SUWON, South Korea, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Tottenham Hotspur forward Son Heung-min wrapped up his tight monthlong schedule with South Korea on Tuesday before returning to the English Premier League. Son played full time in South Korea’s 0-0 draw against Chile at Suwon World Cup Stadium in Suwon, south of Seoul. It was his [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean football star Son Heung-min (Tottenham Hotspur), currently at the center of controversy due to his grueling schedule, is expected to play a friendly match against Chile scheduled for 8 p.m tonight. Paulo Bento, the head coach of South Korea national team, speaking to reporters at a press conference [...]
HANOI, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Vietnamese news media on Tuesday showed keen interest in an ongoing South Korean public petition to disqualify a South Korean Asian Games football referee. The petition was posted on the website of the South Korean presidential office Cheong Wa Dae right after Vietnam was defeated by the United Arab [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea will face Northern Ireland in a pre-World Cup friendly football match in March, the national football governing body said Wednesday. The Korea Football Association (KFA) said the men’s national team, coached by Shin Tae-yong, will take on Northern Ireland at Windsor Park in Belfast on March 24. [...]
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, Nov. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Former Manchester United midfielder Park Ji-sung will be responsible for South Korea’s youth football policies following the national football governing body’s personnel reshuffle on Wednesday. The Korea Football Association (KFA) said Park will be chief of its youth football strategy department. The 36-year-old, who hung up his boots in [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Vietnam national football team’s new South Korean head coach Park Hang-seo on Wednesday vowed to make his side the best among teams in Southeast Asia. Park officially signed a contract with the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) in Hanoi to lead its men’s national team until 2020. Vietnamese media reported [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 70 percent of South Koreans believe the men’s national football team needs to hire Dutch tactician Guus Hiddink for the FIFA World Cup next year, a survey showed Monday. In the survey of 505 adults conducted by Realmeter nationwide last week, 70.2 percent said that Hiddink should [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – Having squandered a chance to qualify for the World Cup at home, South Korea now face a near must-win situation on the road next week. South Korea could have clinched their ninth consecutive World Cup berth with a win over Iran on Thursday at Seoul World Cup Stadium. But [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — FC Barcelona’s South Korean prospect Lee Seung-woo will move to the Italian side Hellas Verona FC, a source close to the player said Wednesday. The source said Lee decided to join the Serie A outfit on a four-year deal and will complete his medical later Wednesday. Italian media reported [...]