All-hands-on-deck for Dinos in fight for KBO postseason spot

As the NC Dinos try to push their way into the South Korean baseball postseason with two games left in the regular season, manager Lee Ho-joon will take an all-hands-on-deck approach with his bullpen usage. Riding a season-high seven-game winning streak, the Dinos are clinging to the fifth and final postseason spot in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) with a 69-67-6 (wins-losses-ties) record. They are leading the KT Wiz (70-68-4) by a tiny margin in winning percentage, .5073 to .5072. They h

Oct. 1, 2025

Eagles hold off Twins to stay alive in KBO pennant chase

The Hanwha Eagles defeated the LG Twins 7-3 at home Monday to keep their South Korean baseball pennant hopes alive. With the victory at Daejeon Hanwha Life Ballpark in Daejeon, 140 kilometers south of Seoul, the Eagles improved to 82-56-3 (wins-losses-ties), now 2 1/2 games behind the Twins (85-54-3) for the top spot in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) with three games to go. The Twins would have clinched the best record in the regular season with either a win or a tie Monday, but their mag

Sept. 29, 2025

Dodgers' Kim Hye-seong homers in regular-season finale

Kim Hye-seong of the Los Angeles Dodgers has ended his first regular season in Major League Baseball with a home run. The South Korean big league rookie blasted a two-run homer to open the scoring as the Dodgers defeated the Seattle Mariners 6-1 at T-Mobile Park in Seattle on Sunday. He had last homered May 31. The dinger was Kim's only hit in four at-bats in the game. Kim, who signed with the Dodgers in January after eight seasons in the Korea Baseball Organization, finished his rookie campaign

Sept. 29, 2025

Lee Do-hyun wins bronze in men's boulder at climbing worlds in Seoul

Lee Do-hyun grabbed bronze in the men's boulder at the sport climbing world championships in Seoul on Sunday for his second medal of the competition. Lee finished third with 84.2 points in the men's boulder final at the International Federation of Sport Climbing Climbing World Championships at KSPO Dome inside Olympic Park. Sorato Anraku of Japan claimed gold with 99.2 points, followed by Mejdi Schalck of France at 84.5 points. On Friday, Lee captured the men's lead gold medal to become the firs

Sept. 28, 2025

Giants eliminated from KBO postseason race

The Lotte Giants were knocked out of the South Korean baseball postseason contention with a loss Sunday. The Giants fell to the Doosan Bears 7-2 at Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, and their record now stands at 66-70-6 (wins-losses-ties) with two games remaining on this Korea Baseball Organization season. They dropped 3 1/2 games behind the KT Wiz for the fifth and final postseason berth and will not be able to make up that ground. The Giants' most recent postseason appearance came in 2017. Th

Sept. 28, 2025

An Se-young finishes runner-up at Korea Open

World No. 1 An Se-young finished in second place at the Korea Open on Sunday, coming up short of her eighth victory on the Badminton World Federation World Tour this season in front of a home crowd. The top-seeded South Korean lost to the No. 2 seed from Japan, Akane Yamaguchi, by 2-0 (21-18, 21-13) in the women's singles final at Suwon Gymnasium in Suwon, about 30 kilometers south of Seoul. An dropped to 14-15 all time against Yamaguchi, losing to the Japanese veteran for the first time in four

Sept. 28, 2025

S. Korean candidate loses election for Int'l Paralymic Committee president

Bae Dong-hyun, president of the Korea Para Nordic Skiing Federation, lost in the election for president of the International Paralympic Committee on Saturday. In a vote held during the IPC General Assembly in Seoul, Bae lost to the incumbent leader from Brazil, Andrew Parsons, by 109 votes to 68 votes. There were no abstentions. Parsons, who has been at the helm since 2017, earned his third four-year term. Bae was trying to become the first Asian leader of the world's top para sports organizatio

Sept. 27, 2025

Lee Do-hyun soars to men's lead title at climbing worlds in Seoul

Lee Do-hyun captured his first career world title in the men's lead event at the sport climbing world championships in Seoul on Friday. Lee scored 43+ points in the men's lead final of the International Federation of Sport Climbing Climbing World Championships at KSPO Dome inside Olympic Park in southeastern Seoul. He is the first South Korean male climber to win a world title in any discipline. Satone Yoshida of Japan also finished with 43+ points but Lee got the upper hand after outscoring Yos

