SEOUL, Oct. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — FIFA has warned the Korea Football Association (KFA) of possible sanctions for violating its obligation to operate independently, in light of an ongoing probe by the sports ministry. A FIFA official confirmed to Yonhap News Agency on Thursday that the global football body had sent a letter to the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — China has informed the top international and Asian football bodies of its recent decision to ban South Korean player Son Jun-ho for life over match-fixing charges, the sport’s national football body in Seoul said Thursday. An official for the Korea Football Association (KFA) said the Chinese Football Association (CFA) [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean football star Son Heung-min appeared on the first page of the caricature of the captains posted by FIFA on social media to celebrate the start of the 2022 FIFA World Cup. FIFA posted on Monday caricatures of the captains of 32 World Cup squads on its official [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea took a huge leap in the latest FIFA rankings released Thursday, despite their early elimination from a recent continental competition. South Korea jumped 15 spots to tie for 38th place with Iceland. Coached by Paulo Bento, South Korea fell to Qatar 1-0 in the quarterfinals of the [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – More than half of South Koreans believe their national football team will fail to advance from the group stage of the ongoing FIFA World Cup in Russia, a poll showed Monday. In a survey of 500 South Koreans aged 19 or older by Realmeter, 54.7 percent said they didn’t [...]
SEOUL, March 22 (Korea Bizwire) – Former South Korea football coach Hong Myun-bo said Thursday he wants to see the national players’ “fangs” at the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Hong, who now works as the general secretary at the Korea Football Association (KFA), said he hopes the national team shows its fighting spirit like a tiger, the animal that symbolizes South Korean football and is engraved on the KFA crest. “South Korea are characterized [...]
SEOUL, March 20 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s national football team is set to train with a full squad in Dublin for European friendly matches later this month, as overseas-based players joined the team for their international duty. South Korea, led by head coach Shin Tae-yong, called up 23 players for their friendly matches against Northern Ireland and Poland later this month on the road. Shin’s side, 59th in [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea have re-entered the top 60 in FIFA rankings following their solid performance in recent friendly matches. According to the November rankings unveiled by FIFA on Thursday, South Korea jumped three spots to No. 59 with 563 points. The men’s national team, which qualified for the 2018 FIFA [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean FIFA presidential candidate Chung Mong-joon said Tuesday the world football governing body has launched a smear campaign against him, saying the situation doesn’t surprise him. “I have become a target of the attack because I am taking aim at the heart of FIFA,” Chung said at a [...]
ULSAN, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Unionists from subcontractors of Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) will stage a campaign against HHI chairman Chung Mong-joon’s bid for election as FIFA chairman in Switzerland, where the headquarters of the International Labor Organization (ILO) are located. The Ulsan branch of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions and trade unions from HHI [...]