HANOI, Nov. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean coach Park Hang-seo has signed a lucrative extension with the Vietnamese men’s national football team. Park signed his new contract at a press conference with the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) here on Thursday. He’ll continue to coach both the men’s senior and under-23 national teams. The new [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Going forward spectators watching professional baseball and football matches will be able to do so in a more pleasant environment. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has provided eight baseball stadiums and five football stadiums with cooling fog machines to cope with fine dust and hot temperatures and [...]
STOCKHOLM, Sweden and LONDON, Jul. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Nasdaq Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) announced today it has signed a new agreement with Football Index, where clients can buy and sell shares in professional footballers, and will provide the company with a flexible, cloud-optimized trading engine that offers rich functionality. As part of the Nasdaq Financial Framework [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Global football icon Cristiano Ronaldo will lead Juventus in a summer exhibition match in Seoul. The K League, which governs professional football in South Korea, announced Wednesday its All-Star team will host the Italian Serie A champions at 8 p.m. on July 26 at Seoul World Cup Stadium. Ronaldo [...]
UIJEONGBU, May 29 (Korea Bizwire) — On the morning of Tuesday, a special football tournament was held at the National Football Center in Paju, Gyeonggi Province. Four protection authorities, including Rothem Youth School, are the authority for teenagers who have been consigned to be under protection for their misdeeds. The Uijeongbu District Court has been [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — History shows that when politics meets football, something bad happens. South Korea’s Gyeongnam FC recently learned that lesson the hard way, even though they weren’t the main actors in the story. Gyeongnam, last year’s runners-up in the top-tier K League 1, were penalized by the nation’s pro football league [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean football club Gyeongnam FC were penalized by the nation’s pro football league operator Tuesday after they failed to stop a political party campaigning inside their home stadium last week. The K League discipline committee meted out a fine of 20 million won (US$17,590) against Gyeongnam for not [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean football club Incheon United said Wednesday they’ve signed Vietnamese forward Nguyen Cong Phuong on loan. The K League 1 club said Cong Phuong agreed to a one-year loan deal and will join the team from Vietnamese side Hoang Anh Gia Lai. Cong Phuong has been one of [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The Vietnamese men’s national football team and the U-23 football team led by South Korean head coach Park Hang-seo are entering the world stage following a series of outstanding performances at multiple international championships. According to Vietnamese media, Luong Xuan Truong, captain of the Vietnamese U-23 national football team, [...]
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 [...]