Sept. 26, 2025

Eagles rally past Twins to close gap in KBO standings

The Hanwha Eagles scored all of their runs in a seventh-inning rally to defeat the LG Twins 4-1 at home Friday, staying alive in their chase for first place in the Korea Baseball Organization with the regular season winding down. By taking the first game of this crucial three-game set at Daejeon Hanwha Life Ballpark in Daejeon, 140 kilometers south of Seoul, the Eagles improved to 81-55-3 (wins-losses-ties) and moved within 2 1/2 games of the league-leading Twins, who fell to 84-53-3. The Eagles

Sept. 26, 2025

An Se-young reaches quarterfinals at Korea Open

World No. 1 An Se-young advanced to the quarterfinals of the ongoing Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Tour event at home Thursday. The top-seeded An knocked off Chiu Pin-Chian of Chinese Taipei 2-0 (21-13, 21-8) in the round of 16 of the Korea Open at Suwon Gymnasium in Suwon, 30 kilometers south of Seoul. An went up 12-6 before allowing Chiu to cut it to 13-11. From there, An claimed seven straight points to regain control of the match. The South Korean star then won the first seven point

Sept. 25, 2025

Blue Jays sign S. Korean teenage pitcher Moon Seo-jun

The Toronto Blue Jays have finalized the signing of South Korean pitching prospect Moon Seo-jun. The Blue Jays announced their deal with the 18-year-old right-hander Wednesday (local time). The team did not disclose financial details, but Moon's Seoul-based agency, Leeco Sports Agency, said he had signed for a $1.5 million bonus. The Los Angeles Dodgers and the New York Mets are also believed to have been interested in the pitcher listed at 196 centimeters. Moon, a product of Jangchung High Scho

Sept. 25, 2025

Lions slugger Diaz ties KBO RBI record

Lewin Diaz of the Samsung Lions tied the single-season RBI record in South Korean baseball Wednesday. Diaz smacked a two-run double against Lotte Giants reliever Kim Gang-hyun in the bottom of the fourth inning during the clubs' Korea Baseball Organization regular-season game at Daegu Samsung Lions Park in Daegu, 235 kilometers southeast of Seoul. It gave Diaz 146 RBIs for the season, tying him with his current Lions teammate Park Byung-ho, who drove in 146 for the Nexen Heroes in 2015. The Lion

Sept. 24, 2025

An Se-young cruises into round of 16 at Korea Open

An Se-young eased into the second round at the latest Badminton World Federation World Tour event on home soil Wednesday. An, the reigning Olympic women's singles champion, defeated Karupathevan Letshanaa of Malaysia 2-0 (21-14, 21-9) to begin her Korea Open at Suwon Gymnasium in Suwon, 30 kilometers south of Seoul. An needed just 36 minutes to win her round of 32 match. She found herself down 8-6 in the first game before grabbing six straight points and had an even easier time in the second gam

Sept. 24, 2025

Korea Open tennis matches postponed due to rain

All four matches in the quarterfinals of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) tournament in Seoul were postponed due to rain on Friday. Organizers of the Korea Open at Olympic Park Tennis Center said the four matches will be played Saturday afternoon, with the two semifinal matches scheduled for the Saturday night session. The final is scheduled for Sunday. The four quarterfinal matches will be split between two courts on Saturday. At the center court, the top seed Iga Swiatek, the reigning Wimb

Sept. 19, 2025

Son Heung-min claims 1st MLS weekly award

A day after netting his first hat trick in Major League Soccer, Los Angeles Football Club superstar Son Heung-min was named the league's top player of the week. MLS announced on its website Thursday that Son was voted its MLS Player of the Matchday on the strength of his trifecta of goals against Real Salt Lake on Matchday 34. Son scored twice in the first half and once more in the second half for LAFC's lopsided away victory in Utah on Wednesday. The hat trick gave Son five goals in his first s

Sept. 19, 2025