The Korean Baseball Organization (KBO) held a punishment committee on March 7 and decided to discipline three members of the national baseball team for their controversial drinking behavior during the WBC, based on Article 151 of the KBO’s rules, which states that a player may not be allowed to drink alcohol. Kim Kwang-hyun was sentenced to 80 hours of community service and a sanction of 5 million won ($4,000) after it was confirmed that he…

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Doosan Bears’ Yang Ji Woo started at catcher and batted third in the team’s eighth home game of the season against the Hanwha Eagles of the 2023 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul on Sunday, going 2-for-4 with a double, a home run, a stolen base, two RBIs and a run scored to spearhead a 6-3 comeback win. The first at-bat was certainly a disappointment. In the bottom of the first…

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K League 1 (1st Division) Jeonbuk Hyundai welcomed Daegu FC to their backyard and earned three points. Song Min-kyu scored his fourth goal of the season, giving the club a foothold in the top half of the table.Jeonbuk won 1-0 at home against Daegu in the 17th round of the Hana OneQ K League 1 2023 at Jeonju World Cup Stadium on Sunday. With the victory, Jeonbuk won for the second straight time and closed…

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Gwangju FC pulled off a dramatic come-from-behind victory thanks to Thomas’ late K League debut goal. Gwangju won 2-1 at home against Suwon Samseong in the 17th round of the Hana OneQ K League 1 2023 at the Gwangju Football Stadium at 7 p.m. on July 7. It was Gwangju’s fourth straight win and fifth straight unbeaten (four wins and one draw), including the FA Cup. Last-place Suwon fell to a fourth straight defeat. Home…

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Suwon Samsung head coach Kim Byung-soo expressed his disappointment after the team fell into a four-game losing streak. “Everyone worked hard,” Kim said after the team’s 2-1 away loss to Gwangju in the 17th round of the Hana OneQ K League 1 2023 at the Gwangju Football Stadium on Sunday afternoon, “but we had some physical problems in the second half,” he said. Suwon finished the first half with a one-goal lead thanks to Ahn…

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After seemingly letting Lee Kang-in off the hook, speculation has emerged that Mallorca could maintain their high profile as they did last winter. The Mallorca midfielder started the final round of the 2022/23 La Liga season against Rayo Vallecano at the Estadio de Son Mossi in Mallorca, Spain, on Friday (Sept. 5) and contributed one assist to the team’s 3-0 win. Lee was able to add one more assist to his tally on the final…

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Suwon FC lost 1-3 against Ulsan Hyundai in the 17th round of the Hana One Q K League 1 at Suwon Sports Complex on June 6. Coach Kim Do-gyun said after the game, “It was Park Joo-ho’s retirement game, and it was also a home game, so the players played their best until the end. We scored the first goal and came from behind. There are many reasons, but we showed a physical decline in…

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We shook off the hangover from the last game. It was a dramatic come-from-behind victory. Ulsan Hyundai defeated Suwon FC 3-1 in the 17th round of the Hana WonQ K League 1 2023 at Suwon Sports Complex at 4:30 p.m. on June 6. The result leaves Ulsan with 13 wins, two draws, two losses and 41 points, 12 points clear of second-place Jeju United. Suwon FC remained in ninth place with five wins, three draws…

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Italian Serie A player Kim Min-jae (27-Napoli) returned home with the league’s best defense trophy. Kim returned home via Incheon International Airport on Saturday afternoon. When he arrived with the trophy for the Serie A Best Defense Award, he first greeted the fans and smiled brightly. He even made a medal-biting gesture toward the fans and signed their T-shirts and sneakers. “It went by so fast,” he said of the season, “I feel like I…

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Kim Min-jae (Napoli) was greeted with a huge cheer as he brought home both the Best Defender trophy and the winner’s medal. Kim arrived at Incheon International Airport on Saturday afternoon. After Napoli’s final Serie A match of the 2022/23 season against Sampdoria on April 4, he took a break downstream and returned home today. At the arrival hall, Kim held up his Serie A Best Defender trophy and wore his Serie A winner’s medal,…

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