Kang Sung-hyung, head coach of Hyundai Engineering & Construction in women’s professional volleyball, expressed trust, saying he will overcome the team’s main setter Kim Da-in (25). “I have suffered too many losses in the women’s national team, and I am struggling mentally and physically,” Kang said. “It is a process of growing up. It is…
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Pickering Casino Resort Hotel is open
Great Canadian Entertainment, a leader in gaming and hospitality in Canada, announced today that its new 275-room Pickering Casino Resort Hotel will open and take reservations. Located east of downtown Toronto, the Pickering Casino Resort Hotel is located inside Pickering Casino Resort, a newly opened $500 million top entertainment destination with 96,000 square feet of…
The winning team’s best finish is a painful breaking ball, and now I ask for a fastball
LG lost 2-3 in Game 1 of the 2023 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO postseason KT Wiz (best-of-seven series) at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul on the 7th. As a result, LG lost 74.4 percent of its chances of winning the championship (29 out of 39 matches, excluding draws in the 1982 season). In the first inning,…
‘We’ll do it again’…women’s basketball season opener
Defending champion Asan Woori Bank started the new season on a high note with an opening night victory. Led by head coach Satellite Woo, Woori Bank defeated Busan BNK 74-70 in overtime in the opening game of the 2023-2024 Women’s Korean Basketball League (WKBL) at Asan Sunshin Gymnasium on Friday. Woori Bank won the return…
Yoojin Sung wins a heavenly victory
“I thought I was unlucky to be in the lead and have such bad weather on the last day, but I ended up being the luckiest player.” A strong rainstorm at Jeju Elysian CC (par 72) gave Sung Yoo-jin a lucky victory after she crashed out. Kim Jae-hee, who was bidding for her first career…
Lee Jae-Sung gives Mainz their first win with a late goal
Lee Jae-Sung (Mainz)’s second goal of the season finally put a smile on his team’s face. Lee Jae-sung scored the game-winning goal to give Mainz their first win of the season. Lee started the Bundesliga 10th round home match against Leipzig at the Meva Arena in Mainz, Germany, on May 5 and scored the game-winner…
KT rescues ‘Ottoman DNA’ from the brink…and the wizard’s mantra is ‘Silence!
KT’s second-place finish in this year’s regular season didn’t come from a technical advantage in a specific area, such as pitching or hitting. KT’s resilience was unprecedented in the history of the KBO this past regular season. After languishing at the bottom until early summer, the team quickly rose to near the top in late…
Pohang is there, Hiddink’s ‘maneuvering’ power is there
In soccer, the phrase “playing the manager” is often used. Obviously, it’s the 11 players on the field that make the difference between winning and losing. But it’s not uncommon for the coach who brings them together to change the outcome. Such was the case with Gus Hiddink at the 2022 World Cup in Korea,…
‘Kelly throws 7 shutout innings’ Arizona beats Texas to take World Series 1-0
The Arizona Diamondbacks rode ‘KBO alum’ Merrill Kelly to the World Series .Arizona defeated the Texas Rangers 9-1 in Game 2 of the 2023 Major League Baseball World Series at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, on Monday (June 29).The win evened the World Series at one game apiece after a 5-6, walk-off loss in…
Kelly becomes first pitcher in history to win both KS and WS
Baseball’s ‘reverse export myth’ Merrill Kelly (35, Arizona Diamondbacks) became the first pitcher in history to win both the Korean Baseball Organization’s (KBO) Korean Series (KS) and Major League Baseball’s (MLB) World Series (WS). Kelly pitched seven innings of three-hit ball, striking out nine and giving up one run (one earned) in a 9-1 victory…