SEOUL, Oct. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean players Seol Young-woo and Kim Hye-ri have been nominated for the top individual honors in Asian football, with Seoul set to host the ceremony next week. The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) unveiled the list of candidates for the AFC Annual Awards late Tuesday. The Grand Peace Palace [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – A public controversy has erupted in South Korea over the use of Seoul World Cup Stadium, pitting soccer fans against K-pop enthusiasts in a debate that highlights the challenges of maintaining world-class sports facilities while accommodating the country’s booming entertainment industry. The dispute was sparked by complaints from the national [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean football league on Thursday announced changes to its coaching staff for an upcoming exhibition match against Tottenham Hotspur. The Korea Professional Football League (K League) said Park Tae-ha, head coach of Pohang Steelers in the top-flight K League 1, will be in charge of Team K [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Park Joo-ho, a former South Korean national soccer team player, has ignited a firestorm of controversy by alleging irregularities in the recent selection process for the national team’s head coach. Park, who served on the Korea Football Association’s (KFA) technical committee responsible for choosing the new coach, made his claims [...]
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 [...]