SEOUL, March 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The top national sports body announced Friday it has formally validated Chung Mong-gyu’s reelection as head of the Korea Football Association (KFA), putting faith in the much-maligned organization’s push for self-reform. The Korean Sport & Olympic Committee (KSOC) said it had informed the KFA of its decision to ratify Chung’s election [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 4 (Korea Bizwire) - The election for president of the national football governing body, postponed multiple times due to procedural issues, has been rescheduled for Feb. 26. The Korea Football Association (KFA) announced late Monday night that its new election management committee had settled on the new date after its first meeting held earlier in [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — What has been a roller coaster of a year for the South Korean men’s national team ended Tuesday night in Jordan, where the 22nd-ranked team settled for a 1-1 draw against world No. 100 Palestine in a World Cup qualifying match. It was South Korea’s sixth Group B match [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – The national football governing body said Tuesday it is considering appealing a decision by the sports ministry to demand disciplinary action for its leader as a result of a monthlong investigation. Earlier Tuesday, the ministry announced the final findings of its probe into the operations at the Korea Football [...]
SEOUL, July 19 (Korea Bizwire) – The sports ministry said Friday it has launched an investigation into the national football governing body over possible irregularities during its recent hiring of the new men’s national team head coach. An official with the ministry said the audit on the Korea Football Association (KFA) essentially began Thursday when [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean football governing body said its senior executives will hold a meeting Tuesday to name a new official in charge of hiring the new men’s national team head coach. The Korea Football Association (KFA) said its leadership group will go over candidates to lead the National Team [...]
SEOUL, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The recent pardon granted by the Korean Football Association to 100 former and current soccer players, coaches, and referees who had been suspended or disciplined for various irregularities, including match-fixing, has caused a public uproar. This pardon includes 48 of the 50 players who were suspended in 2011 for [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea on Tuesday selected the venues that will host matches for the top Asian football tournament in the event that the country wins its bid to stage the event in 2023. The Korea Football Association (KFA) said eight cities — Suwon, Goyang, Hwaseong, Cheonan, Jeonju, Gwangju, Busan and [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – Presiding over the most successful stretch of South Korean football ever, Guus Hiddink on the sidelines throughout the 2002 FIFA World Cup was a figure of stability, charisma, and most importantly, trust. Trust in the national football team has always been in somewhat short supply in the “Be the [...]
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