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“All we want is to win, WIN NOW.” Professional baseball is a 144-game long race. Each team starts with a big picture, but it’s not easy to stay on track. You never know what’s going to happen. From unexpected injuries to slumps to exhaustion, there are variables lurking around every corner. You have to be …

There are some welcome additions to the 14-player roster of the Thailand Women’s National Team as they travel to Turkiye in Week 1 of the FIVB Volleyball Nations League (VNL) 2023. Setter Ponpoon Gedpard (IBK), outside hitter Wipai Sittong (Hyundai E&C) and outside hitter Apojit Tanacha Sooksut (Korea Expressway Corporation), who will be travelling to …

The Korea Professional Golf Association (KPGA) Korean Tour’s only match play, the Desant Korea Match Play (800 million won gross prize fund – 160 million won winner’s share), is about to get a whole lot more interesting. Taking place over four days from 1 June at the Kingsdale GC Lake-Hill Course (Par 72-7323) in Cheongju, …

South Korea’s national football team, led by Jürgen Klinsmann, will play their first European A match in September. The Korea Football Association (KFA) announced on 29 September that it had reached an agreement with the Welsh Football Association to play a friendly match against Wales on 7 September. The match will be held at Cardiff …

Luciano Spalletti has led SSC Napoli to their first Italian professional football Serie A title in 33 years, but he is hanging up his boots. Spalletti announced on Tuesday morning (30 June) that he will step down at the end of the season, according to British media outlet BBC. “I’m very tired and I need …

Is the so-called ‘Curse of Bomde’ over? It’s looking increasingly likely that the Lotte Giants will have a successful season. However, the challenge remains to prove themselves against the LG Twins. Starting on the 30th of this month, Lotte will play a three-game midweek series against first-place LG at Jamsil Stadium. It’s a big matchup, …

Merrill Kelly (35-Arizona Diamondbacks), the most successful foreign-born player in the KBO to make it to the majors, has won again. He continues to pitch impressively, drawing comparisons to Greg Maddux, the best control pitcher in major league history. Kelly pitched 6 1/3 innings of four-hit ball with two walks and 10 strikeouts in Arizona’s …

“I’m a superstar now.” Lee Dae-ho returned to the Fukuoka PayPay Dome, home of his former team, the SoftBank Hawks, for the first time in eight years. SoftBank invited Lee to throw out the ceremonial first pitch to mark the 85th anniversary of its founding and the 35th anniversary of the PayPay Dome’s opening. Lee …

Harold Varner III (USA) has won the seventh LIV Golf event of the 2023 season ($25 million prize fund). Varner III carded five birdies and a bogey in the final three rounds of the tournament at the par-72 Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Virginia, USA, on 29 September, shooting a four-under 68. With a …

The winner of the 2023 NH Bank International Women’s Tennis Tour (Nonghyup Challenger) was Korean-American Hannah Chang (USA, ranked 349th in the world). She won her first ITF Tour event in her parents’ country in four years. On 28 April, she defeated Manichaya Sawangkaew (Thailand, World No. 392) 6-2 6-4 in the singles final of …