300 people, including Second Vice Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Jang
Major League Baseball (MLB) is suffering for two consecutive years due to the bankruptcy of the cable TV Regional Sports Network (RSN), which broadcasts the games of 30 teams live every day. The American online sports media The Athletic reported on the 10th that the bankruptcy hearing of Diamond Sports, the largest RSN Valley sports