SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean soccer is currently facing a crisis that seems ripped from a dramatic screenplay: the association’s president is missing in action, the coach has left the scene, and disputes among players have come to light. This unfortunate series of events unfolded after the national team, led by German coach [...]
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Nov. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — After a successful first round of public voting, yielding a record-breaking 10 million votes, football fans worldwide have now elected the finalists for the Globe Soccer Awards 2022 who will advance to the second and final round of voting. For the TikTok Fans’ Player of the [...]
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, 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, 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 [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – The issue of the exploitation of Korean football star Son Heung-min (Tottenham Hotspur) has surfaced once again, spurred by news reports published by the international press over Son’s participation in one-too-many football matches recently. The English football-related news website “90min Football News” published a story earlier this month with [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — With the Korean national soccer team falling to Sweden in its first match at the 2018 World Cup in Russia, analysts have noted that marketing efforts in the food and beverage industry, which usually plays up the international event, haven’t gained much traction this time around. Although larger issues [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean football legend Cha Bum-kun said Thursday his country should benchmark Germany to develop the sport in a healthy way. Cha, arguably South Korea’s best footballer ever, said he believes that the men’s national football team can overcome its current crisis by learning from Germany, the defending FIFA [...]
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. 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 [...]