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Sat, July 22, 2017 | 15:36

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K-League increasingly cosmopolitan

There was a time, not long ago, when the thoughts of South Korean club coaches turned to Brazil every time there was an opportunity to sign a foreign player. The agent network was in place to ferry strikers from South America to Seoul and few fans or media complained about the prospect of another potential star coming from the land of samba soccer. Throw in a sprinkling of im...

Football | 2017-07-16 16:35

Injured Ki, Son still crucial for new football coach

While the talk in Korean football now is about new national team coach Shin Tae-yong, there are other issues to think about. Or, perhaps, it is more accurate to say that there is plenty for Shin, 46, to think about. He will be sweating on the fitness of his two biggest stars: captain Ki Sung-yeung and main attacker Son Heung-min, both of the English Premier League.

Football | 2017-07-09 14:53

South Korea drops to 51st in July FIFA rankings

South Korea dropped out of the top 50 in the FIFA rankings for the first time since June 2016, following the national football team's recent mediocre performances.

Football | 2017-07-06 19:59

Shin Tae-yong the natural choice for Korea

He has been the coach of the Olympic team, the Under-20 World Cup team and assistant to the seniors but now Shin Tae-yong has the biggest job in Korean football. If being the head coach of the national team wasn’t pressure enough for the 46 year-old, since he has two vital 2018 World Cup qualifiers to come in the next two months means that there is little time to waste. And t...

Football | 2017-07-05 17:01

Shin Tae-yong to lead Korean football team

Shin Tae-yong, the former under-20 national football team coach, was named new head coach of the senior team, Tuesday. The Korea Football Association (KFA) held a technical committee meeting and decided to appoint Shin as a new coach through next year’s FIFA World Cup.

Football | 2017-07-04 19:21

Injured Ki Sung-yueng to miss start of Premier League

Swansea City midfielder Ki Sung-yueng will miss the start of the Premier League due to a knee injury. The English football club announced Monday that the 28-year-old recently underwent minor surgery in Korea. Swansea didn’t reveal what kind of surgery Ki received or on what part of the knee. The club said its doctors have visited him and he will return to training after the t...

Football | 2017-07-04 16:43

K-League challengers need to find Jeonbuk's consistency

It’s the same old story at the top of the K-League with Jeonbuk Motors clear at the top. Soccer fans up and down the country are asking whether any team can prevent the Greens from winning the title. The trophy went to Jeonju World Cup Stadium in 2014 and 2015 and was on its way back there last year, too _ Jeonbuk was penalized nine points after a club scout was found guilty ...

Football | 2017-07-02 18:39

Big summer for Lee Seung-woo

May, June and July were always going to be important for Korea’s young star Lee Seung-woo. He was expected to lead the national team deep into the 2017 Under-20 World Cup on home soil and then return to his club Barcelona ready to move closer to the first team.

Football | 2017-06-25 17:33

Korea enters post-Stielike era

A year from now, the 2018 World Cup will have just kicked off and, hopefully, South Korea will have played its first game in Russia and be reflecting on a first victory and looking forward to the second round. First though the national team needs to qualify for the tournament and to do that, it needs a new coach. Fortunately, or perhaps unfortunately, the Korea Football Assoc...

Football | 2017-06-18 17:15

Stielike dismissal a familiar story in Korean football

As soon as the final whistle sounded in Qatar on Tuesday, it not only signaled a third defeat in the last five World Cup qualifiers for Korea, it sounded the last rites of Uli Stielike’s tenure in charge of the national team. The dismissal came officially on Thursday back in Seoul. Lee Yong-soo had been the man who had found and hired Stielike back in September 2014. Here we ...

Football | 2017-06-16 16:38

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